Trends
Sub-Saharan Africa
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A first in-depth investigation and audit into the meteoric rise of the shadowy private Wagner Group in Africa has revealed the presence of thousands of Russian mercenaries in at least 20 African countries including Mozambique,...
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SUDAN ON PATH TO DEMOCRACY
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Sub-Saharan Africa -
LISSU TAKES ON THE BULLDOZER
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Sub-Saharan Africa -
NIGERIA GOES AFTER STOLEN ARTEFACTS
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Sub-Saharan Africa -
COUNTRIES THAT WASTED FOREIGN AID
Spyker - Mar 16, 2019Sub-Saharan Africa
Russia & Former Soviet Union
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Evan Gershkovich MOSCOW—In late September, some 25,000 people gathered in central Moscow to demand the release of political prisoners who were jailed during the wave of demonstrations that rocked the Russian capital this past summer....
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IS THE WEST LOSING GEORGIA?
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Russia and Former Soviet Union -
ZELENSKY’S MOMENT OF TRUTH
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Russia and Former Soviet Union -
PUTIN’S LORD HAW HAW
Spyker - Dec 2, 2019Russia and Former Soviet Union
Middle East & North Africa
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BEIRUT—It was the sort of chant that, only a month or so ago, would have been all but unthinkable in Lebanon. “Terrorists, terrorists, Hezbollah are terrorists,” yelled some of the hundreds of anti-government protesters who...
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BLEAK FATE OF THE SYRIAN KURDS
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IRAN’S HOLD ON IRAQ IS ERODING
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Middle East and North Africa
Americas & Caribbean
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POPAYÁN, Colombia—This nation known as the “Gateway to South America” has become the latest Latin American state to be shaken by widespread, anti-government demonstrations. More than 200,000 marchers turned out across Colombia on November 21 to...
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MORALES MADE BOLIVIA A BETTER PLACE
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Americas and Caribbean -
CHILE PROTESTS CRASH COPPER
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Americas and Caribbean -
ARGENTINE MIDDLE FINGER TO IMF
Spyker - Dec 3, 2019Americas and Caribbean
East, South Asia & Australasia
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The authorities were so confident of elections going their way that state media filed copy in advance. BY JAMES PALMER Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, attends the opening session of the National People’s Congress in...