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The historic heart of Addis Ababa is being demolished

Abiy Ahmed is imposing his vision on Ethiopia’s capital

Why Iranian dissidents love Cyrus, an ancient Persian king

The British Museum is sending one of Iran’s adored antiquities to Israel

How much do Palestinians pay to get out of Gaza?

Middlemen are profiting from Gazans’ desperation

The Middle East has a militia problem

More than a quarter of the region’s 400m people live in states dominated by arme...

Israel’s prime minister does not know where to go

Binyamin Netanyahu may be losing the plot

How South Africa has changed 30 years after apartheid

Poverty is rife and inequality still starkly racial

University protests about Gaza spread to the Middle East

But Arab students are looking to America for inspiration

Gulf governments are changing, but not how they talk to...

Rumours about downpours in Dubai and rosé in Riyadh stem from a lack of trust

Why are Arab armed forces so ineffective?

Governments are splashing the cash, but that may do little to burnish their armi...

Israel and Hamas are not that far from a ceasefire agre...

But does Israel’s prime minister actually want to reach a deal?

Under Joe Biden, America struggles to reassert itself i...

As Chinese and Russian influence rise, the odds are against it

After a dramatic week in Gaza, where does the war stand?

The Rafah offensive has not really begun, and a ceasefire is probably still week...

How a Russia-linked mine may keep the ANC in power

South Africa’s ruling party was broke a few months ago, but its fortunes are cha...

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