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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  The expat voters who could help unseat Netanyahu

  Large numbers of Israelis abroad are flying home to vote, many with an axe to grind

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  How to make African exports ethical again

  The continent must reckon with a punishing green squeeze

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  Israel’s Arab parties could be the kingmakers in its election

  They are eager to change the government

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  Gen-Z Kenyans could determine William Ruto’s future

  Young activists hope to deny the unpopular president a second term next year

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-13✓ Read

  Middle East Dispatch: Flying through the Gulf is complicated

  Gregg Carlstrom, our Middle East correspondent, looks at how war has affected aviation in the region

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-13✓ Read

  Analysing Africa newsletter: A Nobel and ignoble day for the rule of law

  Friday in South Africa brought a gobsmacking juxtaposition, writes John McDermott, our Chief Africa correspondent

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-11✓ Read

  Saudi Arabia is increasingly under siege

  The Saudis have no good options against deadly strikes by Yemeni rebels

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-08✓ Read

  In a near-catastrophe, Binyamin Netanyahu sees an opportunity

  Israel’s prime minister hopes to turn an electoral weakness into a strength

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-08✓ Read

  Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the brink of another conflict

  As Eritrean forces advance in Tigray, all-out war with Ethiopia seems almost inevitable

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-08✓ Read

  A grubby amnesty law highlights Lebanon’s sectarian divides

  Thousands could walk free from prison. That will not fix a broken justice system

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-08✓ Read

  America’s blockade is breaking Iran’s economy

  But not yet its regime

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-04✓ Read

  White Zimbabweans return to farming

  Their return a generation after Robert Mugabe’s land grabs reflects the country’s potential—and its troubles

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-02✓ Read

  Middle East Dispatch newsletter: The new Judaism reshaping Israel

  A radical shift is taking place at Jerusalem’s holiest site, writes Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-01✓ Read

  Jared Kushner has a $2.45bn recovery plan for Gaza

  But the board of peace’s grand promises ring hollow in the strip

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-01✓ Read

  Nigerians dislike their president, but may re-elect him anyway

  Political cynicism, a divided opposition and religion all play a role

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• Middle East & Africa2026-09-30✓ Read

  How will AI philanthropy change development aid?

  As Anthropic and its ilk join the donor class, they must avoid old pitfalls

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• Middle East & Africa2026-09-29✓ Read

  Has Iran lost its grip on Gulf oil exports?

  Exports through the Strait of Hormuz and beyond are soaring but prices remain stubbornly high

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• Middle East & Africa2026-09-29✓ Read

  Analysing Africa newsletter: The war everyone saw coming

  Ethiopia’s latest civil war did not begin in a vacuum, writes Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent

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• Middle East & Africa2026-09-28✓ Read

  Artificial intelligence is coming for Israel’s voters

  Governments and voters elsewhere should be watching

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