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The kidnappings follow a series of violent incidents in the area, including a bomb attack on March 20 that killed three soldiers and the bombing of a police station on January 27…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB231747
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The attacks came shortly after President Alassane Ouattara reshuffled his cabinet and overshadowed Ivory Coast's hosting of the 8th francophone games in Abidjan (July 21-30). The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222413
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Wide availability of cheap, pure cocaine internationally is driven by record levels of coca cultivation, stockpiles of cocaine that accumulated during COVID-19 lockdowns and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278302
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The news follows the high-profile arrest in May of Rocco Morabito, the fugitive suspected leader of Italy's 'Ndrangheta mafia, in a US-Brazilian operation. Pandemic lockdowns have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262084
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In a bid to support the recovery of its pandemic-hit economy, it late last year issued its first sovereign bond, for local investors. Separately, boundary disputes with China…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261757
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The Council’s decision came as a fragile political agreement struck at the new year unravels, with security deteriorating in several parts of the country. The spike in unrest drew…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220043
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The Council also approved a new exit strategy, which should see MONUSCO begin to progressively withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the next three years.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259113
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The report contains the results of opium poppy cultivation surveys in Myanmar and Laos during the 2022/23 poppy season. The ‘Golden Triangle’ -- centred on the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284232
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The prime minister withdrew his first cabinet, proposed in early January, after opposition to the inclusion of figures from the outgoing government who were considered too closely…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197572
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Outlook for the ASEAN chairmanship in 2018.