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Music

Different beat

Portugal is a recording mecca for acts from across the Lusophone world. But can it export its stars?

  • Issue #155
  • 11 min read
Silhouetted concert crowd with raised hands against dramatic purple and orange stage lighting at music festival
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

The Houston to Angola flight path, the art-loving tycoon Shafik Gabr and Mauritius's big business ambitions.

  • Issue #61
  • 4 min read
Africa/Middle East
Business

Flying the flag

From Portugal's telecoms giants to a Brazilian flip-flop maker, we pick 15 companies making waves in Portuguese-speaking world and beyond.

  • Issue #57
  • 6 min read
Flying the flag
Affairs

Talk it out

In a quiet Lisbon palace, a tiny, underfunded body of eight Portuguese-speaking nations nurtures outsized ambitions — from shared visas to pensions across continents.

  • Issue #57
  • 8 min read
The 'gold room', which hosts ministerial meetings
Affairs

Executive exodus

As Portugal faces economic ruin, thousands of its nationals are heading to skills-starved Angola for lucrative jobs. But while it boosts the former colony’s economy, will everyone there benefit?

  • Issue #57
  • 9 min read
The new coastal highway
Affairs

Africa/ Middle East

Angola has a stab at press freedom, Nigeria's internet speeds up and we look at the upcoming elections in Egypt and Libya

  • Issue #36
  • 5 min read
Africa/ Middle East
Society

Africa/Middle East

News from across the region, including Seychelles' first university, Iraq's drought-driven food imports, Israel's ambitious rail network plans and Angola's slow reconstruction after its civil war.

  • Issue #28
  • 4 min read
Africa/Middle East

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