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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


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