Although Africa is familiar with large-scale refugee crises, it is uncommon for it to host people seeking protection from outside the continent, as is the case with thousands of Yemeni refugees.
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Is it enough for the nation’s best newspapers to rely on ‘official sources’ – even when independent investigators say they’re wrong?
A leak of secret US files reveal details of the drone strike programme. But is this really a ‘new Snowden’?
A planned US drone strike program in Syria will waste life, political capital and resources.
After decades of caution and under-the-radar meddling, Saudi Arabia launched an all-out war in Yemen. Big mistake.
There’s a massive war going on at the tip of the Arabian peninsula – but you’d hardly know it.
Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen has had unclear strategic consequences and a terrible humanitarian cost. But does anyone believe it’s really over?
Australia made progress on restoring trade and sharing intelligence on Islamic State in Iraq. Iran was less open to accepting the return of asylum seekers, which may prove a blessing in disguise.
An already complex and dangerous situation has been made worse by the meddling of competing powers. Meanwhile the people continue to suffer.
The joint Arab assault on Yemen is so massive, planning must have been underway for a very long time.
Saudi Arabia’s incursion into Yemen is the latest manifestation of a long-standing struggle between it and Iran over statist issues of conflicting national interest, security and regional hegemony.
Yemen’s collapse into full-on chaos could take the Middle East into an all-consuming conflict the like of which we’ve never seen.
Saudi Arabia could wait no longer to try and dampen the flames engulfing Yemen – but it may be too late.
Iraq rolled into Tikrit with big promises of a major victory against Islamic State. The world is still waiting.
On January 31, Harith al-Nadhari, a senior al-Qaeda figure who praised the Charlie Hebdo attackers, was killed by a US drone strike. This is the first drone strike in Yemen for a number of weeks, and it…
Events in Yemen are moving fast: the US-backed president, Abd Rabbuh Manṣūr Hadi, has been deposed by Shia rebels, after a “slow coup” that saw the Iran-backed Houthi militia take effective control of…
Al-Qaeda’s most active and notorious branch – the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) – has claimed responsibility for the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. While some questions remain…
As the dust settles on a series of terrorist attacks in France, people will now look to understand the broader players of this grim drama. From their own statements and from external sources, it appears…
After the death of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011, the global jihadist movement seemed to have become fragmented and considerably weakened. This happened for various reasons. First, the coincidence of the…
Our Tropical Future: A new report on the State of the Tropics has revealed rapid changes in human and environmental health in the Earth’s tropical regions. This is the first in a four-part series about…
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