While there is an ideological shift in Israeli society towards the right, it is not the only reason why Jewish settlements are quickly being inhabited. Saleh El-Naami investigates

Gamal Nkrumah navigates the Sufi sea of opposition in the face of Wahhabi Al-Shabab atrocities in Somalia

By agreeing on a new election law, Iraqis have removed a roadblock on the way to next year's national ballot. But it is far from being the solution to the country's problems, writes Salah Hemeid

The US response to a national unity government in Lebanon is to condition the aid on disarming Hizbullah, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif in Beirut

The unrest provoked by the arrest of key SPLM leaders threatens the drive to promote Sudanese national unity, writes Gamal Nkrumah