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Flying patients
Consumers are looking beyond their native borders for low-cost, quality healthcare. Monocle looks at the global hotspots attracting patients wanting anything from hi-tech surgery to a facelift, with a safari thrown in.
Arms and the man
The defence industry is intertwined with politics and nationhood. Ivor Ichikowitz is a man at the heart of all three in Africa but don’t call him an arms dealer; he insists on good intentions.
Africa/Middle East
The substantial motorcade of the 'humble' Ugandan president, Norway looks to turn Quatar's desert green and a new bridge betwen Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Africa/Middle East
Our column from Pretoria looks at how South Africa is manoeuvering itself into a world-power position. Plus elections in Seychelles, educating ultra-orthodox children in Israel and demanding change in Lebanon.
Africa/Middle East
South Africa's ambition to host a mega-telescope, the new calendar for Senegal, and the Ugandan president's desperate measures to win the election.
Talk of the town
Is there a future for local newspapers? We meet the believers from a British octogenarian maverick to a hi-tech Czech publisher and witness triumphs but also a spectacular failure as it happens.
Up for the cup
The World Cup is a million different stories in one. As the tournament gets under way, Monocle looks at how players, coaches, companies and fans from all over the globe have been getting ready.
Ready for kick-off
As coaches plot World Cup tactics, so do journalists. Monocle visits Durban and Johannesburg to see how 18,000-plus writers, pundits and photographers will be accommodated in South Africa.
Africa/Middle East
Israel's glut of lawyers, the South Africans taking a stand against cheap imported clothes, and preparations for elections in the Central African Republic.
