South Sudan sanctions will prove largely symbolic

As the peace process falters, sanctions threats are again being aired

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West African cocoa commitments face major tests

The top two growers' collaborative price stabilisation efforts continue as pressures on major chocolate companies grow

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The opposition leader has been given an opportunity to try to form a government after Netanyahu failed

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A growing crisis sparked by the opposition's threat to boycott elections is bringing Serbia into the regional spotlight

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A Russian-Turkish deal helps shield the Syrian Kurds from attack, and brings Damascus's rule up to the northern border

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The upcoming ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit will focus heavily on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

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Financial markets view a no-deal Brexit as a remote possibility, but markets are underpricing significant risks

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After premature comments by a Russian legislator, Uzbekistan admits it is considering joining a Moscow-led economic bloc

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Brexit is already influencing politics and public opinion in some of the EU’s most-exposed members

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Albania’s EU integration is delayed again, judicial reform proceeds slowly and parliament lacks a genuine opposition

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