Kabila's eastern Congo focus hampers wider governance

Next month marks a year since President Joseph Kabila's re-election, in seriously flawed polls....

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Lebanon bombing raises risk of serious instability

Police and protesters clashed in Beirut yesterday, following the funeral of intelligence chief...

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After 15 years of stop-start negotiations, on October 7 President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino...

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The Free Syrian Army threatened on October 9 to attack Hezbollah in Beirut after claiming to have...

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President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi return from...

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The escalation of Syria's civil conflict has caused a significant deterioration in the...

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The price of Brent oil rose today, with the barrel traded at close to 113 dollars. However, while...

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Over the past two decades, programmes on disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) have...

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Saudi Arabia's petrodollars are a long-standing tool of its foreign policy. They are being used...

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Following northern Mali's crisis this year, speculation has grown that the central and western...

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