Nepal’s politicians have been holding their final rallies ahead of this week’s election, the first in a decade.
But with ex-rebel Maoists and over 100ethnic groups vying for power, some fear the country could see a return of its 10-year civil war.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Dutton has taken a political journey through the capital, Kathmandu.
Despite their country’s severe economic problems, many voters in Zimbabawe chose not to go to the polls on Saturday.
Among them were thousands of people displaced during President Robert Mugabe’s so-called “clean-up” operation in 2005. The project moved an estimated 300,000 people from slums.
But as Haru Mutasa reports, many are still waiting for their promised new home.
Sir David is joined by Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, to discuss Zimbabwe’s forthcoming election. He says that while the elections may not be free and fair, he is optimistic of success.
The Arab League’s annual summit is taking place in Damascus. But some countries are boycotting the event, accusing Syria of meddling in Lebanese politics. Sir David is joined by Jihad Makdissi, a spokesman for the Syrian Embassy in London, who says the summit is about the Arab people and not Syria. Also in this part of the show, Sir David talks to David Frum, a US political analyst, about John McCain, the Republican candidate in the US elections.
Zimbabwe’s economy has long been a contentious issue, with annual inflation running at 100,000 per cent, the highest in the world.
The government has tried to increase output by giving farmers free tractors, but critics say the machinery amounts to a bribe ahead of elections.
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa went to Matebeleland to hear about one farmer’s daily struggle.