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South Africa – Jacob Zuma compares South Africa judges with apartheid rulers (Al Jazeera)

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has told hundreds of his supporters he is appealing a 15-month prison sentence and lashed out at the...

Ethiopia – TPLF lays out conditions for truce talks with Ethiopian gov’t (Al Jazeera)

The rebel leadership of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has demanded a full withdrawal of Eritrean troops and the fighters of the neighbouring Ethiopian state of...

Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam – Has diplomacy failed? (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations Security Council will likely meet this week to discuss the continuing dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over a giant dam...

USA/Iran/Israel – Standing up to the US on the Iran deal is not an option (Akiva Eldar, Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden’s expected signature on an amended nuclear agreement with Iran puts Israel’s new government before a strategic dilemma. It essentially...

UAE/OPEC – UAE rebuffs plan by OPEC, allies to extend production pact (Al Jazeera)

The United Arab Emirates has pushed back against a plan by the OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries to extend the global pact...

Israel/Palestine – Israel arrests Palestinian rights lawyer after anti-Abbas protest (Al Jazeera)

A Palestinian human rights lawyer has been arrested by Israeli forces after taking part in a protest in the occupied West Bank against Palestinian...

Australia – Government needs to increase support for critical minerals projects in Australia (Gavin Lockyer, The Strategist)

Australia has a huge amount to gain from taking advantage of its natural abundance of critical minerals and positioning itself as a world leader...

USA – No-first use nuclear policy (East Asia Forum)

Since the election of Joe Biden in 2020, much of the world has breathed a collective sigh of relief as we have witnessed what...

USA – Time for US nuclear strategy to embrace no first use (Van Jackson, East Asia Forum)

It was one of the most potent lessons of the Cold War — nukes are good for deterring others from using nukes, but not much else. Weapons capable only...

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