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Jihadists will try to provoke new Burkinabe faultlines

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BURKINA FASO

Burkinabe jihadists' tactics.

Poor ties with the Bedouin hinder Cairo's Sinai fight

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EGYPT

Four members of the security forces were killed in separate attacks over the weekend. Despite a years-long campaign to dismantle the Sinai affiliate of Islamic State (IS), Wilayat…

Africa’s opposition parties will grow more combative

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AFRICA

African opposition strategies.

Security threats will plague the Nigerian military

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NIGERIA

Boko Haram and the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria.

Virus will divert but not derail gender rights fight

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INTERNATIONAL

Gender rights movements.

Rio police killings will fuel polarisation in Brazil

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BRAZIL

That increase has sparked concerns that the state government is further militarising the fight against organised crime at the expense of the human rights of favela (slum…

Sudan's president tries new tactics

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SUDAN

Sudan's state of emergency.

Nicaragua election criticism will not shake Ortega

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NICARAGUA

The outcome comes as little surprise, given the repressive tactics used by the Ortega administration in the run-up to the vote, which included the disqualification or imprisonment…

China and Russia tactics will undercut their vaccines

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CHINA/RUSSIA

For Russia, it would be a chance for international acclaim and to stoke national pride. For China, success would offset its shortcomings in responding to the emergence of COVID-19…

Inflation will test Uganda's opposition and government

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UGANDA

Inflation has been rising rapidly since April, driving widespread anxiety and further complicating an already tense political context following controversial elections last year.