Middle East & Africa

A crisis deferred

After pushing its economy to the brink, Egypt gets a bail-out

But a record-setting investment from the UAE will not fix its chronic problems

Intentionally or by negligence?

Gaza is on the brink of a man-made famine

Israel and Hamas reject a ceasefire even as people starve

Crisis averted

Senegal proves the doomsayers wrong

Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s win is a triumph for the country’s democracy

The unbearable weight of history

Three decades after Rwanda’s genocide, the past is ever-present

Paul Kagame sees himself as indispensable to a still fragile country

Trouble on the high seas

Somali pirates are staging a comeback

But attacks are still far from their peak

When the wells run dry

Nigeria’s high-cost oil industry is in decline

That will leave a gaping hole in exports and public finances

Africa unplugged

Damage to undersea cables is disrupting internet access across Africa

The continent is wedged between two cable-hazard hotspots

Game on

Jacob Zuma’s new party could swing South Africa’s election

If it stays on the ballot it will make a coalition government much more likely

A new prime minister for Palestine

A new leader offers little hope for Palestinians

They fear Mohammad Mustafa will serve the president, not the people

Israel and America

Deposing Israel’s king

America wants Binyamin Netanyahu out. But his exit is fraught with dangers

The Israel-Hamas conflict

Hopes for a truce in Gaza give way to fears of a long stalemate

The fighting has continued into Ramadan, but neither Israel nor Hamas can achieve much

Gaza’s shadow economy

A shadowy wartime economy has emerged in Gaza

Clans, gangs and dodgy businessmen prosper while Israel clobbers Gaza