Laura Gardner Cuesta, Dinesh Nair, Omar El Chmouri and Zainab Fattah, Bloomberg on 17/05/2026

Dubai’s bankers and traders return to the city, but …

On Monday evening, mobile phones across Dubai and neighbouring emirates lit up with emergency alerts urging residents to shelter indoors, for the first time in weeks.

L Laura Gardner Cuesta, Dinesh Nair, Omar El Chmouri and Zainab Fattah, Bloomberg
Antony Sguazzin, Emele Onu and Katarina Hoije, Bloomberg on 16/05/2026

Gulf shipping standoff hits Africa’s most vulnerable farmers

The Strait of Hormuz is thousands of kilometres from Malawi, but its effective closure is already making fertiliser too expensive to reach the farmers who need it most.

A Antony Sguazzin, Emele Onu and Katarina Hoije, Bloomberg
Sam Jones on 16/05/2026

Mozambique’s economy is failing

The picture that emerges from evidence is troubling – and demands tough policy choices be made urgently.

S Sam Jones