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Security / Brief

Who benefits when a border crossing reopens

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·14 Oct 2026·1 min read
Economics / Brief

Why a currency shift lands differently in a ministry

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·13 Oct 2026·1 min read
Politics / Explainer

What a coalition's first hundred days reveal

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·12 Oct 2026·1 min read
Africa & the World / Analysis

The corridor's real contest is over terms

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·11 Oct 2026·2 min read
Politics / Brief

A constitutional ruling rewrites the political calendar

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·10 Oct 2026·1 min read
Economics / In Numbers

A year of power cuts across two grids

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·9 Oct 2026·1 min read
Security / Explainer

How a security pact reshapes who answers to whom

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·8 Oct 2026·1 min read
Politics / Profile

The audit office that outlasts every government

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·7 Oct 2026·2 min read
Economics / Analysis

Who captures the value of a battery metal

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·6 Oct 2026·2 min read
Africa & the World / Brief

A port expansion changes the arithmetic of Mediterranean trade

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·5 Oct 2026·1 min read
Security / Analysis

What envoys can do without leverage

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·4 Oct 2026·2 min read
Economics / Explainer

Why subsidy reform is the hardest sum in North African politics

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·3 Oct 2026·1 min read
Politics / Analysis

Coalition rule makes negotiation a habit of government

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·2 Oct 2026·2 min read
Politics / Brief

A continental trade rulebook meets the customs queue

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·1 Oct 2026·1 min read
Africa & the World / In Numbers

Where the cargo goes in the Red Sea

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·30 Sept 2026·1 min read
Economics / Profile

The refinery that changed a country's fuel politics

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·29 Sept 2026·2 min read
Africa & the World / Analysis

Capitals now court several partners at once

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·28 Sept 2026·2 min read
Economics / Explainer

What a debt restructuring actually restructures

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·27 Sept 2026·1 min read
Security / Brief

What follows when a peacekeeping mandate expires

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·26 Sept 2026·1 min read
Politics / Analysis

A divided state must still balance one budget

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·25 Sept 2026·2 min read
Economics / Brief

The gas project its neighbours are watching

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·24 Sept 2026·1 min read
Politics / Explainer

The summit that mattered because of its corridors

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·23 Sept 2026·1 min read
Politics / Brief

The limits of a regional court's reach

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·22 Sept 2026·1 min read
Security / In Numbers

What a border costs the traders who cross it

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·21 Sept 2026·1 min read
Security / Profile

The envoy who keeps showing up

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·20 Sept 2026·2 min read
Politics / Explainer

How a new election law changes the shape of the opposition

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·19 Sept 2026·1 min read
Africa & the World / Analysis

The quiet scramble for rare earths

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·18 Sept 2026·2 min read
Security / Brief

The message beneath a naval exercise

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·17 Sept 2026·1 min read
Security / Brief

The rise of the regional power pool

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·16 Sept 2026·1 min read
Economics / Profile

The company that became a country's balance sheet

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·15 Sept 2026·2 min read
Politics / Deep Dive

Who speaks for the region?

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·11 Sept 2026·3 min read
Security / Deep Dive

How fragile peace is made to hold

SMThe Southern Meridian Desk·6 Sept 2026·3 min read

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