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Lebanon Begins Disarming Palestinian Camps
Lebanon launched a plan to disarm Palestinian groups in refugee camps, starting with weapons handovers from Burj al-Barajneh camp in Beirut as part of a wider disarmament campaign expected across all camps nationwide. More - Al Jazeera
Russia Launches Heaviest Bombardment in Weeks
Russia fired 574 drones and 40 missiles at Ukraine in one of the heaviest bombardments in weeks. More - BBC
EU-US Detail Trade Deal Next Steps
The US and EU formalized plans for their trade pact with specific benchmarks for European tariff reductions. More - Bloomberg
Israel Approves Major West Bank Project To “Erase” The Palestinian State
Israel gave final approval for the controversial E1 settlement project east of Jerusalem. More - France 24
Africa Stability Ratings and News Summary
More Unstable
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DRC, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe
More Stable
No countries were more stable over this period
Unchanged
Cape Verde, Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Zambia
Carpe tomorrow!