Almost 70,000 police officers will be sent to voting centres throughout Kenya on Wednesday to attempt to ensure an orderly process when the country votes on a proposed constitution endorsed by President Mwai Kibaki.
As the US prepares to wind back its military operations in Iraq, the Iraqi government is still a faction-filled mess. The makings of a democracy are there, now it's time for the Iraqis to move themselves forward.
Monsoon floods in Pakistan have claimed the lives of over 1,000 people, with more disastrous rain expected in the week ahead and tens of thousands stranded. One of the worst hit areas is the Swat Valley, previously a Taliban stronghold.
The role of factional politics is gradually diminishing in Iran, the nation moving towards an ideologically driven system and, eventually, the formation of disciplined political parties, writes Mahan Abedin.
The US Military is apparently in Iraq to aid its reconstruction. But of the US$9.1 billion spent so far, a whopping US$8.7 billion is still unaccounted for.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is the man of the hour after publishing the Afghanistan war logs on the weekend. So why did he do it and is he a dangerous man?
The US government has scrambled to protect relations with the Pakistan and Afghan governments after the unauthorised release of 91,000 documents sourced from the US Army by whistleblower website WikiLeaks. Harley Dennett writes for Crikey from Washington DC.
All is not beautiful as spring arrives and our chance in a lifetime constitution making process has turned into a shambles, writes Cathy Buckle, from Zimbabwe.
48-year-old Jean Gregoire, from the West African country of Benin, has become the first black person to be elected to office in Russia. The press have dubbed him "Russia's Obama," a mantle he passionately rejects.
WikiLeaks has released an explosive collection of over 91,000 secret military reports documenting the war in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2010.
