Search results

Separatist division boosts support for Sanchez

Location:

SPAIN

However, Catalan separatist forces have been losing momentum over the past year, owing to fragmentation; the new initiative reflects wider divisions within separatist circles and…

The situation in French New Caledonia remains febrile

Location:

FRANCE

However, the situation in the Indo-Pacific island remains febrile, with the local economy experiencing a major downturn and Azerbaijan continuing its efforts to fuel anti-French…

Kosovo-Serbia extradition row threatens normalisation

Location:

KOSOVO/SERBIA

The Kosovo government has suspended EU-sponsored negotiations with Serbia intended to normalise bilateral relations. The trigger for this was Serbia’s attempts to have Haradinaj…

Sudan’s military will remain united despite tensions

Location:

SUDAN

The speech was intended to draw a line under reported differences between Burhan and RSF commander and Sovereign Council Deputy Chairman Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Himedti’ over calls…

COVID-19 crisis could alter Angolan power dynamics

Location:

ANGOLA

Various restrictions are being eased, and parts of the economy gradually reopened, although a sanitary cordon around Luanda remains. Angola has 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases…

Tshisekedi's gambit may fail to upend Congo's politics

Location:

CONGO-KINSHASA

Although he has not formally ended the coalition government between his Camp for Change (CACH) and former President Joseph Kabila’s Common Front for the Congo (FCC), the…

EU-Poland dispute will shift to one about sovereignty

Location:

EU/POLAND

They gave no details. Grants and loans worth EUR35.4bn (USD36.1bn) are blocked over a row over divergent interpretations of the rule of law (RoL). EU flexibility in dealing with…

Compromise will be key to Tanzania’s gas ambitions

Location:

TANZANIA

There is fresh enthusiasm for the project from President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s new administration, but project economics mean a deal will remain difficult to finalise.

Belarus-Russia 'union' talk is mostly posturing

Location:

BELARUS/RUSSIA

Prospects for substantive unification between Russia and Belarus.

Ukrainian rebels gain leverage from illicit coal sales

Location:

UKRAINE

Coal exports from eastern Ukraine.