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South African budget may ease downgrade fears

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SOUTH AFRICA

The first budget since new President Cyril Ramaphosa election by parliament last week, it outlines the National Treasury’s response to a 48.2-billion-rand (4.2 billion dollars…

Philippines anti-crime push will expand

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PHILIPPINES

The president focused on his administration's anti-illegal narcotics purge, a campaign that is raising human rights concerns domestically and globally.

Assembly campaign will raise Venezuela tensions

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VENEZUELA

The build-up to Venezuela's December 6 elections shows continuity with conflictive electoral cycles of the past 15 years. Inconclusive opinion polls caution against a bullish…

Turkey will be less secularist after Erdogan

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TURKEY

Erdogan is the second head of government (after Necmettin Erbakan, 1996-97) to emerge from a specifically Islamist political movement. Under his leadership, Islam has become more…

South Africa's ANC will aim for quick Zuma departure

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SOUTH AFRICA

This follows Zuma's failure to resign after being 'recalled' by the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) after a week of protracted negotiations between Zuma and new ANC…

Prospects for Canada to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

Prospects for Canada to end-2021.

Turkey's foreign policy will increase its isolation

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TURKEY

However, it has sometimes combined a very confrontational public relationship, including public attacks on an international institution, with a much more cooperative private…

Sierra Leone's president will hasten anti-graft push

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SIERRA LEONE

New government's performance.

South Africa's Ramaphosa may struggle to push reforms

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SOUTH AFRICA

While Ramaphosa won one of the most contentious contests in the ANC's 105-year history, several of his allies failed to get elected to other top posts. Furthermore, controversial…