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Iraq’s Sunnis and Kurds face a more peripheral future

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IRAQ

Discussions on the future of the US-Iraq security relationship will be followed with intense interest by both Iran-backed Shia forces in Iraq and their increasingly sidelined…

Militia abuses may increase in Niger

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NIGER

This has sparked the growth of ethnic Zarma self-defence militias, known locally as ‘zankai’. These militias reflect broader communal self-defence efforts, often arising because…

Scandal may change direction of Uganda’s NUP party

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UGANDA

Mpuuga has been accused of corruption, and Wine and the NUP have called for his resignation. However, Mpuuga has rejected these calls, claiming he is the victim of a political…

ASEAN will pursue incremental engagement in Myanmar

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MYANMAR

Myanmar’s junta for the first time accepted the invitation to have a ‘non-political’ representative at high-level ASEAN meetings, standing since its exclusion from such events…

Amazon deforestation is set to accelerate in Peru

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PERU

The changes respond to pressures to facilitate the development of agriculture in the region. The pace of deforestation has been rapid in recent years to the detriment of…

Gaza overspill is a possible risk to Balkan security

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BALKANS

After an incident in late September that left one Kosovar police officer and three Serbian gunmen dead, the dispute over Kosovo’s sovereignty has become more dangerous, prompting…

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh is settled

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ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN

The region’s Armenian majority population has fled; displaced Azerbaijanis have returned to Karabakh and formerly occupied surrounding districts. Russia refused to support its…