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The Ebola epidemic is getting out of control

It has spread to five provinces in Congo and may soon reach South Sudan

Uganda’s volatile army chief goes after the press

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the president’s son, looks increasingly like a despot-in-wa...

A hit new show takes on polygamy in modern South Africa

“The Polygamist” is trashy yet perceptive about family, patriarchy and inequality

Is Donald Trump serious in declaring the ceasefire with...

Iran’s ultra-nationalist new leaders may welcome his bluster

Africans are turning to Starlink

They are fed up with the continent’s terrible internet

Donald Trump has no good options for reopening the Stra...

Yet the stand-off has costs for cash-strapped Iran, too

Iran’s regime hopes Khamenei’s funeral will demonstrate...

It reveals how much it has already changed

Analysing Africa newsletter: South Africa is in denial ...

John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, analyses the country’s shocking ...

America’s other battle with Iran

The two countries are vying for influence in Iraq

Ahmed al-Sharaa is quashing Syria’s vast captagon trade

But pills that cost cents to produce still sell for $25

The next great Middle East rivalry

Turkey and Israel are natural allies and yet they are increasingly at odds

The International Criminal Court puts its house in order

But a new chief prosecutor will not end its troubles

How African motorists are adapting to the fuel crunch

Electric vehicles should save both drivers and governments money

What to make of a new Saudi-led defence pact

Turkish arms producers may be the first beneficiaries

Nigeria’s builder-in-chief

A friend of the president is racking up infrastructure contracts

New strikes in Iran show the weakness of Donald Trump’s...

The two sides are trapped in a cycle of fighting and half-baked attempts at dipl...

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