Al-Ahram Weekly - International

My enemy's enemy
Greek Cypriots seem vocal enough in their outrage at Athens' role in the capture of Abdullah Ocalan. But not everything is necessarily as it seems, writes Hamza Hendawi in Nicosia

Alive and dangerous
After many years of peaceful cohabitation, Kurdish immigrants are once again fighting in the streets of Germany. Holger Ehling looks for signs of hope amid last week's violence

The man from the South
Despite accusations of ballot stuffing, vote-rigging and intimidation, Nigeria now has its first civilian president in 20 years. But, writes Gamal Nkrumah, the election may yet turn out to be an empty bag

Word wars in the Horn
As Addis Ababa claims victory and Asmara backs an OAU peace plan, Mohamed Khaled hears of darker motives behind the manoeuvering on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border