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Russian newspaper says that meeting between Putin and Sandu will seal the fate of Transnistria
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Russian newspaper says that meeting between Putin and Sandu will seal the fate of Transnistria

13 August 2021
"Moldovan President Maia Sandu has kept her word - after forming a government she began talks about meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. To enable this, Deputy Chief of the Russian Presidential Staff Dmitry Kozak was invited to Chisinau on Wednesday. Former Moldavian Ambassador to Russia Anatol Taranu told the newspaper that an agenda for a meeting of the two presidents was discussed at Sandu’s initiative and, according to him, the meeting will happen and will focus on the issues of Transnistria and the presence of Russian troops on its territory, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported on Thursday (12 August).
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Sudan will hand over ex-president Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court
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Sudan will hand over ex-president Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court

12 August 2021
“The Council of Ministers has decided to hand over the wanted people to the ICC,” the Sudanese foreign minister, Mariam Al-Mahdi, said on Wednesday (11 August), according to the official SUNA news agency. This was announced during her meeting with the new chief prosecutor of the Court in The Hague, Karim Khan, who is visiting Sudan's capital, Khartoum, this week.
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Opinion: Under President Raisi, Iran remains very interested in the South Caucasus, and in remaining a player in the region
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Opinion: Under President Raisi, Iran remains very interested in the South Caucasus, and in remaining a player in the region

10 August 2021
The presence in Tehran of the Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, for the inauguration of incoming-president Ebrahim Raisi underscored the significance of relations with Iran for Armenia in the post-2020 Karabakh war context, writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed where he also discusses Iran's deep interest in the South Caucasus region.
Benyamin Poghosyan
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Escalation likely in Tigray as TPLF refuses to back down
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Escalation likely in Tigray as TPLF refuses to back down

10 August 2021
The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is likely to escalate towards a new battle as the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) refuses to withdraw fighters from areas they captured in recent weeks. In response, the government warned that it could deploy the full force of its defensive capabilities against the Tigray region. 
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Analysis: When hunting down civil society, don’t shoot yourself in the foot
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Analysis: When hunting down civil society, don’t shoot yourself in the foot

9 August 2021
In recent weeks, Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus has ordered the mass closure of NGOs, calling them “bandits and foreign agents”. One year to the day since the disputed 9 August 2020 presidential elections, for commonspace.eu, Maryia Ditchkowska looks at some of the organisations targeted, why it is unlikely to seriously impact support for the pro-democractic movement, and what has prompted this particular crackdown.
Maryia Ditchkowska