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A supposed haven in Sudan falls to a genocidal militia

The worse of two bad factions is winning the war

For Congo’s next president, winning may be the easy part

Whoever it is, a staggeringly hard task beckons

Death, debts and democratic doubts in Africa

After a miserable 2023, can the continent do better in 2024?

The year everything (and nothing) changed in the Middle...

Months of bloodshed have only reinforced the region’s existing woes

Israel prepares for a long war in Gaza

But it is unclear how it will end

Israel’s Supreme Court strikes back

The justices block a controversial law aimed at weakening the power of the courts

Ethiopia’s gambit for a port is unsettling a volatile r...

Abiy Ahmed is doing a deal for a stretch of Somaliland’s coast

Another war could break out on the Israel-Lebanon border

Israeli officials see Hizbullah as an unacceptable threat

War, hunger and disease stalk Gaza’s 2.2m people

The territory is on the verge of famine after three months of war

Just how bad is it in Gaza?

As Israel is accused of genocide, we look at the humanitarian crisis

Under a real peace deal, Gaza could be an intercontinen...

The blockaded territory could be a link to everywhere

Israel has yet to destroy even half of Gaza’s tunnels

But its forces may soon have to oversee a massive humanitarian operation

South Africa’s support for the Palestinian cause has de...

But opportunism and politics also play a part

The Houthis have survived worse than America’s and Brit...

The Iran-backed group has been hardened by its long war with Saudi Arabia

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