Middle East / Africa

Authorities have promised to crack down on privately owned filling stations selling petrol above specified price levels

Dire sanitation conditions among the displaced in Gaza is threatening the resurgence of long dormant diseases

The government is increasingly reliant on the country’s sovereign wealth fund amid persistent fiscal deficits

The presidency has signed off on a controversial new health compact despite opposition from key stakeholders

A collection of some 40 opposition formations has announced the creation of a new political coalition

A new wave of trade disputes has swept across the East Africa region

A major outbreak of infighting threatens to split the once-dominant Tigrayan party

Cairo wants to show some degree of progress in human rights conditions to secure a full package of US assistance