North Africa
Behind a new phase of jihadism
Defections to Islamic State raise concerns that the group’s influence is spreading into other Arab Spring countries
Hollande goes to war
The French president launched a war in Mali just as his popularity hit an all-time low
Meanwhile, in a country with 13 times Libya’s population
Niall Ferguson, who has taken only three weeks to establish himself as Newsweek‘s star crackpot, says it’s all going into the crapper in North Africa:
Al-Qaeda in North Africa
The gang that kidnapped Bob Fowler has global designs