Eastern demands may complicate Sudan junta’s strategy

Renewed threats of a trade blockade by eastern tribal leaders have created an unexpected wrinkle in the junta's plans

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Risks will grow as Somali election disputes multiply

The president and prime minister are embroiled in a new battle for control over the contested electoral process

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Campaigning for next August's elections has begun in earnest with the two main candidates now declared

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A failed application for membership would advance a decline in EU and a rise in US influence in the Balkans

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On December 2, baseball club owners locked out players after failure to reach a new collective bargaining agreement

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Colombo may need Beijing and Delhi to help it avert a sovereign default but their support is not guaranteed

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The coup leaders are trying to consolidate power through partnerships with peripheral groups

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The oil sector performed well over the past year and a half, but political turbulence may disrupt it again

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In the wake of a successful government counteroffensive, there is little talk of peace

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Virtual talks between the US and Russian leaders opened the way to diplomacy without definitively ending fears of war

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