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Rivals Redraw Energy Map as Germany’s Industry Stalls
As Moscow disrupts Kazakh oil flows heading west to Germany, Tehran builds a northern corridor to Kazakhstan, leaving Berlin with no leverage.
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Syria’s New State Looks Alarmingly Rural
Post-Assad Syria is not settling into a new national centre. It is hardening into a patchwork of rural power bases, clan ties, and competing local loyalties.
Somalia Electoral Crisis Worsens the Federal Fracture
Mogadishu's two-day firefight over a contested presidential term tells Jubaland, Puntland and Somaliland that federal authority ends at the gun barrel.
Revolut Forces Europe’s Old Banks to Go Digital Faster
Revolut's latest expansion shows how digital-only banking is forcing Europe's old lenders to adapt faster, even where trust still lives in the branch.
Crisis by Design: South Africa’s Migrant Crisis
Mobs in Mossel Bay killed five Mozambicans last weekend and reminded South Africa of its oldest political alibi, blaming the foreigner and sparing the system.
Ghana Warns Travellers as South Africa’s Violence Spreads
Ghana's warning against non-essential travel to South Africa shows that xenophobic violence there is no longer only a domestic crisis but a regional diplomatic problem.
