Will Iraq's election ease sectarian tension?

Against the backdrop of bloody violence, it is a victory that voting took place at all. But the real challenge will lie in securing the country's fragile peace, writes Samira Shackle

Who are Boko Haram - and how can they be stopped?

Samira Shackle takes a closer look at the Nigerian Islamist group, which has killed 1,500 people this year alone, and asks what could be done to end the organisation's increasingly brutal attacks