America is trying to get more out of its relationship with Iraq
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP thinks America is being ripped off. “We have spent $7trn—trillion with a T—$7trn in the Middle East,”…
Sudan’s genocidal regime is under siege
A HUNDRED OR more were brought in every hour. Soon the police station in northern Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, was so full that…
How silicon makes Israel’s desert bloom
PINK BOLLWORMS are the scourge of cotton farmers. The insect is less than an inch long, but it has a voracious appetite for the…
Hawkers are profiting from Congo’s internet blackout
Middle East and Africa Jan 10th 2019 | KINSHASA PAPA JEAN, a middle-aged Congolese man who normally makes a living flogging fizzy…
Congo declares Félix Tshisekedi president. Voters suspect a stitch-up
“CONGO IS FREE at last,” wailed an old woman, tears streaming down her cheeks. “We have waited years for this moment!”…
A failed coup in Gabon highlights the staying power of Africa’s ageing leaders
IT WAS ALL over within hours. At 4.30am on January 7th a small group of junior army officers seized the national radio station…
America’s damaging flip-flops in Syria
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article that originally appeared in the print edition of January 5th 2019. It…
Amid an internet blackout, Congo delays election results
“IT’S ALL PART of a grand manoeuvre,” says a mobile-phone credit vendor leaning back in his chair and puffing on a cigarette….
A baguette-bedecked beauty queen bedevils bigots in Vietnam
“FROM NOTHING, I am here.” That was how H’hen Nie, a Vietnamese model, introduced herself in her opening speech at the Miss…