Militant Islamists pretty much know what Westerners want and they're not ready to discuss it -- not now and not in the foreseeable future as recent developments in Afghanistan demonstrate, muses Gamal Nkrumah

On 5 March, a 29-minute video "KONY 2012" uploaded on YouTube got over 77 million views in less than 10 days. Sarah Mourad attempts to unravel an African enigma