From Our Own Correspondent

Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent kidnapped in Gaza last year, this weekend starts his new job: presenting the long-running programme 'From Our Own Correspondent'.

In this edition there is a piece from Paul Martin on the view from both sides of the border as Gaza militants launch a wave of rockets into Israel. The Israelis say they’re indiscriminately firing on civilian areas.

Kenya

Fergal Keane reflects on the violence which has wracked Kenya in the weeks since the election – is it simply tribal antagonism or have the years of corruption and poverty played their part?

Kate Clark reflects on her experience reporting in the Islamic world over the past twenty years.

Gavdos

Finally John Pickford finds out why the remote, and formerly obscure, Mediterranean island of Gavdos has started to attract attention. For years the population has dwindled steadily … but today even the fashionable people of Athens are on their way to find out what all the fuss is about.