It is election season in Iraq, on the 7th of March Iraqis will go to the polls and decide who will make up their next government. Iraq’s politicians want to be part of the new parliament but they are using a very old method of speaking to voters – the political poster. As a result, Baghdad’s printers and party activists are working around the clock. Omar al-Saleh reporting from Baghdad.
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The two countries worst hit by the most devastating disaster in modern history have followed very different political paths. Indonesia chose a peace deal to end a 30-year old conflict in Aceh, while Sri Lanka opted to step up its military campaign against the Tamil Tiger separatists. As Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen finds, the decisions had a crucial impact on the recovery and healing process for those caught up in the tsunami.
Inside Story asks whether the current situation in Thailand is a battle for democracy or a power struggle between parties. Will fresh elections solve the crisis, or will they just give rise to the same problems again?
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US troops are due to withdraw from urban areas in Iraq by June 30 but US military commanders are calling for some exceptions. Mosul is believed to be one of the last of al-Qaeda bases in Iraq and tensions remain between the once ruling Kurdish minority and the majority Sunni Arabs. In this exclusive report, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr discovered a city still at war.
Israel launched its war on Gaza in the run-up to its elections next month. Jacky Rowland reports that the two campaigns, military and political, have been inextricably linked, and the faces most closely associated with the war are now presenting themselves as the best leaders for Israel.
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Inside Story asks whether the current situation in Thailand is a battle for democracy or a power struggle between parties. Will fresh elections solve the crisis, or will
Inside Story asks whether the current situation in Thailand is a battle for democracy or a power struggle between parties. Will fresh elections solve the crisis, or will they just give rise to the same problems again?
Somalia’s armed al-Shabaab group have come close to capturing all of Somalia from the country’s interim government which, while near-powerless, has international backing. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from the Somali port city of Marka, where he had exclusive access to the highly secretive al-Shabaab.
The current anti-government protests in Thailand are the latest development after years of political instability. Al Jazeera’s Azhar Sukri looks back at the turmoil of the last three years.
The Pakistani Supreme Court barred Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister and an opposition leader and his brother Shahbaz from holding elected office. Pakistan now faces the prospect of rampant political infighting that will further undermine the country’s stability.
