The ceremony, attended by nearly 20 international heads of state, closed a violent chapter after a six-month standoff with Laurent Gbagbo, the outgoing president ho had refused to accept defeat. Read Article Ouattara inaugurated as Ivory Coast president
These are heady days at the International Criminal Court, as legal actions loom over both Ivory Cost and Libya. Critics are still complaining about the ICC's possible effects, but The National's United Nations correspondent argues that moving ahead with such cases is just the right thing to do. Read Article ICC prosecution in atrocity cases is the right thing to do
As African states head to the polls in coming months it will be incumbent on their leaders to bear in mind the example of Ghana, not the ruinous ways of the now-deposed Mr Gbagbo in Ivory Coast. Read Article Africa has no room for another despot
Soldiers storm the bunker of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo and arrest the defeated dictator after days of heavy fighting in which French and UN helicopters fired rockets at his presidential residence.
Read Article Ivory Coast's Gbagbo arrested as forces storm bunker
In the economic capital Abidjan, fighting has abated since Alassane Ouattara troops first besieged the city five days ago, but his camp has said the time is ripe for a rapid offensive against Laurent Gbagbo.
Read Article Ivory Coast's Ouattara plans new strike in Abidjan
As the political crisis continues in Ivory Coast, there are bigger issues at stake than the fate of one country. Most important is the principle that African leaders leave office when the electorate says so. Read Article Ivory Coast shows how old loyalties overrule elections
The United States and the Afghan government announce they will hold talks with the Taliban in Doha this week aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan. US to hold peace talks with Taliban
More than 200,000 people marched across the country to vent their anger at the government's lavish spending in demonstrations which were initially triggered by a rise in bus fares. Brazil hit by largest protests in 20 years
A culinary map of the variety of Indian food organised by Indian states in just the two-kilometre radius of Karama in Dubai - often billed Little India. With map. A guide to Karama's Indian restaurants state by state
The days of taking one picture at a time on real film, rather than a disk, have never lost their romance. Neither have the images, a website is proving. Rym Ghazal reports Snapshots tell of the way we were
