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Taiwan’s president-elect faces a divided parliament

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TAIWAN

Voters elect representatives from their geographic constituencies (73 seats) and vote separately for a political party, which then fields 34 legislators-at-large not tied to a…

Intelligence body claims challenge Ramaphosa clean-up

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SOUTH AFRICA

The statements provided detail to supplement the findings of a 2018 review of the SSA, ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The latest allegations imply a significant undermining…

Ireland might see historic coalition between old foes

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IRELAND

The Dail convened on March 10 to elect a taoiseach (prime minister), but no nominee was able to attract the support of anything close to a majority.

UK fiscal policy must tighten from election promises

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UNITED KINGDOM

Parties' economic policy promises in the May 7 election.

Authoritarianism may deepen in Tanzania

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TANZANIA

Lissu's arrest is only the latest manifestation of a recent upturn in harassment of opposition MPs, including numerous arrests and several raids on MPs’ homes. All of the…

Nazarbayev's re-election will boost Kazakh 'siloviki'

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KAZAKHSTAN

Three candidates competed for the country's supreme political office in the election on April 26. Unsurprisingly, Nazarbayev (74) won by a landslide, obtaining 97.7% of the total…

Ghanaian cocoa prices point to LID implementation

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GHANA

The price bump comes amid a push by Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's two largest producers, for cocoa buyers to pay a Living Income Differential (LID) of USD400 per metric…

Abiy looks to transform Ethiopia's ethnic politics

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ETHIOPIA

The new party will likely incorporate the five ‘affiliate’ parties that rule the country’s other five regions but looks like it will be formed without the Tigray People’s…

Race for second place will matter in Indonesia poll

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INDONESIA

Prabowo was for months neck-and-neck in opinion polls with Ganjar Pranowo, former governor of Central Java province, but Ganjar has recently appeared to fall away. Anies Baswedan…

Rising violence raises election concerns in Haiti

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HAITI

President Jovenel Moise is preparing for a controversial constitutional referendum in June, but with even his own party expressing concerns about it, political frustrations look…