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(Kazakhstan) Kazakh ruling party sweeps election; OSCE says vote uncompetitive (Al Jazeera)

Kazakhstan’s ruling party has cemented its grip on parliament in the opposition-free election, officials said on Monday. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/11/kazakh-ruling-party-sweeps-election-criticised-as-uncompetitive

(India) India’s top court asks Modi gov’t to put farm laws ‘on hold’ (Al Jazeera)

India’s Supreme Court says Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government should pause the implementation of the three farm laws passed recently while the concerns of...

(Uganda) Facebook shuts down Ugandan accounts ahead of general elections (Al Jazeera)

A number of Ugandan government officials and ruling party members have had their Facebook accounts shut down as the internet giant accuses them of...

(Ethiopia) Ethiopia says it killed 15 Tigray forces, captured 8 (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s military has said it killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/11/ethiopia-says-it-killed-15-members-of-tigray-forces-captured-8

(Qatar/Saudi Arabia) First Qatar to Saudi flight takes off after thaw in relations (Al Jazeera)

Saudia airline will fly from Riyadh to Doha later on Monday with services from Jeddah expected to start at later date. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/11/first-qatar-to-saudi-flight-to-take-off-after-thaw

(Yemen) What the Houthi ‘terrorist’ designation means in 500 words (Al Jazeera)

US President Donald Trump’s move to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign “terrorist” organisation could disrupt peace efforts and hamper the delivery of...

(Western Sahara/USA) What’s at stake for Joe Biden? (Al Jazeera)

It was a visit that would go down the annals of Moroccan history. US Ambassador David Fischer on Sunday began the process of establishing a...

(Somalia/Kenya) Somalia and Kenya still have a road to neighbourly cooperation (Abdimalik Abdullahi, Al Jazeera)

In December, Somalia cut diplomatic ties with Kenya accusing it of repeatedly “meddling in its internal affairs” and “violating its sovereignty”. The move brought...

(Europe/China) Europe – China: looking for strategies (Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

Bruegel is, according to the last annual ranking drawn up by the University of Pennsylvania, the first non-American think tank in the world. Based in...

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