Middle East & Africa
Slender hope
Who are the main contenders to be Iran’s next president?
After the death of the puritanical president, Iran’s reformists hope to win a portion of power
Alone with the hardliners
Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot leave Israel’s war cabinet
Will this force Binyamin Netanyahu at last to decide to push for a ceasefire?
The lure of the Great Satan
The children of Iran’s revolution still want to go West
Some go to undermine the Islamic Republic; others to boost it
An Israeli ceasefire proposal
Joe Biden leaked Israel’s first plan to end the war in Gaza
But hardliners in Israel and Hamas may yet scupper it
Avocado paradise
Why avocados are driving another sort of green economy in Kenya
A clement climate at high altitudes and an entrepreneurial spirit are giving Kenyans a fruitful future
Shooting for the hoops
The National Basketball Association is making a big bet on Africa
The world’s second-favourite sport is taking off on the fastest-growing continent
Long talk to freedom
South Africa’s future is in the hands of a divided ANC
The party is debating whether to embrace populism or pragmatism
One step closer
Talk of war between Israel and Lebanon is growing
Israel and Hizbullah would still prefer to avoid one, but that is getting ever harder to do
Elections in the rainbow nation
The failing ANC is rejected by over half of South Africa
The country now faces its biggest test since the end of apartheid
Last stand in Darfur
A battle rages for a key city in Sudan’s ravaged western region
The civil war’s outcome may be affected by it
Give peace a chance
A Sudanese gathering outside the country proposes a third way
But the main armed forces men may still end up in charge
Buzz kill
New fronts are opening in the war against malaria
After years of stalemate, ground-breaking vaccines and better nets are raising hopes