US military may dampen human rights focus in Africa

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) could increasingly overlook good governance and human rights under the Trump administration

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Radical opposition could form next Kosovo government

The latest coalition cobbled together from a wide range of parties may be liberation war veterans’ last spell in power

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Pending shifts in US nuclear policy would have global knock-on effects and threaten to increase nuclear dangers

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The Kremlin is giving a reformist voice a hearing but may decide against so radical an agenda

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The Rohingya crisis in Rakhine State puts Myanmar’s government under intense international pressure

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Campaigning has begun for the 2018 elections, but the future territorial unity of the country is in doubt

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The South Asian rivals have since independence disputed sovereignty over the region

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Chad has become the regional lynchpin in the fight against jihadist groups in the Sahel, but problems loom

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The UN and human rights organisations have warned of deepening sectarian violence in the Central African Republic (CAR)

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As Ankara, Moscow and Tehran plan a de-escalation zone in the north-west, other rebel factions are falling away

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