Joe Parkinson has been named the new Africa bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. He will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Parkinson previously served as the Istanbul bureau chief and was a Middle East correspondent for the newspaper. More updates on regional military conflicts and business and finance news in Africa can be found by following The Wall Street Journal on Twitter.

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