Filthy footballOf 100 African football officials offered cash, only three declinedWhy fans in Ghana are jadedprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
From ballot box to tinder boxBurnt votes and an election recount might plunge Iraq into crisisMany Iraqis are souring on democracyprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
California on the Nile, for someWhy Arab states have lots of expensive villasExpensive homes are easy to find. Flats for the poor, not so muchprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
Port in a stormThe battle begins for Hodeida, Yemen’s lifelineA humanitarian crisis looms as thousands of fighters advance towards the port cityprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
Say it ain’t so, JoeCongo’s Kabila chases an unconstitutional, unpopular re-electionAn old rival, freshly acquitted of war crimes, may complicate mattersprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
The war on conceptionIn Tanzania, getting impregnated also means getting expelled from schoolPresident John Magufuli thinks the answer to teenage pregnancies is less educationprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
How to make things worse in YemenYemen’s main port could become the next battlegroundAn attack on Hodeida would cause a humanitarian disaster, warns the UNprint-edition iconJun 7th 2018
Vulture, departedEly Calil, backer of a farcical coup plot, died on May 28thThe man behind the “Wonga coup” in Equatorial Guinea reportedly fell down some stairs and broke his neckprint-edition iconJun 7th 2018
Loosening up and cracking down in Saudi ArabiaThe calculations of Muhammad bin SalmanThe powerful crown prince has granted his subjects more social freedoms, while taking away political onesprint-edition iconJun 7th 2018
Mayhem in the Middle BeltFighting between Nigerian farmers and herders is getting worseAn age-old rivalry has grown deadlier, thanks to climate change, bad government and plentiful gunsprint-edition iconJun 7th 2018
Reformer-in-chiefEthiopia’s new prime minister wants peace and privatisationAbiy Ahmed has made an impressive startprint-edition iconJun 7th 2018
Austerity and fury in JordanJordan’s King Abdullah tries to calm an angry publicSacking another prime minister is not going to be enoughprint-edition iconJun 6th 2018
Fast funerals in ConakryWhy hearses sport sirens and lights in GuineaBodies do not do well in the stifling heat, especially if stuck in trafficprint-edition iconMay 31st 2018
The balancing bearRussia struggles to balance between Israel and IranGrowing tensions in Syria are testing Russia’s ability to manoeuvreprint-edition iconMay 31st 2018
