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Security
Who benefits when a border crossing reopens
Trade, taxes and patience: what a reopened frontier changes for traders on both sides.
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The Southern Meridian Desk
The Southern Meridian is an independent digital magazine of African geopolitics. Its desk writes about power, trade and security across the continent.
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Economics
Why a currency shift lands differently in a ministry
The same exchange rate move reads as policy to officials and as a price tag to shoppers.
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Politics
What a coalition's first hundred days reveal
Early deals reveal who holds the pen, and where the next argument will start.
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Africa & the World
The corridor's real contest is over terms
Rail lines and ports are being financed across the continent. The terms matter as much as the track.
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Politics
A constitutional ruling rewrites the political calendar
Judges rarely set election dates, but their reading of a clause can move the whole timetable.
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Economics
A year of power cuts across two grids
Hours without electricity, counted region by region, tell a story that averages hide.
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Security
How a security pact reshapes who answers to whom
Three neighbours are rebuilding their alliances. The chain of command is the real subject.
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Politics
The audit office that outlasts every government
Auditors publish dull reports that politicians fear. A profile of how one office keeps its edge.
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Economics
Who captures the value of a battery metal
Mining is the start of the story. Processing, and who owns it, is where the margin lives.
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Africa & the World
A port expansion changes the arithmetic of Mediterranean trade
Bigger berths mean different shipping routes, and different winners in neighbouring economies.
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Security
What envoys can do without leverage
Peace talks need more than goodwill. A closer look at what gives a mediator real weight.
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Economics
Why subsidy reform is the hardest sum in North African politics
Cutting a subsidy is easy on paper. Explaining it to a household is another matter.
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Politics
Coalition rule makes negotiation a habit of government
Shared power changes how laws are written and who gets to veto them.