Middle East & Africa
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Black revolt
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Give him his bread
In 1980, The Economist was optimistic about Zimbabwe's new leader, Robert Mugabe
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The coming of an obdurate messiah
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Voting with their stamping feet
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Flight from Angola
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Golden Dubai
1970: Dubai is in strange and welcome contrast to anywhere else on the Gulf
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We just want to teach them a lesson
On the Six-Day War of 1967 between Israel and the Arab armies that encircled it
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...puts all the pomp to flight
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How Tough Can You Get?
From 1960: The Sharpeville massacre further isolated apartheid South Africa
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