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American aid to Africa comes with more strings attached

A new crop of health deals is unlikely to meet the needs of recipient countries

The moment of reckoning between America and Iran

Donald Trump must soon choose whether to attack Iran or beat a humiliating retreat

A deadly attack shows Nigeria’s security crisis is wors...

Jihadists and bandits are advancing on the country’s big cities

The reopened Rafah crossing in Gaza brings pitiful gains

Gaza’s putative technocrats are still languishing in Cairo

Iranians’ angry defiance is growing once again

Before missiles were launched, the regime was making few concessions

The global triumph of Nigerian fashion

Its flamboyant styles are gracing red carpets and going viral on TikTok

How regional powers are thinking about a war in Iran

Further conflict could bring chaos—and opportunities

What are Donald Trump’s strike options in Iran?

An immense armada threatens the regime, but it is not yet blinking

How Africa’s hottest new museum unravelled

A dispute over returning Benin bronzes to Nigeria is only part of the story

Ethiopia inches ever closer to war

The latest flare-up in Tigray shows the risk of a regional conflagration

Ali Larijani is an increasingly plausible heir in Iran

But hardliners have never fully trusted him

A book fair in Damascus is a window on the new Syria

But many worry it will not stay open for long

Why Saudis feel squeezed even as the economy booms

Young people grousing about service jobs and high rents sound like their peers i...

Analysing Africa newsletter: An interview with Zambia’s...

John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, talks to Hakainde Hichilema

Don’t welcome Africa’s newest despot

Samia Suluhu Hassan has caused Tanzania’s most dangerous crisis since independence

Hundreds die in a mine collapse in Congo

The government blames rebels, but such accidents are sadly common

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