The spreading northern insurgency
The government must think hard about how to tackle an Islamist uprising that may have less to do with religion than the rebels claim(23)
Thursday January 19th 2012
Nigeria
Syria
Wait and sea
Syria has an awkward Russian visitor(30)
Iran and the world
Running out of moves
Far from “appeasing” Iran, did Barack Obama give up on diplomacy too soon?(109)
Egypt
Not so “Happy Christmas”
Why Egypt’s Christians are nervous(14)
South Africa
Disappointment
The 100th anniversary of South Africa's ruling party failed to mask a host of worries(22)
Tunisia
Ideology v practicality
Some secular Tunisians are still rattled by the new Islamist-led government(2)
Islam
God-daughters
A biography of two women whose lives have been transformed by militant Islam(67)
Iraq
Make it federal
If their country is to function, Iraqis need to share power(84)
Africa's population
Miracle or Malthus?
Some Africans think they face demographic disaster, others that they could reap a demographic dividend. They will probably get neither(75)
Feature
The haj
Journey of faith
Putting on the West’s first big exhibition about the haj has been a challenge
What we're reading
Whose Egypt?
(Adam Schatz at the London Review of Books)
Israel-Palestine peace talks: working hard at treading water
(Daniel Levy & Leila Hilal at Foreignpolicy.com)
What Iraq can teach us about Iran
(Stephen Walt at Foreignpolicy.com)
100 years on: what has happened to the ANC?
(Richard Dowden at African Arguments)
The impact of the ICC proceedings on Kenya
(International Crisis Group)
Highlights
Prosecuting al-Qaeda
A tricky business
A new book looks at the lessons of Nuremberg for prosecuting terrorists today
Somalia and Ethiopia
Might things get better for once?
Ethiopian troops are hurting extremists in Somalia but stability is still far away
Arab League map
Mapping the Arab world
A statistical hub containing key data from all the countries of the Arab League
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