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Christopher Lord

Affairs

Africa/Middle East

A political journey on Israel's transport system, cleaning up in Lagos and blocking African's "brain drain".

  • Issue #65
  • 4 min read
Africa/Middle East
Affairs

Working overtime

Keeping a city running is more than just punctual trains. Spare a thought for city hall workers tackling earthquakes, a flood of human waste or a town overrun by feral monkeys.

  • Issue #65
  • 6 min read
Working overtime
Politics

Diplomacy

Meet the decidedly unstuffy Panamanian ambassador in London and the US's man in Moscow.

  • Issue #64
  • 9 min read
Ana Irene Delgado (center), Panama ambassador to the UK
Politics

Africa/Middle East

Who's in charge of Somaliland's skies, which nation is rolling in Grasse, and who's going to get Iran's top job?

  • Issue #64
  • 4 min read
Boswellia trees bleed aromatic resin
Politics

Africa/Middle East

We turn the spotlight on the flight route from London to Baghdad, the ambitions of Nairobi's new senator, and the latest from Bamako.

  • Issue #63
  • 8 min read
Sartorial senator: Gidion Mbuvi Kioko, Senator of Nairobi
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

Zimbabwe will see a violent election, Africa will begin to reject the IMF's prescriptions and all eyes will be on the new leader of the African Union.

  • Issue #59
  • 4 min read
Africa/Middle East
Affairs

Best of the best

Good medical care is about more than mending broken bones – it also fixes nations. These are the countries and people building healthier states.

  • Issue #58
  • 21 min read
Best of the best
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

Exploring Middle East Ramadan advertising, Johannesburg's gentrification via the Neighbourgoods market, and Zimbabwe's currency shift to the US dollar. A collection of reports from Africa and the Middle East.

  • Issue #55
  • 1 min read
Africa/Middle East

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