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  • East Africa: A looming debt crisis?
    East Africa: A looming debt crisis?
    Date first published: 19/07/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: debt distress; frustration of process East Africa is projected to be the fastest growi...
    ake-ss
    25 July 2018
  • Political Risk Outlook H2 2018 – Ones to Watch
    AKE's Political Risk Outlook Special Report contains a selection of five countries from around the world where the political landscape has been fundam...
    ake-ss
    19 July 2018
  • Libya: The Chaos Continues
    Date first published: 12/07/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: political violence; payment risks; political instability Recent months have seen renew...
    ake-ss
    18 July 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 16 July 2018
    Ones to Watch, 16 July 2018
    Americas: Privatisations plans likely to continue to stall in Brazil Sectors: all Key Risks: delayed privatisation plans In Brazil, a recent ruling by...
    ake-ss
    16 July 2018
  • Mozambique: Toward an escalation of Islamist violence
    Date first published: 05/07/2018 Key sectors: energy Key risks: terrorism; conflict A series of gruesome attacks by jihadist group Al Sunnah wa Jam...
    ake-ss
    11 July 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 9 July 2018
    Ones to Watch, 9 July 2018
    Americas: Haiti to face further disruption amid violent unrest over fuel price hike Sectors: all Key Risks: lootings; violent unrest; travel disruptio...
    ake-ss
    09 July 2018
  • Turkey: The President and the remaining opposition
    Date first published: 26/06/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: banking crisis; lira depreciation; inflation A common joke in Turkey is that the only op...
    ake-ss
    04 July 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 2 July 2018
    Ones to Watch, 2 July 2018
    Americas: ELN and government scheduled to resume peace talks Sectors: all Key Risks: policy continuity; terrorism; targeted attacks In Colombia, the g...
    ake-ss
    02 July 2018
  • Russia: The World Cup of Security
    Russia: The World Cup of Security
    Date first published: 19/06/2018 Key sectors: sports; travel; construction Key risks: political violence; terrorism; civil unrest Four years on fro...
    ake-ss
    27 June 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 25 June 2018
    Ones to Watch, 25 June 2018
    Americas: Mexico set to elect leftist president amid record-high violence Sectors: all Key Risks: policy continuity; targeted political violence; cont...
    ake-ss
    25 June 2018
  • Barbados: A crisis that will rum-ble on
    Barbados: A crisis that will rum-ble on
    Date first published: 12/06/2018 Key sectors: all Key risks: sovereign default; domestic default; financial sector stability On 1 June Mia Mottley...
    ake-ss
    20 June 2018
  • Ones to Watch, 18 June 2018
    Ones to Watch, 18 June 2018
    Americas: Dialogue to ease tensions to remain at risk in Nicaragua Sectors: all Key Risks: political stability; policy continuity; violent unrest In N...
    ake-ss
    18 June 2018