Proselytising among Africa's richest countries, Pope Benedict presses ahead with baptising the continent's poorest people during his two-nation, weeklong tour, observes Gamal Nkrumah

The US president is about to reveal a new policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Few Pakistanis have high hopes, notes Graham Usher in Islamabad

Barring British MP Galloway puts Canada in a shameful light, rues Eric Walberg