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[01 June 2012] Complications in Egypt's presidential election - Middle East Today - English In Egypt there is growing fear among many that the unexpected results of the first round of presidential election could lead to an even more complicated situation in the run-off between Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi and former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq. There are also reports of money being pumped into the election process while the revolutionaries blame the military council for having purposefully disqualified significant revolutionary figures from the presidential race. In this edition of the show we discuss the complications in Egypt's presidential election with our expert guests.

It is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis and it seems to be getting worse. Thousands of people are on the move fleeing from both war and famine and of all the countries affected, its Somalia which is most stricken with half of its seven million population at severe risk. While the UN sponsored transitional government has complained of food holding by some aid agencies the al-Shabaab militia says these NGO's have no business in the areas they control.

The Leukemia patients\' lives in the impoverished Gaza Strip remain in danger as they have not received medications for over 11 months. The ministry of Health expects that the patients are to suffer severe complications if they don\'t get their medications promptly.