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Kazakhstan holds parliamentary elections
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Kazakhstan holds parliamentary elections

10 January 2021
Commonspace.eu political editor said in a comment that whilst no dramatic changes are expected in the election, and the ruling party is expected to win comfortably, the elections can contribute to widening the political playing field in the country and add stimulus to the process of reform initiated by president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. 
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More than ten thousand people displaced in Niger
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More than ten thousand people displaced in Niger

9 January 2021
ِThe UNOCHA says 10,600 people have been displaced following the attacks on two villages in Niger's Tillaberi region earlier this month. The Tillaberi region has been frequently targeted by terrorist groups based in Mali since 2017, with a state of emergency declared in the area. Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali in the Sahel are at the epicenter of one of the world's fastest-growing displacement and security crises.
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Tunisia arrests an al Qaeda leader plotting a terrorist attack
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Tunisia arrests an al Qaeda leader plotting a terrorist attack

9 January 2021
Politics in Tunisia in the last decade has been dominated by the rivalry between An Nahda, a mainstream Islam inspired party, and secularists who oppose any interference of religion in the public space. Both seek to resist the Islamist threat, although their approach is different. In the meantime the threat from extremists continues.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders prepare for their first meeting since the recent war
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Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders prepare for their first meeting since the recent war

8 January 2021
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are expected to meet in Moscow next week together with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since the recent war they fought with each other, and their 10 November agreement which brought it to an end.