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by Louisa Loveluck | Friday 18 May 2012
On 23 May, Egyptians head to the polls to elect the first president of the post-Mubarak era. Whilst this is likely to be the freest election in...
by Jane Kinninmont | Friday 18 May 2012
Egypt's economy has suffered short-term pain from the uncertainty over its political transition – but there's a chance for confidence to pick up...
by Professor Richard G Whitman | Thursday 17 May 2012
The relationship between France and Germany is the barometer of the political health of Europe.Even in a European Union of 27 member states, and...
by Dr Claire Spencer | Wednesday 16 May 2012
Many observers were watching the Algerian national assembly elections of 10 May 2012 to see whether they would buck the regional trends of securing...
by Sir Andrew Wood | Friday 4 May 2012
There are those, not least in the West, who hope or even suppose that Vladimir Putin's reincarnation on 7 May as President of Russia will mean a...
by Rob Bailey | Friday 4 May 2012
Significant improvements in the quality and timeliness of famine early warning systems have not been matched by comparable improvements in the...
by Elizabeth Donnelly | Thursday 3 May 2012
Boko Haram's escalation of violent activity across northern Nigeria has been relentless.
by Alex Vines, OBE | Thursday 26 April 2012
The guilty verdict by the judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone against Liberia's former president Charles Taylor is important for both Africa...
by Elizabeth Wilmshurst, CMG | Thursday 26 April 2012
The unanimous finding by the Special Court for Sierra Leone that Liberia’s former President Charles Taylor is guilty of aiding and abetting and...
by Ahmed Soliman | Tuesday 24 April 2012
Less than a year after South Sudan’s independence, Sudan and South Sudan are on the brink of a return to full-scale war. In the last few weeks there...
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