Últimas Notícias - Oriente Médio e África 19/04/2019 21:00:00 Chinese money is behind some of the Arab world’s biggest projects The region’s autocrats appreciate Beijing’s no-strings approach Continue lendo... 19/04/2019 21:00:00 Raya al-Hassan takes on Lebanon’s warlords—and the patriarchy The Arab world’s first female interior minister is shaking things up Continue lendo... 19/04/2019 21:00:00 How to solve South Africa’s energy crisis President Cyril Ramaphosa must face down unions to embrace clean power Continue lendo... 14/04/2019 21:00:00 Sudan’s protesters stand firm for civilian rule The generals have blinked and replaced one of their own Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria’s vice cops are feeling squeezed Voters rather enjoy sinning, and politicians have taken note Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 America and Iran call each other sponsors of terror Donald Trump’s decision to brand Iran’s Revolutionary Guards terrorists could help them Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s strongest warlord, makes a push for Tripoli But he faces stiff opposition and risks losing the territory he already holds Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 Sudan’s dictator, Omar al-Bashir, is forced out of power Mass protests triumph over a tyrant Continue lendo... 10/04/2019 21:00:00 Binyamin Netanyahu has won a fifth term What will he do next? Continue lendo... 09/04/2019 21:00:00 Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have won a fifth term Despite looming indictments for corruption, Israel’s prime minister fought off his toughest challenge yet Continue lendo... 07/04/2019 21:00:00 Protests against the rule of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan are growing With the army looking ready to fracture, the risk of more violence is growing Continue lendo... 06/04/2019 21:00:00 Binyamin Netanyahu promises to start annexing the West Bank Israel’s prime minister is bidding for right-wing votes ahead of an election on April 9th Continue lendo... 04/04/2019 21:00:00 Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s strongest warlord, makes a push for Tripoli Plans for a UN peace conference are in disarray amid fears of a bloody battle for the capital Continue lendo... 04/04/2019 11:45:40 Uganda tries to dodge the “presource curse” Few countries show enough patience after discovering oil Continue lendo... 04/04/2019 11:45:40 Decades after the Jews went into exile, some Arabs want them back Arab dictators seeking Western approval are not the only ones Continue lendo... 04/04/2019 11:45:40 Why Iran is a hub for sex-reassignment surgery It is not because the regime is liberal Continue lendo... 04/04/2019 11:45:40 A new dictionary captures how Africans really talk about politics The most creative wordplay is reserved for the sharpest practices Continue lendo... 03/04/2019 21:00:00 Abdelaziz Bouteflika steps down after 20 years in charge of Algeria His regime, meanwhile, has fallen to in-fighting Continue lendo... 29/03/2019 21:00:00 The rush to avert a second disaster after floods in Mozambique Cholera and malaria are just two of the dangers Continue lendo... 28/03/2019 21:00:00 Why Ethiopia has postponed its census The count is always contentious because it confers money and power Continue lendo... 28/03/2019 12:42:12 Rwanda has banned talking about ethnicity But everyone knows who is who Continue lendo... 28/03/2019 12:42:12 Millions of retiring Arab civil servants need not be replaced Governments could save billions if they resist the urge to hire more Continue lendo... 27/03/2019 21:00:00 How well has Rwanda healed 25 years after the genocide? Not well enough, apparently, for President Paul Kagame to ease his grip Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 21:00:00 America recognises Israeli control of the Golan Heights This small patch of land, seized by Israel in 1967, is of huge strategic importance Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 12:41:11 Protests are making a comeback in the Arab world But there are reasons they haven’t gone viral Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 12:41:11 Why are Ebola clinics in Congo being attacked? Many locals distrust the state and misunderstand medicine Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 12:41:11 Benny Gantz must convince Israelis that he can protect them Binyamin Netanyahu is working hard to convince them otherwise Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 12:41:11 An ex-colonel in the Lord’s Resistance Army goes on trial in Uganda It is the country’s first war-crimes case Continue lendo... 20/03/2019 21:00:00 Tropical Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique More than 1.5m people have been affected Continue lendo... 15/03/2019 21:00:00 Press freedom in Ethiopia has blossomed. Will it last? A less autocratic leader lets newspapers thrive Continue lendo... 14/03/2019 12:43:52 Kenya’s big-tent government has averted violence, but may stunt growth A land with no opposition Continue lendo... 14/03/2019 12:43:52 Syria’s broken schools will make it difficult to fix the country The uneducated are easy prey for the Assad regime and extremist groups Continue lendo... 14/03/2019 12:43:52 Tanzania’s leader, the “Bulldozer”, runs off course President John Magufuli hates critics, gay people and accurate statistics Continue lendo... 13/03/2019 21:00:00 Algeria’s 82-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, bows out But he’s not resigning, and protesters are not going home Continue lendo... 08/03/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria’s state elections are more violent than national ones The stakes are high, the rules are ignored Continue lendo... 08/03/2019 21:00:00 The growing appetite for armed drones in the Middle East As America holds back, China is cornering the market Continue lendo... 08/03/2019 21:00:00 The Egyptian government’s favourite scapegoat When things go wrong, the regime invariably blames the Muslim brothers Continue lendo... 07/03/2019 12:49:20 Nairobi’s planners are knocking the city down to save it Poor planning and corruption take their toll Continue lendo... 06/03/2019 21:00:00 Algeria’s ailing 82-year old president wants a fifth term Furious protesters would rather Abdelaziz Bouteflika retired Continue lendo... 28/02/2019 12:42:16 The fastest-growing sport in Rwanda is cricket Fans even say it promotes reconciliation Continue lendo... 28/02/2019 12:42:16 What to make of the attempted resignation of Iran’s foreign minister A hidden power struggle is brought into the open Continue lendo... 27/02/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari wins a second term The opposition is challenging the result, but seems unlikely to succeed Continue lendo... 27/02/2019 21:00:00 Omar al-Bashir declares a state of emergency in Sudan An embattled president woos generals at the expense of Islamists Continue lendo... 27/02/2019 21:00:00 Accused of corruption, Binyamin Netanyahu vows to fight on Voters will soon decide whether the embattled prime minister deserves re-election Continue lendo... 26/02/2019 21:00:00 What to make of the attempted resignation of Iran’s foreign minister A hidden power struggle is brought into the open Continue lendo... 22/02/2019 02:00:00 A real challenge for Binyamin Netanyahu A merger of centrist parties blows the election wide open Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 21:00:00 Senegal, west Africa’s most stable democracy, teeters There are worrying signs ahead of the country’s presidential election Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 12:49:40 The decline of the Israeli left As the Palestinian issue has faded, so have Israel’s left-wing parties Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 12:49:40 The geography of education in Africa Why mission schools still matter Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 12:49:40 How Africa is creating welfare states Africa is stitching together social safety-nets even though it is still poor Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 12:49:40 An entrepreneur brings professional grieving to eastern Congo There is money to be made in the mourning business Continue lendo... 20/02/2019 21:00:00 Governments are struggling to deal with returning jihadists There is no easy way to repatriate dangerous radicals Continue lendo... 17/02/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria postpones its general election The electoral commission was unable to get materials to polling stations on time Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 Islamic State’s caliphate is nearing defeat The ideas that animated it are not Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 Saudi Arabia’s missile race A new rocket factory is stoking fears of nuclear proliferation Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 Cyril Ramaphosa has made uneven progress in repairing South Africa His predecessor let corruption thrive. It is hard to clean up Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 Boko Haram, Nigeria’s jihadist group, is regaining strength An old-fashioned counter-insurgency strategy is failing Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 The battle for Libya’s southern frontier Gunmen have made a fortune there as mercenaries, smugglers and robbers Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 France is propping up a strongman in Chad Emmanuel Macron sees Idriss Déby as a bulwark against jihadists Continue lendo... 14/02/2019 22:00:00 Mike Pompeo’s shambolic summit in Warsaw A conference meant to isolate Iran did more to embarrass America Continue lendo... 09/02/2019 03:00:00 Four decades after its revolution, Iran is still stuck in the past The mullahs have brought mostly misery to a country that could be doing far better Continue lendo... 08/02/2019 22:00:00 Iran was not predestined to become a regional hegemon Its rivals helped it Continue lendo... 07/02/2019 13:53:47 An odd Hebrew word says a lot about Israeli politics Binyamin Netanyahu appeals to his supporters’ resentment of the elite Continue lendo... 07/02/2019 13:53:47 A Nigerian election pits an ex-general against a tycoon Muhammad Buhari has disappointed. His opponent could be worse Continue lendo... 07/02/2019 13:53:47 A political union for east Africa? Regional leaders have big ambitions but short tempers Continue lendo... 01/02/2019 22:00:00 Lebanon’s caretaker government has edged it towards economic crisis Its economy is growing slowly and is overburdened by debt Continue lendo... 31/01/2019 13:43:23 The Pope’s historic visit to the Arabian peninsula It will shine a light on the ways in which the UAE is growing more liberal—and where it is not Continue lendo... 31/01/2019 13:43:23 Africa is heroin’s new highway to the West The trade is poisoning politics and fuelling addiction on the continent Continue lendo... 31/01/2019 13:43:23 Nigeria’s president sacks the chief justice weeks before an election Critics say it is to remove a judge who may have ruled against him Continue lendo... 31/01/2019 13:43:23 Outdated drug policies leave millions of Africans in agony The war on drugs has hurt patients who need painkillers Continue lendo... 24/01/2019 13:45:59 Félix Tshisekedi’s presidency of Congo begins inauspiciously It may not get better Continue lendo... 24/01/2019 13:45:59 The murder of an investigative journalist shakes Ghana A politician offered to pay to have him beaten. Someone went even further Continue lendo... 24/01/2019 13:45:59 Binyamin Netanyahu’s obsession with the press The prime minister’s efforts to control the media may lead to his downfall Continue lendo... 24/01/2019 13:45:59 Zimbabwe sees its worst state violence in a decade Is the vice-president plotting against the president, or with him? Continue lendo... 24/01/2019 13:45:59 Egypt prepares to open its grand new capital But the people who are meant to live there may not be able to afford it Continue lendo... 20/01/2019 22:00:00 Amid allegations of fraud, Congo’s high court confirms a new president Félix Tshisekedi is confirmed as victor. Independent counts say otherwise Continue lendo... 18/01/2019 22:00:00 Zimbabwe’s economic crisis prompts protests and repression People have taken to the streets against a higher fuel price Continue lendo... 17/01/2019 13:52:32 Thousands of Gulf Arabs are abandoning their homeland Fed up with social restrictions and political repression, Saudis are leading the way Continue lendo... 17/01/2019 13:52:32 Another terrorist outrage in Nairobi Despite a long military campaign against al-Shabab, the group can still inflict bloodshed Continue lendo... 17/01/2019 13:52:32 An Iranian pop star challenges the regime Once a favourite of the mullahs, Mehdi Yarrahi’s music is now testing their tolerance Continue lendo... 17/01/2019 13:52:32 Macky Sall, Senegal’s president, will probably win a second term His main opponents are barred from running Continue lendo... 17/01/2019 13:52:32 As Abdelaziz Bouteflika fades, Algeria considers a successor But the country’s ruling elite cannot agree on who should replace the elderly president Continue lendo... 15/01/2019 22:00:00 Another terrorist outrage in Nairobi Despite a long military campaign against it, al-Shabab can inflict terror abroad Continue lendo... 11/01/2019 22:00:00 How silicon makes Israel’s desert bloom Dry summers and hostile neighbours have pushed Israel to innovate Continue lendo... 10/01/2019 13:51:13 America is trying to get more out of its relationship with Iraq Donald Trump wanted to seize Iraq’s oil. He has settled for government contracts Continue lendo... 10/01/2019 13:51:13 Sudan’s genocidal regime is under siege Protests that started as bread riots now threaten the president Continue lendo... 10/01/2019 03:00:00 Mike Pompeo goes to Egypt The secretary of state shares his thoughts on the Middle East. His boss may not agree with them Continue lendo... 09/01/2019 22:00:00 Congo declares Félix Tshisekedi president. Voters suspect a stitch-up The less popular of two opposition candidates is said to have won an election Continue lendo... 09/01/2019 22:00:00 Hawkers are profiting from Congo’s internet blackout The regime wants to silence dissent. Enter the airtime smugglers Continue lendo... 09/01/2019 22:00:00 A failed coup in Gabon highlights the staying power of Africa’s ageing leaders Coups are growing rarer on the continent, and the average age of its presidents is rising Continue lendo... 06/01/2019 22:00:00 Amid an internet blackout, Congo delays election results Just over half the votes have been counted, says the electoral commission. 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19/04/2019 21:00:00 Chinese money is behind some of the Arab world’s biggest projects The region’s autocrats appreciate Beijing’s no-strings approach Continue lendo...
19/04/2019 21:00:00 Raya al-Hassan takes on Lebanon’s warlords—and the patriarchy The Arab world’s first female interior minister is shaking things up Continue lendo...
19/04/2019 21:00:00 How to solve South Africa’s energy crisis President Cyril Ramaphosa must face down unions to embrace clean power Continue lendo...
14/04/2019 21:00:00 Sudan’s protesters stand firm for civilian rule The generals have blinked and replaced one of their own Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria’s vice cops are feeling squeezed Voters rather enjoy sinning, and politicians have taken note Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 America and Iran call each other sponsors of terror Donald Trump’s decision to brand Iran’s Revolutionary Guards terrorists could help them Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s strongest warlord, makes a push for Tripoli But he faces stiff opposition and risks losing the territory he already holds Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 Sudan’s dictator, Omar al-Bashir, is forced out of power Mass protests triumph over a tyrant Continue lendo...
09/04/2019 21:00:00 Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have won a fifth term Despite looming indictments for corruption, Israel’s prime minister fought off his toughest challenge yet Continue lendo...
07/04/2019 21:00:00 Protests against the rule of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan are growing With the army looking ready to fracture, the risk of more violence is growing Continue lendo...
06/04/2019 21:00:00 Binyamin Netanyahu promises to start annexing the West Bank Israel’s prime minister is bidding for right-wing votes ahead of an election on April 9th Continue lendo...
04/04/2019 21:00:00 Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s strongest warlord, makes a push for Tripoli Plans for a UN peace conference are in disarray amid fears of a bloody battle for the capital Continue lendo...
04/04/2019 11:45:40 Uganda tries to dodge the “presource curse” Few countries show enough patience after discovering oil Continue lendo...
04/04/2019 11:45:40 Decades after the Jews went into exile, some Arabs want them back Arab dictators seeking Western approval are not the only ones Continue lendo...
04/04/2019 11:45:40 Why Iran is a hub for sex-reassignment surgery It is not because the regime is liberal Continue lendo...
04/04/2019 11:45:40 A new dictionary captures how Africans really talk about politics The most creative wordplay is reserved for the sharpest practices Continue lendo...
03/04/2019 21:00:00 Abdelaziz Bouteflika steps down after 20 years in charge of Algeria His regime, meanwhile, has fallen to in-fighting Continue lendo...
29/03/2019 21:00:00 The rush to avert a second disaster after floods in Mozambique Cholera and malaria are just two of the dangers Continue lendo...
28/03/2019 21:00:00 Why Ethiopia has postponed its census The count is always contentious because it confers money and power Continue lendo...
28/03/2019 12:42:12 Rwanda has banned talking about ethnicity But everyone knows who is who Continue lendo...
28/03/2019 12:42:12 Millions of retiring Arab civil servants need not be replaced Governments could save billions if they resist the urge to hire more Continue lendo...
27/03/2019 21:00:00 How well has Rwanda healed 25 years after the genocide? Not well enough, apparently, for President Paul Kagame to ease his grip Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 21:00:00 America recognises Israeli control of the Golan Heights This small patch of land, seized by Israel in 1967, is of huge strategic importance Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 12:41:11 Protests are making a comeback in the Arab world But there are reasons they haven’t gone viral Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 12:41:11 Why are Ebola clinics in Congo being attacked? Many locals distrust the state and misunderstand medicine Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 12:41:11 Benny Gantz must convince Israelis that he can protect them Binyamin Netanyahu is working hard to convince them otherwise Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 12:41:11 An ex-colonel in the Lord’s Resistance Army goes on trial in Uganda It is the country’s first war-crimes case Continue lendo...
20/03/2019 21:00:00 Tropical Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique More than 1.5m people have been affected Continue lendo...
15/03/2019 21:00:00 Press freedom in Ethiopia has blossomed. Will it last? A less autocratic leader lets newspapers thrive Continue lendo...
14/03/2019 12:43:52 Kenya’s big-tent government has averted violence, but may stunt growth A land with no opposition Continue lendo...
14/03/2019 12:43:52 Syria’s broken schools will make it difficult to fix the country The uneducated are easy prey for the Assad regime and extremist groups Continue lendo...
14/03/2019 12:43:52 Tanzania’s leader, the “Bulldozer”, runs off course President John Magufuli hates critics, gay people and accurate statistics Continue lendo...
13/03/2019 21:00:00 Algeria’s 82-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, bows out But he’s not resigning, and protesters are not going home Continue lendo...
08/03/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria’s state elections are more violent than national ones The stakes are high, the rules are ignored Continue lendo...
08/03/2019 21:00:00 The growing appetite for armed drones in the Middle East As America holds back, China is cornering the market Continue lendo...
08/03/2019 21:00:00 The Egyptian government’s favourite scapegoat When things go wrong, the regime invariably blames the Muslim brothers Continue lendo...
07/03/2019 12:49:20 Nairobi’s planners are knocking the city down to save it Poor planning and corruption take their toll Continue lendo...
06/03/2019 21:00:00 Algeria’s ailing 82-year old president wants a fifth term Furious protesters would rather Abdelaziz Bouteflika retired Continue lendo...
28/02/2019 12:42:16 The fastest-growing sport in Rwanda is cricket Fans even say it promotes reconciliation Continue lendo...
28/02/2019 12:42:16 What to make of the attempted resignation of Iran’s foreign minister A hidden power struggle is brought into the open Continue lendo...
27/02/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari wins a second term The opposition is challenging the result, but seems unlikely to succeed Continue lendo...
27/02/2019 21:00:00 Omar al-Bashir declares a state of emergency in Sudan An embattled president woos generals at the expense of Islamists Continue lendo...
27/02/2019 21:00:00 Accused of corruption, Binyamin Netanyahu vows to fight on Voters will soon decide whether the embattled prime minister deserves re-election Continue lendo...
26/02/2019 21:00:00 What to make of the attempted resignation of Iran’s foreign minister A hidden power struggle is brought into the open Continue lendo...
22/02/2019 02:00:00 A real challenge for Binyamin Netanyahu A merger of centrist parties blows the election wide open Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 21:00:00 Senegal, west Africa’s most stable democracy, teeters There are worrying signs ahead of the country’s presidential election Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 12:49:40 The decline of the Israeli left As the Palestinian issue has faded, so have Israel’s left-wing parties Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 12:49:40 The geography of education in Africa Why mission schools still matter Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 12:49:40 How Africa is creating welfare states Africa is stitching together social safety-nets even though it is still poor Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 12:49:40 An entrepreneur brings professional grieving to eastern Congo There is money to be made in the mourning business Continue lendo...
20/02/2019 21:00:00 Governments are struggling to deal with returning jihadists There is no easy way to repatriate dangerous radicals Continue lendo...
17/02/2019 21:00:00 Nigeria postpones its general election The electoral commission was unable to get materials to polling stations on time Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 Islamic State’s caliphate is nearing defeat The ideas that animated it are not Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 Saudi Arabia’s missile race A new rocket factory is stoking fears of nuclear proliferation Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 Cyril Ramaphosa has made uneven progress in repairing South Africa His predecessor let corruption thrive. It is hard to clean up Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 Boko Haram, Nigeria’s jihadist group, is regaining strength An old-fashioned counter-insurgency strategy is failing Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 The battle for Libya’s southern frontier Gunmen have made a fortune there as mercenaries, smugglers and robbers Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 France is propping up a strongman in Chad Emmanuel Macron sees Idriss Déby as a bulwark against jihadists Continue lendo...
14/02/2019 22:00:00 Mike Pompeo’s shambolic summit in Warsaw A conference meant to isolate Iran did more to embarrass America Continue lendo...
09/02/2019 03:00:00 Four decades after its revolution, Iran is still stuck in the past The mullahs have brought mostly misery to a country that could be doing far better Continue lendo...
08/02/2019 22:00:00 Iran was not predestined to become a regional hegemon Its rivals helped it Continue lendo...
07/02/2019 13:53:47 An odd Hebrew word says a lot about Israeli politics Binyamin Netanyahu appeals to his supporters’ resentment of the elite Continue lendo...
07/02/2019 13:53:47 A Nigerian election pits an ex-general against a tycoon Muhammad Buhari has disappointed. His opponent could be worse Continue lendo...
07/02/2019 13:53:47 A political union for east Africa? Regional leaders have big ambitions but short tempers Continue lendo...
01/02/2019 22:00:00 Lebanon’s caretaker government has edged it towards economic crisis Its economy is growing slowly and is overburdened by debt Continue lendo...
31/01/2019 13:43:23 The Pope’s historic visit to the Arabian peninsula It will shine a light on the ways in which the UAE is growing more liberal—and where it is not Continue lendo...
31/01/2019 13:43:23 Africa is heroin’s new highway to the West The trade is poisoning politics and fuelling addiction on the continent Continue lendo...
31/01/2019 13:43:23 Nigeria’s president sacks the chief justice weeks before an election Critics say it is to remove a judge who may have ruled against him Continue lendo...
31/01/2019 13:43:23 Outdated drug policies leave millions of Africans in agony The war on drugs has hurt patients who need painkillers Continue lendo...
24/01/2019 13:45:59 Félix Tshisekedi’s presidency of Congo begins inauspiciously It may not get better Continue lendo...
24/01/2019 13:45:59 The murder of an investigative journalist shakes Ghana A politician offered to pay to have him beaten. Someone went even further Continue lendo...
24/01/2019 13:45:59 Binyamin Netanyahu’s obsession with the press The prime minister’s efforts to control the media may lead to his downfall Continue lendo...
24/01/2019 13:45:59 Zimbabwe sees its worst state violence in a decade Is the vice-president plotting against the president, or with him? Continue lendo...
24/01/2019 13:45:59 Egypt prepares to open its grand new capital But the people who are meant to live there may not be able to afford it Continue lendo...
20/01/2019 22:00:00 Amid allegations of fraud, Congo’s high court confirms a new president Félix Tshisekedi is confirmed as victor. Independent counts say otherwise Continue lendo...
18/01/2019 22:00:00 Zimbabwe’s economic crisis prompts protests and repression People have taken to the streets against a higher fuel price Continue lendo...
17/01/2019 13:52:32 Thousands of Gulf Arabs are abandoning their homeland Fed up with social restrictions and political repression, Saudis are leading the way Continue lendo...
17/01/2019 13:52:32 Another terrorist outrage in Nairobi Despite a long military campaign against al-Shabab, the group can still inflict bloodshed Continue lendo...
17/01/2019 13:52:32 An Iranian pop star challenges the regime Once a favourite of the mullahs, Mehdi Yarrahi’s music is now testing their tolerance Continue lendo...
17/01/2019 13:52:32 Macky Sall, Senegal’s president, will probably win a second term His main opponents are barred from running Continue lendo...
17/01/2019 13:52:32 As Abdelaziz Bouteflika fades, Algeria considers a successor But the country’s ruling elite cannot agree on who should replace the elderly president Continue lendo...
15/01/2019 22:00:00 Another terrorist outrage in Nairobi Despite a long military campaign against it, al-Shabab can inflict terror abroad Continue lendo...
11/01/2019 22:00:00 How silicon makes Israel’s desert bloom Dry summers and hostile neighbours have pushed Israel to innovate Continue lendo...
10/01/2019 13:51:13 America is trying to get more out of its relationship with Iraq Donald Trump wanted to seize Iraq’s oil. He has settled for government contracts Continue lendo...
10/01/2019 13:51:13 Sudan’s genocidal regime is under siege Protests that started as bread riots now threaten the president Continue lendo...
10/01/2019 03:00:00 Mike Pompeo goes to Egypt The secretary of state shares his thoughts on the Middle East. His boss may not agree with them Continue lendo...
09/01/2019 22:00:00 Congo declares Félix Tshisekedi president. Voters suspect a stitch-up The less popular of two opposition candidates is said to have won an election Continue lendo...
09/01/2019 22:00:00 Hawkers are profiting from Congo’s internet blackout The regime wants to silence dissent. Enter the airtime smugglers Continue lendo...
09/01/2019 22:00:00 A failed coup in Gabon highlights the staying power of Africa’s ageing leaders Coups are growing rarer on the continent, and the average age of its presidents is rising Continue lendo...
06/01/2019 22:00:00 Amid an internet blackout, Congo delays election results Just over half the votes have been counted, says the electoral commission. Voters smell a rat Continue lendo...
06/01/2019 22:00:00 America’s damaging flip-flops in Syria The new geopolitics of the Middle East Continue lendo...
04/01/2019 22:00:00 Togo’s president suffers an electoral setback Despite an opposition boycott, his party still lost seats Continue lendo...
03/01/2019 14:31:09 On January 7th, Egypt’s Copts celebrate a sad Christmas The largest Christian community in the Arab world faces bombs, bullets and neglect Continue lendo...
03/01/2019 14:31:09 Israel’s opposition could defeat Binyamin Netanyahu—if they united But nobody wants to be number two Continue lendo...
03/01/2019 14:31:08 Congo has a shambolic, unfair election, two years late The vote was marred by widespread bias and intimidation Continue lendo...
03/01/2019 14:31:08 After America leaves Syria, what next? The new geopolitics of the Middle East Continue lendo...
30/12/2018 22:00:00 Congo has a shambolic, unfair election, two years late The vote was marred by widespread bias and intimidation Continue lendo...
29/12/2018 03:00:00 Binyamin Netanyahu’s battle for survival The prime minister is on track for a fifth election victory, but his legal troubles could bring him down Continue lendo...
21/12/2018 22:00:00 Intrigue in the world’s most coup-prone island paradise President Azali Assoumani wants to rule the Comoros by decree Continue lendo...