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Ukraine conflict: Kazakhstan’s difficult balancing act between need for Russian support and popular opposition to the war

Ukraine conflict: Kazakhstan’s difficult balancing act between need for Russian support and popular opposition to the war: Vliadimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has put pressure on the leadership of neighbouring Kazakhstan, which only two months ago hosted Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) troops on its soil. The country’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, turned to …

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Ukraine: Russian opposition to the invasion is giving Putin cause for alarm

Ukraine: Russian opposition to the invasion is giving Putin cause for alarm: Vladimir Putin’s military aggression against Ukraine is meeting more opposition from Ukrainians than he expected. The Russian president also saw widespread condemnation of his military’s aggression in Ukraine at the UN General Assembly. But the opposition Putin faces domestically in Russia is also …

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Conservative MP rebellion: ‘human rights’ opposition to new COVID measures doesn’t add up

Conservative MP rebellion: ‘human rights’ opposition to new COVID measures doesn’t add up: The UK government’s introduction of new restrictions to deal with the “omicron emergency” has prompted backlash from some politicians. When the changes were put to the House of Commons, more than 100 Tory MPs voted against the plans. Several expressed concern over …

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South Africa’s ANC dips below 50%. But opposition parties fail to pick up the slack

South Africa’s ANC dips below 50%. But opposition parties fail to pick up the slack: South Africans queue to vote in the 2021 local government elections in Centurion, Tshwane, Pretoria. GCIS/Flickr South Africa’s 2021 local government elections were momentous. They mark the first time that the now ruling party and erstwhile liberation movement, the African …

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Sudan: how strong is the civilian opposition to the military coup?

Sudan: how strong is the civilian opposition to the military coup?: Sudan is in a state of chaos after last month’s coup, in which army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency and arrested the prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and leading opposition figures. Almost immediately, opposition groups took to …

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Zambia’s new president invites regional opposition leaders to inauguration

South Africa in the news: Zambia’s new president invites regional opposition leaders to inauguration: By inviting incumbent presidents and main opposition leaders from Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana and other African countries, the UPND is sending a very strong message …: “South Africa” – BingNews Fins Galore for Shark-Inspired Haval H6S: A new coupe-like Haval H6S family …

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Largest opposition party in South Africa opposes postponement of local gov’t elections

South Africa in the news: Largest opposition party in South Africa opposes postponement of local gov’t elections: South Africa’s second-largest party in the parliament, Democratic Alliance (DA), on Friday said it doesn’t support the postponement of the local government elections scheduled on October 27, following …: “South Africa” – BingNews Olympics-Hockey-Five to watch at the …

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Edward Kieswetter: Opposition to rebuilding SARS also comes from within

South Africa in the news: Edward Kieswetter: Opposition to rebuilding SARS also comes from within: SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter says that in trying to rebuild the revenue collector he has experienced opposition from within the organisation as well as the wider political arena. Kieswetter’s …: “South Africa” – BingNews Misinformation literacy, not punitive laws, needed …

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Local government elections given go ahead despite opposition concerns

South Africa in the news: Local government elections given go ahead despite opposition concerns: President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday night announced the date for the local government elections despite concerns from some opposition parties over holding the elections while the country battles Co …: “South Africa” – BingNews Norfolk women’s Covid ‘Plague Journal’ attracts attention …

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Former opposition leader Tony Leon pushes South Africa’s hot buttons in new book

Former opposition leader Tony Leon pushes South Africa’s hot buttons in new book: Tony Leon celebrates at the Democratic Alliance's final election rally held in Johannesburg, in April 2004. EFE-EPA/Kim Ludbrook Tony Leon is the most prolific of all former leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s main opposition party, as befits the chair …

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Turkey: Erdo?an’s decision to pull out of Istanbul Convention has put him in opposition to women

Turkey: Erdo?an’s decision to pull out of Istanbul Convention has put him in opposition to women: In a single-paragraph statement issued at around 2am on March 20, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdo?an pulled his country out of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Thus, at a …

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Belarus: opposition pressure continues inside and outside the country – will it work?

Belarus: opposition pressure continues inside and outside the country – will it work?: Six months on from the disputed re-election of Alexander Lukashenko as president, the opposition in Belarus shows no signs of giving up on its demands. Protesters are calling for Lukashenko to resign, for an end to the regime’s use of violence against …

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Alexei Navalny: Novichok didn’t stop Russian opposition leader – but a prison sentence might

Alexei Navalny: Novichok didn’t stop Russian opposition leader – but a prison sentence might: After the dramatic flight into Moscow by Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny – who arrived on a plane full of journalists, live streamed his defiant speech on arrival and was promptly detained at passport control – the basic question is: “What’s …

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Bobi Wine has already changed the Ugandan opposition. Can he change the government?

Bobi Wine has already changed the Ugandan opposition. Can he change the government?: Ugandan singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine being arrested on charges of unlawful assembly. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images Just three weeks into his official campaign for the Ugandan presidency, Ugandan musician and parliamentarian Robert Kyagulanyi (better known by his stage name Bobi …

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