Middle East & North Africa

Members of a heritage tour group, who are traveling to Ghana to explore their ancestral roots, look at a mobile phone outside the palace of Nana Boakye Yam Ababio II, Chief of Nkwantakese, in Ashanti region, Ghana August 10, 2019. Picture taken August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko - RC1775814300

Figure of the week: Africa’s growing mobile economy

Thursday, September 26, 2019

A Syrian army military tank is seen in the town of Morek, Hama district, Syria August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC15491ED960

On Syria, Washington cannot simply throw up its hands

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC15CC524510

Resetting the US relationship with Saudi Arabia

Bruce Riedel and Jonathan Tepperman

Monday, September 23, 2019

A construction worker is seen at a distance in a section of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, during a media tour along the river Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia March 31, 2015. According to a government official, the dam has hit the 41 percent completion mark. Picture taken March 31, 2015. REUTER/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000046011

Africa in the news: Disagreement over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Rwanda-Uganda dispute talks

Saturday, September 21, 2019

People shop for food in Djemaa El Fna square in Marrakesh July 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (MOROCCO - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) - GM1E67L0L0U01

5 steps to reshape economic geography and rejuvenate the Middle East and North Africa

Somik V. Lall and Ayah Mahgoub

Friday, September 20, 2019

A girl looks through a window of a recovery ward at an obstetric fistula repair centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria August 1, 2018. Picture taken August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC1411E9FF70

Figures of the week: Subnational progress on health and education SDGs in Nigeria

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Saudi Energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman attends a news conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Waleed Ali - RC1496A3D9B0

Saudi leaders thought the kingdom was safe — they were wrong

Thursday, September 19, 2019

What’s next for Libya?

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool - RC1C73A8EBF0

Is Netanyahu out as Israel’s prime minister?

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

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Beijing calling: Assessing China’s growing footprint in North Africa

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs

Monday, September 23, 2019