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Spain’s Colau will shape Catalonian left’s realignment

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SPAIN

A profile of Barcelona’s mayor Ada Colau.

Attacks on South Africa’s constitution will increase

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SOUTH AFRICA

The constellation of political and social forces crystallised in the 1996 constitutional compromise has broken down. In part this relates to persistently high poverty, gaping…

Divided ANC undermines Ramaphosa’s capacity to govern

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SOUTH AFRICA

These challenges are interlinked, and all threaten Ramaphosa’s standing over the medium term. They also influence Ramaphosa’s ability to manage an intensely divided ANC, with…

Spending more on East European defence will be tough

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EASTERN EUROPE

Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine has prompted EU member-states, and the Visegrad Four (V4: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in particular, to rethink their own…

China may see an opening in Pacific Islands

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PACIFIC ISLANDS

Fiji returned to democracy in 2014 after being ruled by a military regime since 2006. Fiji's president, Frank Bainimarama, who was its military ruler, implemented a 'Look North'…

Hungary’s pandemic measures will entrench ruling party

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HUNGARY

While the government's communications focus on how to stop the pandemic and make the economy more resilient, some of its recent spending decisions seem unrelated to tackling…

Opposition EFF seeks to weaken South Africa's ANC

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SOUTH AFRICA

The EFF's campaign to oust Ramaphosa follows allegations that he failed to report the theft of millions of dollars from his farm in 2020. The EFF was similarly involved in a…

South Africa’s Ramaphosa will need greater branch push

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SOUTH AFRICA

A profile of Cyril Ramaphosa.

Ramaphosa will ward off leadership challengers

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SOUTH AFRICA

In it, she took aim at high-level judges and politicians using terms such as "mentally colonised Africans" and attacked what she called a "neo-liberal constitution" of "foreign…

Inside struggles to shape policies of Mexico's Morena

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MEXICO

AMLO economics.