May 21, 2020

The world’s next jihadi flashpoint The West's neglect of the Sahel could come back to bite us

Will Brown

09.04

Covid-19 will expose Africa’s tyrants The continent's healthcare services are dire — but the elites can no longer get treatment abroad

Ian Birrell

06.02

How Kenya became a tyranny of the minority The late Daniel arap Moi mobilised faith and identity to rule with an iron fist

Christopher Rhodes

24.12

How Africa is converting China China's mass investment in Africa is having an unintended religious consequence at home

Christopher Rhodes

11.10

Who is Abiy Ahmed? Ethiopia's young leader has taken home the Nobel Peace Prize

Christopher Rhodes

17.04

Ten precedents for a compromise Brexit

Peter Franklin

11.04

The Arab Spring is still unfurling The roots of current insurgencies – aspiration stifled by autocracy – stretch back to 2011 and beyond

Ian Birrell

06.03

Don’t knock white saviours

Sam Leith

13.02

How Africa is converting China China's mass investment in Africa is having an unintended religious consequence at home

Christopher Rhodes

01.02

Not a population bomb, more a damp squib

Peter Franklin

21.12

Where criminals win elections Dan Knowles's Christmas Reading – corruption, violence and Western compliance in rigged elections

Daniel Knowles

19.11

Can Zuckerberg control his monster? Facebook is accused of doing too little to mitigate the effects it is having on society and democracy

Ian Birrell