A coup attempt in Tigray raises tensions in the Horn
For weeks there had been troubling signs: homes raided by unknown assailants; activists beaten in the street. Then, on March ...
Nigerian politics is a nasty place for women
When she ran for governor of Nigeria’s Kogi state in 2019 gunmen shot at Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s cars, her party’s offices ...
The success of Ivory Coast is Africa’s best-kept secret
His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dub...
Israel’s strikes may be only the start of a new offensive in Gaza
FOR TWO months a fragile ceasefire has held in Gaza. But on March 18th the truce ended abruptly as Israel launched air strike...
Binyamin Netanyahu is leading Israel into (another) crisis
AT FIRST GLANCE it would seem that Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, was acting within his powers when he announce...
Netanyahu’s decision to sack his security chief will not end well
AT FIRST GLANCE it would seem that Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, was acting within his powers when he announce...
After the bloodshed, can Syria’s president unite his country?
The bloodbath that terrified Syrians expected after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December came at last. Responding to calls...
Abiy Ahmed’s agricultural revolution is too good to be true
AFRICA HAS a new breadbasket—or so says Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister. Thanks to a state-led programme of agricultura...
Another civil war looms in South Sudan
Residents of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, are familiar with violence. When civil war erupted in 2013, two years after in...
Binyamin Netanyahu likens himself to Donald Trump
Editor’s note (March 14th): Since this article was published, Binyamin Netanyahu has accused Ronen Bar, the head of Israel’s ...