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Nigeria’s state polls will sustain fragile status quo

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NIGERIA

Incumbents and incumbent parties fared well in most states, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won 15 states while the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP…

South Korean politics will become further destabilised

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SOUTH KOREA

This prompted President Yoon Suk-yeol’s nominee for gender equality minister to withdraw. The same day, prosecutors indicted DPK leader Lee Jae-myung on corruption charges.

Data centres face multiple regulatory pressures

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INTERNATIONAL

Outsourced data centres, including the massive ones that support public and private cloud and edge computing services, are now critical to nearly every business, educational…

EU doubts over effectiveness will dog Privacy Shield

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EU/US

The meeting took place against a background of persisting tensions between European authorities and the mainly US-owned digital giants over questions of data protection and…

Malaysia's prime minister is secure, for now

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MALAYSIA

The political crises facing the government.

Maldives poll could raise medium-term coup risk

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MALDIVES

The main challenge to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) comes from the Jumhooree Party (JP), a coalition partner led by resort tycoon and…

Intelligence body claims challenge Ramaphosa clean-up

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SOUTH AFRICA

The statements provided detail to supplement the findings of a 2018 review of the SSA, ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The latest allegations imply a significant undermining…

Ban on Germany’s far right is unlikely

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GERMANY

The controversy fuels a debate about a possible ban of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). While the constitutional hurdles remain high, German officials have begun to…

Turkey will export its internal crisis to the Balkans

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TURKEY

Thanks to its historical links with Muslims in the Balkans, Turkey has established itself as an influential regional actor, an achievement that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has…

Tanzania’s Islamist crackdown may store resentments

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TANZANIA

Responses to alleged Islamist activity on the Tanzania-Mozambique border.