Tag: Al Jazeera

USA/Iran – Amid uncertainty, Iran and US showing ‘willingness’ in deal talks (Al Jazeera)

Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, says ‘all sides’ are willing to talk ‘seriously’ about a pathway back into the nuclear deal. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/iran-and-us-bring-willingness-to-indirect-talks-biden-adviser

UN/Bahrain – UN ‘disturbed’ by Bahrain forces’ violent breakup of jail sit-in (Al Jazeera)

Human rights office calls for thorough investigation into ‘violent repression’ of peaceful sit-in at Jau prison by police special forces. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/un-bahrain-police-used-disproportionate-force-at-prison-sit-in

Mozambique – Starving Malagasy forced to eat leaves, locusts for survival (Al Jazeera)

Near-total disappearance of food sources has created a ‘full-blown nutrition emergency’ in southern Madagascar, World Food Programme warns. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/famine-looms-in-southern-madagascar-uns-food-agency-says

Mozambique – UN: Nearly 30,000 fled attacks in Mozambique’s Palma since March (Al Jazeera)

Attacks marked major intensification in violence that has wreaked havoc across Cabo Delgado province for over three years. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/un-nearly-30000-flee-mozambique-attacks-since-late-march

Palestine – ‘A coup’: Palestinian factions slam parliamentary poll delay (Al Jazeera)

Hamas says President Abbas’s decision ‘coup against the path of national partnership and consensus’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/palestinian-factions-reject-abbas-decision-to-delay-polls

Palestine – Abbas delays Palestinian parliamentary polls, blaming Israel (Al Jazeera)

Critics say Palestinian leader using the Jerusalem issue as an excuse to avoid elections that a divided Fatah might well lose to Hamas. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/palestinians-polls-hamas-plo

Middle East – Visualising chemical weapon attacks in the Middle East (Al Jazeera)

Mohammed Hussein and  Mohammed Haddad On April 29, 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention – which banned the development, production or stockpiling of chemical weapons – came...

Yemen – Yemen: An unviable and unlivable state (Al Jazeera)

Manal Qaed Alwesabi is a Yemeni journalist based in Hodeidah. Even if foreign intervention ends, the war will not stop until Yemenis decide to forgive. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/28/the-war-has-ripped-yemeni-society-apart

Mozambique – With global solidarity, Mozambique can overcome its crisis (Al Jazeera)

Winnie Byanyima UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director for UNAIDS The country needs urgent help with debt relief and humanitarian aid. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/27/with-global-solidarity-mozambique-can-overcome-its-crisis  

Arab World – The Arab Spring has been misunderstood (Al Jazeera)

Safwan Masri A decade after the Arab Spring, Westerners’ perceptions of events and Arabs’ perceptions of themselves remain muddled. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/18/the-misunderstood-arab-spring

Ukraine/Turkey – Ukraine-Turkey cooperation has its limits (Al Jazeera)

Dimitar Bechev Turkey cannot extend the same support to Ukraine it has given to Azerbaijan. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/18/ukraine-turkey-cooperation-has-its-benefits-but-also-limits

Afghanistan – Peace can still be achieved in Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Sultan Barakat It is time for Afghans to take the initiative in the peace process https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/17/what-does-the-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-mean

South Africa/Yemen – South Africa is putting profit before Yemeni lives (Al Jazeera)

Zen Mathe, Michael Marchant The South African state has abandoned its commitment to human rights to profit from weapons deals. In so doing, it has...

UK – UK legislation to curb torture prosecutions must be stopped (Al Jazeera)

Nadine Tunasi I arrived in the United Kingdom two decades ago after fleeing torture and violence in my native country. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/15/uk-torture-bill

(USA) US Supreme court dismisses case on Trump blocking Twitter critics (Al Jazeera)

Greg Stohr The United States Supreme court set aside a federal appeals court ruling that former President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment when he...

(USA) Majority of Republicans buy false claims of US Capitol riot: Poll (Al Jazeera)

Three months after the January 6 riot, 60 percent of Republicans also still believe the election was ‘stolen’ from Trump. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/5/60-percent-of-republicans-buy-false-claim-of-jan-6-riot-poll