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Progress countering HIV/AIDS in Africa may be at risk

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AFRICA

HIV and AIDS have slipped from the public radar in recent years but nonetheless remains a serious health challenge across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Efforts to control the epidemic…

Fast Ecuador security wins stoke longer-term issues

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ECUADOR

He declared a state of emergency on January 9, giving the military a central role in tackling the crisis. The militarisation of security policy has reduced crime and increased…

Boosting Africa’s health security will be challenging

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AFRICA

Although cases and mortality per capita in Africa have been low compared to Europe and the Americas, the pandemic has exposed underlying vulnerabilities in health systems…

Sahelian countries face acute hunger crisis

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SAHEL

Food shortages and insecurity in the Sahel.

Political challenges in Lebanon face the IMF agreement

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LEBANON

The government had met a number of the IMF’s conditions, including the passage of a capital control law and an electricity sector reform plan. It had also completed an audit to…

Climate finance will grow but huge challenges persist

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate investment globally topped USD1tn last year but remains well short of the estimated USD8tn requirement. Most funding goes to developed economies and mitigation projects…

Debt reliance will undermine Laos's development

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LAOS

Alongside loans, the sale will support energy infrastructure development, part of Vientiane's national development and economic growth plans; Laos has also started preparatory…

Central America integration talk will not drive action

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CENTRAL AMERICA

The migrant crisis was a key theme at December’s summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA). The region’s leaders agreed on a need to address underlying causes…

Technology will revolutionise agriculture and retail

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INTERNATIONAL

Food technology.

Laos’s fiscal improvement efforts will face headwinds

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LAOS

Amid continuing concerns about public spending and debt levels, Laos’s finance ministry in mid-October enacted its largest foreign bond issue yet. An October report by the…