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Turkish opposition triumph will prove temporary

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TURKEY

He was greeted by a cheering crowd of many tens of thousands. Some Turks see this as a possible turning point in the struggle against the perceived authoritarianism of Justice…

Activist alliance threatens China's Communist Party

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CHINA

The students had gathered from universities around the country to take part in a month-long protest that began as a dispute over the right of factory workers to unionise.

Protests could shift Albania towards authoritarianism

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ALBANIA

Student protests demanding fundamental reform have resumed with the new term and are spreading beyond Tirana to other groups, including -- worryingly for Prime Minister Edi Rama…

Liberia's Weah will struggle to stifle dissent

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LIBERIA

The president’s utterances mark a shift from his previous calls for a roundtable dialogue with opposition protest leaders, who on June 7 organised the largest mass protest since…

Iraqi protests will drive populist economic response

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IRAQ

This comes after Iraq on October 1-6 witnessed its most violent popular protests since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. The protests have subsided for now amid a…

Thailand faces protracted instability over protests

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THAILAND

Prayut earlier this month reshuffled his cabinet. New appointments to the finance and energy ministries will have a key role in spurring post-pandemic economic recovery.

Moscow's solution for protest region is ill-judged

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RUSSIA

Khabarovsk is entering a third week of sustained protests following the arrest of regional governor Sergey Furgal. The Kremlin has not responded to this act of rebellion and has…

Ghana's president will struggle with strong opposition

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GHANA

These include education, energy, infrastructure and corruption. Slow economic growth, lack of accountability, high prices and police violence have recently generated significant…

Political restructuring is on the way in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Changes to the political landscape.

Lingering economic woes will undermine Liberia's Weah

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LIBERIA

Liberian public protests.