'Welfare tourism' fears may force EU showdown

EU ministers last week discussed a call from the governments of Austria, Germany, the Netherlands...

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Equatorial Guinea succession raises instability risk

On June 4 the Constitutional Court validated the results of May 26 senatorial and parliamentary...

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Islamist party Ennahda, which leads the governing coalition, is hardening its stance towards the...

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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to attract attention from investors. Yet recent official...

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The recent tortuous but ultimately successful negotiations in Istanbul to broaden the Gulf-backed...

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A federal judge yesterday ruled unconstitutional the reform providing for popular election of...

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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has converted the victory of his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)...

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Government and secular Tuareg separatist negotiators met in Burkina Faso on June 10, reaching...

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President Ollanta Humala on June 7 announced he has rejected a humanitarian pardon request for...

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The Supreme Court is due to make a judgment on challenges to the December 2012 presidential...

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