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23 May 2021
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Libyan parliament to meet in Tobruk to discuss budget and key state appointments
23 May 2021
Libya’s parliament, known as the House of Representatives (HoR, will hold an official session on Monday (24 May) in Tobruk. It has called members to attend the sessions which will discuss the 2021 budget and appointments for key sovereign positions.
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Kazakhstan, Central Asia's giant, is stirring and the Russians are not amused
22 May 2021
Kazakhstan is exploring its options. The government has embarked on a series of reforms, as yet mainly in the economic sphere, although reforms in the governance sector are also inevitable. They include slimming down the bloated state bureaucracy and also slowly re-calibrating Kazakh foreign policy to make it less dependant on Russia. The Russians are not amused, says Dennis Sammut in this op-ed
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Georgian forces start withdrawing from Afghanistan
22 May 2021
More than 20,000 Georgian servicemen have participated in the mission in Afghanistan since 2004, usually serving six monthly rotations. Predominantly tasked with peacekeeping in the volatile Helmand province, Georgia was the largest non-NATO, as well as largest per-capita, contributor to ISAF mission. Dozens of Georgian soldiers were killed or injured during the Afghanistan operation.
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As peace talks in Yemen stall, US imposes new sanctions
21 May 2021
The United States announced Thursday (20 May) sanctions against two senior leaders of the Houthi group in Yemen due to their role in continuing offensive in Marib, exacerbating the humanitarian situation and paralysing peace talks.
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'Landmine Free South Caucasus 2021' kicks off with children at a Tbilisi school thanking deminers across the region
21 May 2021
The campaign, Landmine Free South Caucasus, is a collaborative effort by organisations from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia working with international partners to raise awareness of landmine issues in the region.
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EU highlights importance of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach in delivering humanitarian action
21 May 2021
The European Council has expressed serious concern at the unprecedented scale of humanitarian needs, the shrinking of humanitarian space, and the growing funding gap.