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Heatwaves: A Growing Health Threat and How to Stay Safe

The World Health Organisation (WHO), alongside leading health and climate expert...

Muhammadu Buhari failed to build a better Nigeria, twice

A dictator, then a democratic president, he died on July 13th, aged 82

Why did Israel strike Damascus?

Violence against Druze in Syria prompts intervention by its powerful neighbour

The dark side of Ethiopia’s liberalisation

The fruits of promising reforms are under threat from waste, graft and conflict

A first-hand look at Gaza’s controversial food-distribu...

Gazans keep dying at the centres. Israel says they are working as intended

As the Houthis sink two ships in one week, the world sh...

The lack of response illustrates how difficult it is to stop them by force

A bloody week in Syria may have ripple effects in Lebanon

The presidents of both countries have limited time to rein in vicious militias

Ugandan intervention in Congo risks stoking ethnic viol...

It may also cement Rwanda’s hold over its neighbour

As Gaza starves, Israel fights on

Its generals think the war against Hamas has become pointless, but a ceasefire r...

Iran’s supreme leader is fading into the shadows

His diminishing power makes the country’s future increasingly uncertain

Somalia’s state-building project is in tatters

The West has all but given up on it

Can a home-grown telecoms firm connect South Sudan to t...

Civil war need not be an insurmountable obstacle

Helen Zille wants to save South Africa, starting in Joh...

The chair of the Democratic Alliance has a lot to say—and a lot to do

Ziad Rahbani held a mirror to Lebanese society

The musician and playwright died on July 26th, aged 69

Famine in Gaza shows the failure of Israel’s strategy

It has become an international pariah without vanquishing Hamas

A glimpse of Gaza’s miserable future

The territory will remain at the mercy of outsiders for years to come

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