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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…

Mexican indigenous strategy will not reduce poverty

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MEXICO

The ineffectiveness of the government's strategy for helping the indigenous poor in either tackling inequality or raising them out of poverty.

Ivory Coast-Burkina Faso border areas pose fresh risks

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IVORY COAST/BURKINA FASO

The attack, which killed at least twelve members of the security forces, was an apparent act of revenge for the recent joint Ivorian-Burkinabe counterterrorist mission ‘Operation…

Mauritania anti-slavery campaign will be reinvigorated

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MAURITANIA

The outlook for the anti-slavery campaign

Mining rush threatens stability in Uganda’s Karamoja

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UGANDA

However, the highly militarised approach has left almost no room for dialogue with local communities and a new wave of armed violence has emerged, raising questions about the…

Gambian election presages authoritarian turn

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GAMBIA

His main rival, Ousainou Darboe, placed a distant second with just under 28%. The result relates more to popular rejection of Darboe and savvy alliance-building than a popular…

NGO concessions offer no real respite for Afghan women

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AFGHANISTAN

The ban on female employment threatens to end the operations of the foreign-funded NGOs that provide a large proportion of healthcare services, though partial exemptions may be…

Over-reaction to protests is a Russian stability risk

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RUSSIA

Russian leadership's preparations for possible unrest.

Mexico’s migration approach will remain unchanged

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MEXICO

His comments, at Mexico’s Senate, come amid a surge in undocumented migration through Mexico, and follow discussions on how to address the matter on September 9, at the first…

COVID-19 may give Lebanon’s premier a short-term boost

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LEBANON

This came shortly after Prime Minister Hassan Diab addressed the nation, promising a 1.2-trillion-Lebanese pound (400-million-dollar) stimulus plan -- although it was unclear how…