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Analysing Africa newsletter: A five-point guide to bein...

John McDermott, chief Africa correspondent, provides some tongue-in-cheek advice

State capture is holding back South Africa

Unhappy voters need to see that political choices can make a difference

Ethiopia’s undeclared drone war

A spate of strikes on Tigray pushes the country into dangerous territory

How the Houthis have become the most fearsome of Iran’s...

Yemen and the Red Sea are both threatened

Analysing Africa newsletter: Zambia’s strange election

John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, on what a murky vote says about ...

Nigerians dislike their president, but may re-elect him...

Political cynicism, a divided opposition and religion all play a role

What a beer with no label says about a small African co...

The ale that ails São Tomé and Príncipe

In Morocco, scandal is weakening the king’s shaky rule 

Forthcoming elections will do little to shore it up 

Analysing Africa newsletter: The war everyone saw coming

Ethiopia’s latest civil war did not begin in a vacuum, writes Tom Gardner, our A...

Analysing Africa newsletter: What a small island nation...

John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, reports from São Tomé and Príncipe

Jared Kushner has a $2.45bn recovery plan for Gaza

But the board of peace’s grand promises ring hollow in the strip

Why so many Nigerian states want their own airline

Economic considerations are not to the fore

A Turkish visit to Syria has Israel worried

But Israelis officials disagree about Turkey’s intentions

Has Iran lost its grip on Gulf oil exports?

Exports through the Strait of Hormuz and beyond are soaring but prices remain st...

America is stepping back from a region it never managed...

It is giving up the job of running the Middle East

The Houthis’ shock advance in Yemen gives Iran new leve...

Their gains are also an embarrassment for Saudi Arabia

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