Devil in the details
Sudanese peace talks resumed in Kenya this week with a special focus on marginalised regions, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The other war for Iraq
Most of the world is awaiting the war to come. In Gaza, it has already arrived, writes Graham Usher in Jerusalem

Communal pitfalls
More than ever before Palestinians in the Galilee need to see through the trap of "divide and rule". Jonathan Cook reports from the village of Rama

Bringing peace to Somalia
Dina Ezzat explores the Arab League's new mandate to solve the Somali crisis

Chirac! Visas!
Nasr El-Kaffas reports from Algiers on French President Jacques Chirac's historic visit to France's former colony

Syrians vote
Syria wound up two days of elections on Monday, its first legislative elections since President Bashar Al-Assad took office in 2000...

Haifa bombing
At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 injured when a Palestinian blew himself up in a bus in the northern Israeli city of Haifa yesterday at 2.40pm ...