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Middle East Dispatch newsletter: The new Judaism reshap...

A radical shift is taking place at Jerusalem’s holiest site, writes Nicolas Pelh...

How realistic is Africa’s dream of a gas-powered future?

Political risk, structural weaknesses and a lack of financing hamper the fuel’s ...

The maverick cop disrupting South African policing

Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s popularity reflects a country crying out for a hero

How will AI philanthropy change development aid?

As Anthropic and its ilk join the donor class, they must avoid old pitfalls

A disastrous new war threatens in Africa

Heavy fighting in Tigray could herald a wider regional conflict

South Africa is at risk of becoming a mafia state

An extraordinary public inquiry is confirming the country’s worst fears about or...

White Zimbabweans return to farming

Their return a generation after Robert Mugabe’s land grabs reflects the country’...

Artificial intelligence is coming for Israel’s voters

Governments and voters elsewhere should be watching

Iran’s allies now menace a second maritime choke point

But the Houthis have been here before, and lost it

Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the brink of another conflict

As Eritrean forces advance in Tigray, all-out war with Ethiopia seems almost ine...

Middle East Dispatch newsletter: Why Lebanon is in limbo

Fraser McIlwraith, our foreign correspondent, explains why talks between Israel ...

How to make African exports ethical again

The continent must reckon with a punishing green squeeze 

In a near-catastrophe, Binyamin Netanyahu sees an oppor...

Israel’s prime minister hopes to turn an electoral weakness into a strength 

Middle East Dispatch newsletter: Election day in Israel

Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, on the mood across the country as peop...

Russia is escalating its information war in Africa 

The Kremlin is betting it can sway public opinion on the continent

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