| Contents (title) | Author | Page (start) | Page (end) |
| Throwing light on the dark Sahara | Alexia Liakounakou | 2 | 5 |
| The Arab world’s delving into Africa | Ilias Tasopoulos | 6 | 7 |
| Islam in Sudan: a clash of two visions of Sudan’s national identity | Styliani Saliari | 8 | 11 |
| Hezbollah’s ventures in West Africa | Marina Eleftheriadou | 12 | 14 |
| Somalia’s multiple spoilers of war: What role for political Islam? | Chrysoula Toufexi | 15 | 18 |
| The absence of the state in northern Nigeria: The case of Boko Haram | Ioannis Mantzikos | 19 | 20 |
| Sufi Brotherhoods in Africa: from decline to revival | Elisavet Paraskeva-Gkizi | 21 | 24 |
| Book Review: The Darfur Sultanate: a history, R.S. O’ Fahey, London, Hurst & Company Publishers Ltd, 2008 | Maria Abdel-Rahim | 25 | 27 |
