Mali: Timbuktu falls to the Azawadis

And a ceasefire is declared on the grounds that Tuareg-led rebels have captured enough land to create a state.

World Politics: The Firing Line

Ben Ali of Tunisia, Mubarak of Egypt, now Gaddafi of Libya. Who's next?

Ivory Coast: Can Koulibaly's party win in 2011?

President Ouattara has promised parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire before the end of the year. Who will champion the south?

Libya: can Gaddafi fight back from Ghat?

The last loyalist stronghold in the Fezzan is a desert garrison town called Ghat. A fight-back might start here.