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Small parties are key to averting El Salvador default

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EL SALVADOR

Fiscal crisis in El Salvador.

Sudan’s offer of mediation in Ethiopia will fall flat

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SUDAN/ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia on August 6 had rejected his mediation offer, saying a lack of trust between the two nations meant Sudan could not be a credible mediator.

Norms can undermine Middle East and Africa transitions

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MENA/ AFRICA

Transitions following a peace agreement are typically seen as major opportunities for democratisation and new constitution making, and sometimes for national dialogue…

Kiir-Machar talks will not solve South Sudan conflict

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SOUTH SUDAN

International stakeholders hope the meeting can restore momentum to stalled regional peace efforts. However, the bilateral format represents a reversion to the old mediation…

Rival governments are set to destabilise Libya

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LIBYA

UN mediation seeks to reconcile the long-divided parliamentary chambers, the House of Representatives (HoR; lower house) and the High Council of State (HCS; upper). The HCS backs…

Madrid is likely to suspend Catalan autonomy

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SPAIN

Without a climbdown by the Catalan government, Rajoy seems ready to proceed with steps to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy.

Partiality may hobble West as Macedonian crisis broker

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MACEDONIA

Macedonia's political impasse.

Sudan coup sets back Egypt’s GERD position

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EGYPT

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi enjoys a strong relationship with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s top general who led the coup. Burhan has been a vocal ally of Cairo in…

Mexico's new justice system will need work

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MEXICO

Mexico's new criminal justice system is coming to the end of its transition period.

Yemeni separatists may be forced back to the table

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YEMEN

Consequences of self-rule declaration.