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Fighting for the soul of Islam: a battle of the paymasters
Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, an Islamist with close ties to Russian president…
Egyptians cross the Mediterranean in search of a civilised life, not business opportunities
“I will try it again,” declared one of the few survivors of…
Will Egypt fail?
Soaring prices—the topic du jour in every conversation across all social classes—is…
Israeli-Palestinian struggle returns to the soccer pitch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused world soccer body FIFA of allowing…
Judiciary: fighting graft needs muscles
When a survey on corruption was carried out in Ghana two years…
India and Africa rekindle trade ties
Until she travelled abroad when she started college, Zara Mwanzia had thought…
A megaproject rises in east Africa
Roads, railways, port, pipelines to link Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and South Sudan
The back and forth movement of democracy and violence between Arab countries and the west
Democracy and violence have disparate missions and routes that are not comparable.…
Egypt hopes soccer will help polish its tarnished image
An Egyptian businessman with close ties to general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has…