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Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 February 2022

Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s post-coup government has not followed through on promises to suspend the price increases, and the protests have escalated.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267288

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 June 2019

Widespread concern over the state of Czech democracy has been fuelled by European Commission auditors’ reports pointing to possible conflicts of interest between Babis’s official…

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Publication date: 16 May 2017

The minister called for “all upstream Mekong River nations to adopt proper policies in exploiting the river”, especially regarding construction of hydropower dams. The comments…

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Publication date: 20 August 2019

This was the second major protest banned by the authorities in recent days, amid deepening public dissatisfaction with the government's handling of the economy. As fears grow…

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Publication date: 12 March 2024

A glut of Ukrainian agricultural products has driven down prices in neighbouring countries, prompting several governments to impose unilateral import bans. Protests by Polish…

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Publication date: 27 June 2023

Water has in recent years become a major issue in Iran, provoking frequent anti-government protests, as available resources have fallen to below 1,600 cubic metres per person from…

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Publication date: 2 March 2017

Funds for emergency maize crop purchases from Zambia were allegedly misappropriated, with former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218282

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 October 2020

Faced with an October 24 deadline to make up a substantial shortfall in its obligations, Mexico decided to open dams, triggering tensions in Chihuahua, where farmers protested…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257210

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 June 2019

Since its introduction in February, the local real-time gross settlement (RTGS) dollar, a de facto new local currency, has lost over 60% of its value relative to the US dollar on…

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