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Living cost woes to shape Zambia's pre-poll politics

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ZAMBIA

This is due to spending on imported electricity and fuel, prices of which have risen due to the falling kwacha currency (down 40% to the dollar during 2015). The deteriorating…

Syria will struggle to address acute energy shortages

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SYRIA

This is part of a wider energy crisis that is also evident in the long queues outside petrol stations and in the difficulty that bakeries face in securing fuel, on top of the…

Tunisia will struggle to exit crisis stage

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TUNISIA

Living standards are under great pressure from rising food and fuel prices, which are also putting pressure on the state budget ahead of parliamentary elections on December 17, to…

Street pressures will erode elite cohesion in Cuba

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CUBA

The government is nevertheless shaken. Protests were triggered by severe economic hardship, and reflect a loss of public confidence that the government can improve matters. The…

Economic improvements in Mali will be too slow

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MALI

Ranked 184th out of 189 countries in the UN’s 2019 Human Development Index, Mali faces long-standing economic and development challenges. In addition, the north and east of the…

Subsidy changes may curb Russia's farming successes

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RUSSIA

Challenges to sustaining agricultural production in Russia.

Obesity and hunger present dual challenges in Mexico

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MEXICO

Food security and obesity.

Foreign over-fishing will drain West African resource

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WEST AFRICA

Over-fishing off West Africa.

Ukraine will worsen existing Latin American weaknesses

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LATIN AMERICA

Although many countries in Latin America are net food exporters, the fallout from the war in Ukraine is set to have a serious impact on a region already disproportionately…

Niger should weather cost-of-living crisis

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NIGER

This year, the floods have coincided with rising living costs and threaten to trigger protests, especially in densely populated southern cities where the president is not popular…