Middle East & Africa
Let the sunlight in
Building an African multinational
What a solar startup reveals about business in the continent’s toughest places
History repeating
Hizbullah seems to have miscalculated in its fight with Israel
But neither side would gain from a ruinous and pointless war
Iran’s calculations
Iran’s damage-limitation efforts may not go to plan
As war with Israel intensifies on two fronts, Iranian presidential hopes for a rapprochement may fade
Another click of the dial
Israel and Hizbullah creep closer to all-out war
But Israel does not yet have the forces in place to invade
Staging protests
A theatre in Jenin offers a different kind of Palestinian resistance
It is a target for both Israel and Palestinian militants
Politicians v judges
Israel’s government is again trying to hobble its Supreme Court
While at war, Israel is facing a constitutional crisis
Daylight robbery
Nairobi’s reputation for crime is outdated
That is only in part thanks to its notorious police
A perfect storm
Floods in Nigeria’s north-east are aggravating a humanitarian crisis
The region had already been devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency
Electronic warfare
Israel has bloodied Hizbullah but is stuck in a war of attrition
Two attacks on the Shia militia may not change Israel’s strategic dilemma in Lebanon
Supply-chain sabotage
A pager-bomb attack causes disarray for Hizbullah
Thousands of devices explode in an apparent Israeli strike
Markets amid madness
How trading in war-torn Sudan survives—just
Profiteering from conflict is only part of the story