Middle East & Africa
Trumpafrique
Donald Trump’s approach to Africa is very, well, African
What a meeting with five leaders says about his administration’s interest in the continent
The would-be peacemaker
Can Donald Trump force a ceasefire in Gaza?
As Binyamin Netanyahu travels to Washington, negotiators in Doha are racing to hammer out the details
A stubborn status quo
The Israel-Iran war has not yet transformed the Middle East
Peace deals may be elusive, and Gulf states fear the war is far from over
A downward spiral
Kenya’s president is bad news for Kenya and Africa
William Ruto’s tenure is a how-to guide for sowing cynicism about democracy
The future of political Shiism
Iran’s “axis of resistance” was meant to be the Shias’ NATO
But today transnational political Shiism is struggling for its survival
A never-ending conflict
Israel’s weird war clock: 12 days for Iran, 21 months in Gaza
Making peace with the Palestinians looks much harder than with Iran’s regime or Shias in Lebanon
Nice deal, on paper
A peace agreement in Africa that will probably not bring peace
The truce signed by Congo and Rwanda leaves out some important details
Deaths in the night
Farmers in central Nigeria are being killed with impunity
The government is failing to protect them
Charting the horror
As all eyes are on Iran, the horror in Gaza persists
Where people once died in air strikes, now they are dying as they try to find food
The world’s new back office
Call centres could be a gold mine for Africa
Forget factories. There is a better answer to the continent’s jobs crisis
No instant gratification
The alluring fantasy of a quick win in Iran
Murky intelligence suggests containing the regime requires years of American muscle
A Middle East transformed
Israel’s dazzling, daunting, dangerous victory
To bank its gains after 12 brutal days it must turn off its ferocious war machine