Detente with Turkish opposition mayors may be brief

Erdogan offers olive branch to opposition mayors but tensions remain and the situation may have changed by election time

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Opposition is ahead in Sri Lanka's presidential race

The president’s and prime minister’s parties are yet to decide on their candidates for the presidential election

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Key national and international actors’ games have brought Bosnia (and with it the rest of the Balkans) to breaking point

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A defector from the nationalist centre-right just seven years ago, Soylu is useful but has no base in the ruling AKP

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Erdogan threatens to flood Europe with refugees unless Washington accepts plans for a ‘safe zone’ in north-east Syria.

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A referendum on the creation of a new federal state is scheduled amid deep local and national political volatility

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Law enforcement is struggling to develop a toolkit to counter violence catalysed by online fringe communities

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The government fears political turbulence in Sudan could exacerbate violence in eastern Chad

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The Tuareg ethnic group crosses many borders in the Sahara-Sahel region and has led several rebellions

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The government has created an identity and boundaries issues commission to try to unravel deepening ethnic polarisation

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