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Third-time lucky for Guinea-Bissau premier?
Carlos Correia was appointed prime minister of Guinea-Bissau on 5 August. He becomes the country's 13th premier since the position was restored 17 years ago...
19-Aug-2008
Lebanon up in arms
"Despite some of the sharp criticisms expressed by some of the MPs... we are determined to turn over a new page in our relations," said...
20-Aug-2008
No total recall for Bolivian president
Bolivian President Evo Morales's gambit in pushing ahead with a recall referendum on 10 August - in which he, his vice-president and eight of the...
15-Aug-2008
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"I have decided to finish the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace. The safety of our peacekeeping forces and civilian population has ...
12-Aug-2008
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"The imperialist plan to globalise the world has failed. That is why we are facing a moral, financial and food crisis, and this axis ...
08-Aug-2008
Condemnation follows Mauritania coup
A military coup led by General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, former head of the presidential guard and a member of the previous military regime (2004-2007), took...
15-Aug-2008
Pakistan to end Musharraf's long goodbye
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and its junior partner in the coalition government, Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), are fond of entering into formal...
15-Aug-2008
Gilani's poor show in the US
The much-anticipated visit by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to the United States in July exposed the weaknesses in Pakistan's leadership and the limited options...
12-Aug-2008
Somalia does the splits
The resignation of nine cabinet ministers on 2 August has highlighted deep divisions within the Somali government. However, and fortunately for the government, the opposition...
08-Aug-2008
Russia re-enters race for Africa
As the UN Security Council (UNSC) prepared a draft resolution condemning the conduct of President Robert Mugabe's government during the second round of the presidential...
07-Aug-2008
Constitutional tinkering in Latin America
July in Latin America was a busy month for executive attempts to tinker with fundamental laws of state. In Ecuador, the Constituent Assembly beholden to...
07-Aug-2008
Colombia's president in the crosshairs?
It would not currently be the time of year for President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia to go fishing in the southern jungles of his country...
07-Aug-2008
Can Ethiopia and Eritrea keep the peace?
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on 30 July to bring the eight year lifespan of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to...
05-Aug-2008
Thailand's stand over temple of gloom
Thailand's political crisis, now well into its third year, may be entering a cathartic phase as domestic and foreign pressures converge. Few days pass without...
04-Aug-2008
Liberia's mid-term blues
As Africa's oldest republic, but one of its newest democracies, Liberia celebrated its 161st anniversary in unorthodox style on 26 July. Rather than surround herself...
31-Jul-2008
Belarus courts trouble with Gazprom
Natural gas has long had differing effects on Russo-Belarus relations. Generous price subsidies have, at times, helped tug Belarus closer to Russia. At other times,...
31-Jul-2008
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"Cambodian soldiers do not want to fight with Thai soldiers. We are like brothers. But if commands are given, we have to obey." A ...
31-Jul-2008
Obama cuts teeth in Middle East
"There will be minor changes if Obama is elected, but he will never side with the Palestinians against the Israelis. He knows he cannot afford...
28-Jul-2008
West Africa's burgeoning cocaine economy
Despite four years of relentlessly bad publicity, there is no sign that West Africa's attractiveness to cocaine traffickers is waning. Statistics published by the UN...
25-Jul-2008
Is Argentina's lady now for turning?
Argentina's famously combative president has had a rude awakening. On 17 July, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner suffered the first serious reversal of her seven-month-old presidency...
24-Jul-2008
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"The murder, killing, destruction, dishonouring and insecurity in Afghanistan is carried out by the intelligence administration of Pakistan, its military intelligence institutions." Afghan President ...
22-Jul-2008
Georgia's long hot summer
The summer months from June to August have been the fighting season in the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia since the region's 12-year truce...
23-Jul-2008
Nigeria's bloody mess
Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has called for international support in tackling illegal oil bunkering. His request on 7 July highlights the economic impact of...
21-Jul-2008
South America's distant dream of union
South American unity is a project with historical pedigree. Back in the early 19th century, Latin America's 'Great Liberator' Simon Bolívar waged war for independence...
17-Jul-2008
Kashmir shrine controversy triggers violence
The disputed state of Indian-administered Kashmir has long perceived itself to be immune to the communal tension between Hindus and Muslims that characterise local politics...
21-Jul-2008
Zimbabwe's hijacked vote
Zimbabwe is again at a crossroads, standing at a political impasse with a president and ruling party not prepared to leave office or share power...
15-Jul-2008
US Marines hold gate to Helmand
The clamour for additional troops in Afghanistan dominated debate about the NATO and United States-led operations there in the early months of 2008. It was...
17-Jul-2008
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"From now on, we enter a state of war." A county governmental website in Zhejiang province describes a siege mentality among local governments in ...
01-Jul-2008
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"If Russian warplanes infringe again into Georgian airspace, they will have to return to pick up the shattered fragments." Nika Rurua, deputy head of ...
14-Jul-2008
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"We cannot start from weakness, we must commence with strength." Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou announces his desire to continue military procurement on 2 July. ...
10-Jul-2008
Mongolia's faltering steppes to economic promise
Despite its history of conquest and conflict in the days of the Golden Horde and the mighty Khans, Mongolia is now a country more often...
14-Jul-2008
India nuclear deal - minutes before midnight
The uneasy and at times acrimonious marriage of convenience between the Left Front and India's ruling Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) finally broke down...
11-Jul-2008
Hizbullah's Venezuelan holiday
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez' warm friendship with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which has blossomed over the past three years, has fuelled conspiracy theories that Caracas...
01-Jul-2008
Iraq's Kurds in the way
The multi-ethnic communities along Iraq's internal border with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) present one of the most stubborn security challenge in the country. As...
07-Jul-2008
Colombia's military comes of age
How times change. Not even a decade ago, Colombia's integrity was threatened by the world's largest insurgent group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas...
10-Jul-2008
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