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West African security aid will produce limited results

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WEST AFRICA

This has been compounded by a recent wave of coups in West Africa by Western-trained officers. Both of these trends, along with continued human rights abuses by state security…

Mexican youth policies will not improve prospects

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MEXICO

Youth policies.

Ecuador’s military faces cuts as security risks build

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ECUADOR

Military pressures.

Returnee influx may add to volatility in South Sudan

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SOUTH SUDAN

Meanwhile, South Sudan's Upper Nile State, where most returnees have arrived, continues to wrestle with persistent instability.

Migration from Eritrea will continue apace

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ERITREA

Eritrean migration

African aid effectiveness will face greater scrutiny

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AFRICA

Many African leaders are fearful that aid budgets will soon fall due to some Western governments adopting more isolationist foreign policies. This would have a negative effect on…

COVID-19 to compound Nicaragua’s economic woes

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NICARAGUA

Economic troubles.

UN’s Congo mission faces long and challenging drawdown

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The Council also approved a new exit strategy, which should see MONUSCO begin to progressively withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the next three years.

Central American migrants reassess their options

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CENTRAL AMERICA/MEXICO/US

Numerous large caravans of Central American migrants have formed in recent weeks, with more than 6,000 people coalescing in Mexico City earlier this month. The growing frequency…

Diversifying Gulf economies will spur labour politics

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GULF STATES

As GCC countries push for privatisation, while also nationalising the labour force, the prospect of citizens becoming increasingly willing to resort to strikes cannot be…