Afghan paper warns against friendship with Turkey
After suffering hard and insulting experiences as a secular state, Turkey is now trying by virtue of its leaders to regain its lost religious-Turkish identity...
Federalism could help ease Iraq’s dangerous pressures
Interest in federalism is not new in Iraq. It has been growing almost since the prime minister, Nouri Al Maliki, assumed the position of interior minister in 2010, as his attempt to centralise power grew more pronounced. Since then, he has marginalised Sunni-majority areas, politically and economically. What is new, however, is that federalism offers a solution to a problem that is now more urgent than ever. Decentralised governance appears to be the only way to avoid an inevitable return to the sectarian abyss, one likely to be even more deadly than the events of 2006...
Interview with Ghannouchi
We do not believe that the role of the state is to impose a certain lifestyle on its citizens; the role of the state is to provide security, justice, and services to citizens....
Commentary: I Am Going to Syria -- for Jihad
Report by Andrey Ivanov: "I Am Going to Syria -- for Jihad. Our Country Has Turned into a Supplier of Militants for the Near East"...
Commentary: Is Saudi Liberalism The Answer?
Not being an Islamist does not automatically means that one is a liberal! A liberal is someone who believes in freedoms for everyone, and the equality of the law...
Popular uprising as means of toppling government
Al-Turabi used to say: “If the masses take out to the street, the spirit of the herd dominates them and they will no longer know what they have come out for”...
Qatar’s Syrian revolution
How the tiny gas-rich Gulf state seized control of the uprising in Syria, pouring in tens of millions of dollars to arm rebels...
Egypt: The Army and the American Trap
There are many indications of the US desire to ignite infighting in Egypt. It is a definite fact known to everybody that the United States, its President, and Pentagon are the principal supporters of the rule of the Muslim Brothers...
What is Morocco Looking for in Africa?
Will Morocco, which, in recent years, sends some observers on the fringe of the AU Summits, fully turn its back?...
SYL Letters
In the 1940s, SYL leaders addressed their grievances and plans to the Media, and sometimes disseminated open letters...
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa...
Malian children face education crisis
While the world remains focused on ending Mali`s conflict, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education...
Japan, a Subtle but effective partner for Africa
In an interview with Africa Renewal, Akihiko Tanaka shared his enthusiasm for the visible progress that has been made in several African countries...
Scenarios facing Algeria
Scenarios of any probable transfer of power arose when the Algerian President Abelaziz Bouteflika was taken ill last week, and it was required to transport him quickly to France...
Dictator of Damascus
The dictator of Damascus has a personality that reveals his character. He thinks that he can emerge from any crisis...
Saharan president does not rule out resort to armed struggle
The peaceful demonstrations, underway since 2005, in the occupied territories showed the "peaceful nature" of Saharawi struggle that aims to recover the stolen land by Moroccan colonizer...
Aydid says MPs, government linked to Bin-Ladin
Mr Aydid said the problems facing the Horn of Africa were created by what he described as “long bearded fanatics” who were causing worldwide chaos...
Policy Think Tank or Exiled Political Mercenaries?
I have been keenly following in recent weeks the work of a self-styled Liberian Diaspora-based "think tank", Liberia Institute for Public Integrity (LIPI)...