<p>Sub-Saharan Africa is a study in diversity. Covering an area that spans the entire width of the continent beginning at the Sahara Desert and ending at the southernmost tip of South Africa, the region is home to countless cultures, languages, religions, plants, animals and natural resources. It&rsquo;s no surprise that it captured the imagination of Europe&rsquo;s earliest explorers &mdash; and that it continues to capture the imagination of current world powers eager to exploit it. And yet despite the region&rsquo;s diversity, Sub-Saharan African countries have common challenges &mdash; transnational terrorism, rapid population growth, endemic poverty and corruption &mdash; that prevent them from capitalizing on their economic potential. The coming years will be critical for the region, especially as its political institutions mature in a rapidly globalizing world.</p>

Covering an area that spans the entire width of the continent beginning at the Sahara Desert and ending at the southernmost tip of South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa is home to countless cultures, languages, religions, plants, animals and natural resources.

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Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party will likely remain in power in the upcoming general election and maintain close ties with Rwanda, the European Union and China, as well as ensure broad continuity in the liquified natural gas sector, but the probable electoral manipulation will likely trigger anti-government protests.

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The quarter will also feature impactful elections, including presidential and general elections in Turkey that could trigger a constitutional crisis; regional elections in Spain that could see the nationalist right performing strongly; legislative elections in India that will delay the implementation of controversial economic reforms; and contentious elections to appoint the members of a council that will draft Chile's next constitution. Finally, political and security volatility will be high in key emerging economies such as Brazil, where political polarization will slow the new government's policy agenda; Nigeria, where the persistent risk of social unrest will complicate the new president's push to reform the economy; and Pakistan, where political volatility and a persistent economic crisis will prolong policy uncertainty and keep a high risk of social unrest.

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced a joint venture between artificial intelligence company OpenAI, internet services company SoftBank and computer technology company Oracle to invest $100 billion in computing infrastructure to power AI innovation, The New York Times reported on Jan. 21. The venture, titled Stargate, will aim to invest as much as $500 billion over the next four years and will begin with 10 data centers already under construction in Texas.changed

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The booking is the first concrete sign of attempts to resume Russian gas deliveries to Transdniestria since supplies ended on Jan. 1. However, Ozbor Enterprises would need to book the rest of the route through Bulgaria and Romania, as well as Moldova and Ukraine, starting Jan. 27 to enable onward

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Sri Lanka's foreign minister announced that the country signed an agreement with Chinese state-owned energy giant Sinopec to expedite the development of a proposed $3.7 billion oil refinery in Sri Lanka's southern port city of Hambantota, Reuters reported on Jan. 22. Sinopec and Sri Lanka will next work on determining the share of refined fuel allocated for export from the proposed refinery, and they aim to address outstanding issues related to land, taxes and water within a month.

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On Inauguration Day, new U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to delay the enforcement of the divest-or-ban law targeting Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok — which took effect on Jan. 19 — for 75 days, The New York Times reported on Jan. 20. The executive order instructs the attorney general to not take action to enforce the ban and to send a letter to companies covered by the law like Apple, Google and Oracle stating they will not be held liable for violating the statute by facilitating access to TikTok services during the delay period.

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Local security forces will likely be unable to sustain this level of pressure on the Islamic State without external support or additional resources. 

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More than 451,000 individuals were affected by a data breach that occurred at JP Morgan Chase Bank, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General on 29 April. The bank said that a software issue in a vendor-provided system allowed users to access retirement plan participants’ records that they were not entitled to see.

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Militants belonging to Islamic State West African Province, or ISWAP, and Jama'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihad, also known as JAS or Boko Haram, on Jan. 14  killed at least 40 people from Nigeria's Dumba community in Borno state, Reuters reported the following day. ISWAP and JAS militants killed farmers and fishermen in Dumba, near Lake Chad, and reportedly left many others missing. 

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Somali State Foreign Minister Ali Balcad said obstacles hindering Ethiopia’s participation in the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia, or AUSSOM, had been overcome, Voice of America reported on Jan. 12.

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