Elite rivalry could destabilise South Sudan's Dinka

Tensions between the president and his former army chief have recently escalated

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Islamic State on the wane in Russian North Caucasus

Although Chechen fighters feature large in the Syrian conflict, their return is not the prime cause of Caucasus unrest

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The country’s first general election under the new republican constitution concluded in December

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Despite deep divisions, Sunni communities benefit from Baghdad-Erbil disputes and Gulf Arab engagement

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The government is trying to make simultaneous progress on many fronts and, in some cases, is struggling

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Educational changes look like a policy of creeping ethnic assimilation

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A full-scale Turkish ground incursion, Operation Olive Branch, has begun into Afrin, Syria’s northernmost province

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Belgrade-Prishtina talks are held up by an assassination amid speculation but no certainty about who was responsible

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The Catholic Church's position in Chilean society has been weakened amid abuse scandals and changing social attitudes

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The opposition is unlikely to win the election later this year, but it is presenting a more united front

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