Dictators masquerading as democrats hold back political liberty in Africa, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Caught between a rock and her own hard line, the outspoken Ayaan Hirsi Ali is being stripped of her Dutch nationality and has been forced to give up her seat in the Dutch parliament following allegations of identity fraud. Khaled Diab reports from Amsterdam

Eva Dadrian sifts through the French papers for some information about the French interior minister's new controversial African and immigration policies