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South Africa’s Election: Key Issues, Party Promises, and The Facts

Introduction: For the first time since gaining power through the country’s first democratic elections 30 years ago, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is projected to receive less than 50 percent of the vote, the minimum it requires to continue governing alone.  This possibility alone has made the election set for May 29 a watershed moment for the country.  A myriad...

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Naval Standoff in South Aegean Highlights the Fleeting Détente in Greek-Turkish Relations

The lasting impression of rapprochement between Greece and Turkey in their 50-year dispute over continental shelf delimitation and Turkey’s pursuit of strategic control of the Aegean has been fleeting, as Turkish warships were deployed within the Greek Exclusive Economic...

Houthis Warn of Impending Response to Israeli Strikes

Over the past 24 hours, there has been a notable uptick in messaging by the Houthis warning of an impending response to Israeli strikes that targeted the Yemeni port city of al-Hudaydah last week,...

Ecuador’s ‘Metastasis’ Case Exposes Deep Corruption

Emerson Curipallo, an Ecuadorian judge who was responsible for the release of Jorge Glas and two trusted hitmen of Leandro Norero, a notorious drug lord and close ally to Los Lobos whose death kick-started...