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Prospects for Syria's civil war in 2013
The stalemate between government and rebel forces is set to break in 2013. The balance of power...
SyriaLiberia's post-UN era will see raised governance risks
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's office announced in late October her intention to reshuffle the...
LiberiaKigali rebuffs pressure over Rwanda's regional role
The High Court on October 30 sentenced senior opposition politician Victoire Ingabire to eight...
RwandaMomentum for international arms trade treaty has grown
The international arms trade is largely unregulated. Last year a record 85.3 billion...
InternationalGender takes centre stage in global development policy
International institutions and aid agencies increasingly regard tackling gender inequalities as a...
InternationalRevolution not intervention counts in the new Libya
The 2011 revolution came amid the Arab uprisings and ended the 42-year rule of Colonel Muammar...
LibyaProspects for global climate policy in fourth quarter
The 18th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)...
InternationalRapid LAC urbanisation calls for policy remedies
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has become the most urbanised region in the world....
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