The people of Lebanon are sick of war, and all parties are desperate to avoid it, writes Michael Safi, who is studying politics and Arabic.
As turmoil continues in Tunisia in the wake of the flight of long-term dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, western pundits are emerging to "explain" an event they have been busily ignoring for weeks. Is this really a Twitter or WikiLeaks revolution? asks Bernard Keane
Under the rules governing southern Sudan’s independence referendum, the result will only be valid if at least 60% of those registered cast a ballot. On Wednesday this figure was surpassed, writes Rafiq Copeland in Nairobi.
Lebanon’s Hezballah-led Opposition has resigned en masse from the country’s fragile national unity government, triggering its collapse, writes freelance political writer Antoun Issa.
Rife with poverty, unemployment and official corruption, the current situation in Tunisia is despairing but not uncommon in the Arab world. In fact, until recently the country was actually regarded as better and more stable than most, writes Simon Tisdall.
Tunisia is far from forgotten, it’s just that Tunisians will benefit more in terms of their human, economic, social and political rights if their government is engaged rather than alienated, writes Tim Molesworth.
It is hard to predict if stability in South Sudan will be a lasting feature with the international community still intently observing Abyei in the coming period, writes Farid Farid, a final-year doctoral candidate at the University of Western Sydney.
There's been a lot happening in the last few days, but even even at the best of times it's unlikely that the media would have told us much about Tunisia.
Despite the result of the Sudanese referendum seemingly almost certain before it began, it appears likely that this buoyant mood may soon be replaced with tension and impatience, writes freelance writer Rafiq Copeland in Nairobi.
The Queensland floods are a significant natural disaster, which has cost the lives of ten people and will cost billions in rebuilding. Yet, why does it get more coverage than the even more horrific recent floods in Pakistan that killed 2,000 and left a million homeless?
