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Apr 21st 2018 | Middle East and Africa

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Apr 21st 2018 | Middle East and Africa

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Tweet like a jailbird  How African governments try to control what...

Apr 21st 2018 | Middle East and Africa

Some governments are muzzling social media—except when it supports them


Chopping up the tree of state

Chopping up the tree of state  Lebanon’s political system leads...

Apr 21st 2018 | Middle East and Africa

Many want it reformed, but they are afraid to act


The road from Damascus

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Apr 21st 2018 | Middle East and Africa

The war is about to get even more complicated


A storm over a port

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Apr 14th 2018 | Middle East and Africa

Somalia’s federal government can do little to stop the project


No one to gripe about

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Apr 14th 2018 | Middle East and Africa

They can longer define themselves by their disgust for a terrible president


A devilish dilemma

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Apr 14th 2018 | Middle East and Africa

What happens after America punishes Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons?


The other Syrian conflict

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Apr 14th 2018 | Middle East and Africa

The conflict between the two powers is escalating


A little hope in Sierra Leone

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Apr 14th 2018 | Middle East and Africa

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Escaping the maize

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Apr 14th 2018 | Middle East and Africa

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Horror in Syria

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Apr 9th 2018 | Middle East and Africa

Donald Trump says there will be a “big price to pay”


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