Gamal Nkrumah examines political prospects in Somalia after Islamists issued the government five days to surrender

Joe Biden's call to integrate Baathists sends shockwaves across the political forces until now promoted by the US in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid

Al-Bashir needs to address local problems to avoid the break-up of Sudan, reports Asmaa El-Husseini

While insults across the Palestinian rift continue to be traded, ordinary Palestinians see the national cause suffer at a time otherwise ripe for international solidarity, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Would you buy a used car from this man, asks Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

Americans have something to be truly proud of on this Independence Day, says Anayat Durrani

Fatah is on a collision course with itself, bemoans Khaled Amayreh

The Israeli idea of a Palestinian state, writes Saree Makdisi , is as practical as going to sea in a piano