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            <description><![CDATA[Inflation has remained persistently high in Nigeria. It rose from 7–8% in the mid-2010s to a peak of 35% in 2024 following major policy shocks, notably Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) subsidy removal and exchange-rate liberalisation. Although inflation eased to about 15% by early 2026, it remains volatile and well above the Central Bank of Nigeria’s price stability mandate and its implicit 6–9% reference range (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2007; Central Bank of Nigeria, 2026), continuing to erode ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The May 2026 Chief Economists’ Outlook opens on a more pessimistic note than the January edition. Drawing on consultations and survey responses from the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists Community, the report examines a global economy unsettled by the escalation of conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Humanitarian diplomacy is gaining renewed prominence within the European Union (EU) and among its Member States, with new policy initiatives and strategies aimed at strengthening the protection of civilians and promoting compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). However, this momentum risks remaining largely rhetorical unless it is fundamentally reoriented toward tangible protection outcomes, meaningful engagement with conflict-affected communities, and accountability for ...]]></description>
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            <title>The Lobito Corridor: A frontier for transition mineral partnerships in Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Strategic mineral partnerships are reshaping how critical minerals are financed, transported and traded. Rising demand for transition minerals is driving new forms of cooperation between governments, development partners and companies, with a growing focus on integrated supply chains rather than isolated mining investments. The Lobito Corridor illustrates both the potential and complexity of these new supply chain models. While the Corridor offers a strategic alternative route for copper and cobalt exports, its development remains uneven and dependent on coordination across countries, institutions and financing arrangements.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa’s G20 Presidency in a fragmented world</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this report is to critically analyse the Group of 20 (G20) South Africa Leaders’ Summit Declaration. The Declaration was written in a highly contentious geopolitical climate, influenced by faltering multilateral institutions and growing tensions between a number of member states, affecting both the process and the outcomes. The South African government’s ambitious agenda was constrained by both these geopolitical limitations as well as consistency between various South African government departments.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The UASA Employment Report 2026 highlights a South African labour market undergoing significant structural transformation within a constrained economic environment. Weak economic growth, infrastructure bottlenecks, elevated unemployment and subdued labour absorption continue to limit the economy’s ability to generate sufficient formal employment opportunities. At the same time, the report finds that substantially more South Africans may be participating in productive economic activity than official employment statistics suggest. A growing share of labour market participation increasingly occurs through informal, casual, self-employed, subsistence and other non-standard forms of work.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In October 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the parties to Sudan’s conflict, took over El Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur state, following an 18-month siege that, along with continuous shelling and drone strikes, led to starvation among civilians in and around the city. The RSF unleashed mass killings and other abuses against civilians and hors-de-combat fighters–who were disarmed or injured–and trying to flee. They waited at a trench they had built–three meters deep, along a berm roughly two meters high–to ambush those trying to cross. “We met a group of RSF, and they stopped us,” recalled Amal, a 29-year-old woman: We had … families with people with special needs, like deaf, and then children [with Down syndrome] … One RSF member called the other and said: “Come and see this mad [person]!” and finally they killed them … And after killing, they arrested some of the women ... And they said: “Kill the ambayat [slaves].”]]></description>
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            <title> HRI Roadmap for Africa: Mobilizing Finance for Africa’s Frontier Markets </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Africa, with 17% of the world's population and widely recognised for its competitive investment returns, represents one of the most significant untapped opportunities in global markets. FDI to the continent rose to $97-billion in 2024, around 6% of global flows, signalling growing investor confidence. Beyond these headline figures lies a vast frontier of underserved communities, purpose-driven businesses and entire local economies ready to scale up with the right support.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nonprofit organisation Corruption Watch on Monday noted a persistent crisis of governance across multiple sectors, with local government and public safety institutions drawing the highest volume of public grievances, with Gauteng firmly holding the title of the country's corruption epicentre. The organisation released its fourteenth annual corruption report, titled ‘Ke Nako: Mobilising for justice’. CW received a total of 2 222 corruption complaints over the reporting period, with an overwhelming 91% of these submissions classified as directly corruption-related. According to CW board chairperson Themba Maseko, the organisation processed an average of 185 reports per month. Whistleblowers relied heavily on digital platforms to expose wrongdoing.]]></description>
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