Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of Britain joining the European community but the odds on it being there a decade from now are lengthening fast.
Mohammed Morsy, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood aligned president, is on a collision course with the army, or so say the headlines. But there are powerful voices within the new leadership saying there are limits to how fast the military can be sent back to barracks.
Whether by accident or design, Nigeria is destined to become Africa's largest economy. The kind of economic growth it will experience in the coming years and the extent to which this will transform the lives of its 160 million people is yet to be determined.
Architect Jolyon Leslie has known the Afghan capital for decades and witnessed its changing fortunes. Here he tells of the fragile city's changing make-up with the help of the man who cuts his hair