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16 July 2019
We discuss the potential outcomes of today’s vote to decide the next leader of the European Commission. Plus: South Africa’s ongoing investigation into political corruption and why Emmanuel Macron wants to create a new…
12 July 2019
The UN warns that Islamist violence is on the rise in west Africa. Plus: McKinsey’s Jonathan Woetzel on the changing nature of Chinese diplomacy and why Lil Nas X might break Billboard chart records.
10 July 2019
The Economic Community of West African States has agreed, again, to adopt a single currency. Andrew Mueller asks what lessons have been learned from the euro and what benefits there might be for those who sign up.
22 June 2019
It might feel as though the rest of the world has given up on Somalia. This is not, however, something the rest of the world can afford to do: the country’s perch on the Horn of Africa gives it extraordinary strategic…
14 June 2019
How South African chef Kobus van der Merwe made his restaurant Wolfgat one of the most talked-about dining spots in the world. Plus: Slovenia’s gin revolution and a Japanese exhibition on fermentation.
8 June 2019
At the start of this decade, thousands of protesters took to the streets across the Arab world seeking to bring down oppressive regimes. But filling the subsequent power vacuums didn't prove easy and many countries have…
11 May 2019
South Africa is gripped by political-corruption scandals, soaring unemployment and a continuation of the racial inequalities that the ANC fought so hard to overcome. Is the ruling party running out of ideas?
9 May 2019
We look at yesterday’s elections in South Africa and ask what’s next for the ANC. Plus: Change UK MEP candidate Gavin Esler joins us to explain how his party hopes to fight Brexit and an update from the Venice Biennale.
8 May 2019
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Susanne Craig explains how Donald Trump’s tax history exposes his self-made myth. Plus: South Africa’s crucial election, ageism in Australia and sex education in schools.
8 May 2019
We discuss today’s election in South Africa, assess the chances of mainstream UK parties in the European elections and learn why Mike Pompeo cancelled his trip to Berlin.
6 May 2019
Final campaigning took place in South Africa this weekend ahead of this week’s election. Plus: North Macedonia’s election, we start our series on the mood of a nation and Penguin publishes the speeches of Greta Thunberg.
4 May 2019
Sisonke Msimang is one of the most exciting contemporary female black voices in literature. Her family is originally from South Africa where they were involved with founding the ANC. She writes beautifully on race, gender…
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