The growth of Africa’s towns and small cities is transforming the continent,Urbanisation is making...
Middle East & Africa
As they cut back on hiring, Arab bureaucracies are spending more to get less,Civil-service...
A new type of Palestinian militia is emerging,It will be harder for both the...
Why Baghdad may have the worst traffic in the Middle East,As the shooting subsides,...
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s political kingmaker, wins a flawed election,Allegations of rigging may hamper his...
Tunisia’s autocratic ruler adopts the “Great Replacement” theory,Kais Saied is stoking anger toward black...
The son of Iran’s last shah bids to regain the throne,A spasm of royal...
A Nigerian trade in insects that bite,While politicians prick each other, a scorpion-breeder offers...
Saudi Arabia is reconciling with regimes it once tried to topple,The kingdom now sees...
Young Africans are logging in and clocking on,The internet creates new kinds of work,...
Turkey eyes reconciliation with a Syrian regime it tried to topple,But it will mean...
Israel’s new government is the most right-wing ever,Binyamin Netanyahu may even undermine the Supreme...
Israel’s government is facing anger from new and unexpected quarters,Business bosses and economists are...
Iraq’s new prime minister vows to clean up the country,Few think he will succeed...
How young Sudanese are still fighting for democracy,The youthful committees that toppled Sudan’s dictator...
While Iran’s turmoil persists, jitters spread through the region,But the ayatollahs’ foreign friends sound...
Iran’s rattled government may be backing down,By curbing the hated hijab-enforcers, the ayatollahs hope...
A white, gay, Zulu-speaking mayor is shaking up South African politics,Chris Pappas is an...
How do budding African footballers make it to the top?,A Senegalese academy shows how...
Kenya’s boda-boda taxis are unruly in life—and death,They also illustrate changing customs and politics...