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Brunei's economic rebalance will lag ASEAN integration

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BRUNEI

Brunei's economic rebalancing.

Hodeida upsurge will make the Yemen war yet deadlier

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YEMEN

The Saudi-led coalition backing President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi’s internationally recognised government has redoubled efforts to evict Huthi fighters from the port city of Hodeida…

Riyadh may agree to Yemen talks, but in its own time

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YEMEN/SAUDI ARABIA

Prior to that, medical sources had reported 150 deaths in the space of 24 hours in fighting in the city. Washington and London are putting renewed pressure on Saudi Arabia and the…

Ethiopian reforms will open little new political space

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ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia's protests.

Radically new UK economic strategy could be undermined

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UNITED KINGDOM

New UK economic direction.

Economic warfare in Yemen could boost piracy risk

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YEMEN

Since it began in March 2015, the many-sided conflict has become internationalised, following threats to the vital shipping artery in the Bab al-Mandab strait, through which trade…

Sanctions end aids Burundi but may entrench old flaws

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BURUNDI

This move, which was evidently coordinated and timed to coincide with President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s Brussels visit during the EU-African Union Summit, represents a major…

Hard-line tactics may entrench Congo’s M23 crisis

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CONGO-KINSHASA

However, the M23 -- the rebel group that dominates current headlines-- remained excluded. This follows a November 23 summit in Luanda that in effect demanded the M23’s…

Central Asia faces COVID-19 surge and resurgence risks

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CENTRAL ASIA

Like Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan took timely action when evidence of COVID-19 emerged. Their governments' claim of effective management may prove justified but is…

Rising southern conflict threatens Yemen’s future

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YEMEN

The Hadi government and the STC have been slow to implement the November 2019 Riyadh Agreement on power-sharing in the south. Tensions have again been rising between the two sides…