Post-Castro leadership will pursue continuity in Cuba

Cuba’s economic crisis necessitates further economic reform, but the party congress has minimised expectations of change

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Private education’s rise in Poland looks to continue

Rapid growth is likely in the number of new private schools and students in the coming years

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Kenya is once again turning to the IMF to help solve its fiscal troubles

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Business and investors are growing frustrated with the slow pace of change by government despite repeated promises

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Persistent governance failures and the difficulty of enacting security sector reform set back budget-balancing efforts

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Russia and others have entered the Balkan information sphere to expand their soft power reach, as EU influence weakens

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A reshuffled leadership must negotiate complex relations with neighbours and contend with a growing debt problem

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A new law prioritises power generated by the state electricity firm over private firms’ cheaper, cleaner alternatives

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Several states are considering imposing extended producer responsibility on makers of plastics packaging

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Despite significant access hurdles, social media have become central to political campaigns across the continent

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