Politics
Despite Lebanon’s presidential deadlock having been resolved with the election of Michel Aoun, there’s little sign of respite from political stalemate for the country’s citizens writes Sahar Ghoussoub.
At the ripe old age of 81, Michel Aoun has finally achieved his dream of leading Lebanon as president. But he’s had to abandon his values to get there.
While Syrians that flee to Jordan or surrounding countries can take solace from having fled the horrors of war, difficulties in accessing labour markets or starting their own enterprise mean they have to subsist on aid.
In July 2015 its members were killed when a suicide bomber's detonation ripped through a crowd of youth activists in the city of Suruç in southern Turkey. Now members of the pro-Kurdish youth organisation SDGF are under attack from their own government.
Lakhdar Brahimi, former UN special envoy to Syria, explains why he thinks there is still hope of ending the civil war there.
Despite optimism for quick transitions after the so-called Arab Spring, the reality has been regional conflicts and stalled reforms. Janmejay Singh explains how peace and stability in the MENA have become the main focus for the World Bank.
Journalist Daoud Kuttab’s team at Radio al Balad worked for half a year uncovering Jordanian connections to illegal offshore dealings in the Panama Papers leak. But making the final decision to publish the sensitive details was difficult, he writes.
In Libya, African migrants run into Jihadis, xenophobia and organised crime. Encounters with passage-makers and people smugglers between the Sahara and the Mediterranean.