Tag: Al Jazeera

(Ethiopia) Ethiopia risks lengthy deadlock in war-hit Tigray: Report (Al Jazeera)

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared victory within weeks, but combat has continued in Tigray region, the ICG group says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/2/ethiopia-risks-lengthy-stalemate-in-war-hit-tigray-report

(Germany/Lebanon) Germany plans Beirut port reconstruction with conditions: Report (Al Jazeera)

Donors insist that Lebanon agrees on the makeup of new government, roots out corruption, sources tell Reuters. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/2/germany-plans-beirut-port-reconstruction-with-conditions-report

(Myanmar) Killings, violence, detention: Myanmar is no place for children (Al Jazeera)

Inger Ashing Forty-three children have been killed in the two months since Myanmar’s military coup began on February 1. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/1/killings-violence-detention-myanmar-is-no-place-for-children

(USA/Afghanistan) Why can’t the US end the war in Afghanistan? (Al Jazeera)

Largely forgotten by Americans, this $50 billion per year campaign could literally become a ‘forever war’. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2021/4/1/why-cant-the-us-end-the-war-in-afghanistan

(Kashmir) ‘Daylight loot’: Kashmir farmers suffer as rivers illegally mined (Al Jazeera)

Jehangir Ali Start of the apple season hampered by unabated mining of rivers, hitting thousands of farmers as government officials admit lapses. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/daylight-loot-kashmir-farmers-suffer-as-rivers-illegally-mined

(DR Congo/West/Cobalt) The Cost of Cobalt (Al Jazeera)

Is the West’s growing appetite for cobalt, a metal vital for electric cars, causing birth defects in the Democratic Republic of Congo? https://www.aljazeera.com/program/people-power/2021/4/1/the-cost-of-cobalt

(Yemen/Saudi Arabia) Yemen’s Houthis say they launched drone attacks on Saudi capital (Al Jazeera)

A Houthi spokesman claims four drones targeted positions in Riyadh but no confirmation yet from Saudi Arabia. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/yemens-houthis-say-attacked-saudi-capital-riyadh-with-four-drone

(Sudan/USA) Sudan pays $355m to US as compensation to victims of attacks (Al Jazeera)

Khartoum gave the fund as part of an agreement that removed the country from the US list of ‘state sponsors of terrorism’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/sudan-pays-355-mn-to-us-in-deal-including-terror-list-removal

(Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan) DR Congo to host talks on controversial Ethiopia dam (Al Jazeera)

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Kinshasa from Saturday for 3-day talks on Grand Renaissance Dam. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/dr-congo-to-host-three-day-talks-on-nile-dam-from-saturday

(Iraq/Saudi Arabia) Iraqi PM seeks to boost ties on his first visit to Saudi Arabia (Al Jazeera)

Mustafa al-Kadhimi meets top Saudi leadership as he aims to forge a closer economic and security ties with the kingdom. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/iraq-pm-soothes-security-concern-forges-deals-on-saudi-visit

(Humanitarian System) The future of humanitarian response is local (Al Jazeera)

Hossam Khalil Elsharkawi The COVID-19 ‘stress test’ clearly demonstrated the need for a truly locally-led international humanitarian system. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/1/the-future-of-humanitarian-response-is-local

(Myanmar) Myanmar facing ‘bloodbath’ UN envoy tells Security Council (Al Jazeera)

Christine Schraner Burgener warns closed-door briefing of civil war, urges ‘significant’ action to avert ‘catastrophe’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/myanmar-facing-bloodbath-un-envoy-tells-security-council

(Hong Kong) ‘Even dissent is controlled’: How Hong Kong’s world has changed (Al Jazeera)

Suzanne Sataline China’s new election system in Hong Kong has wiped out years of struggle for more democratic freedoms. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/even-dissent-is-controlled-hong-kong-wakes-up-to-changed-world

(Indonesia) Indonesia on edge ahead of Easter after church bombing (Al Jazeera)

Aisyah Llewellyn and Eko Rusdianto World’s most populous Muslim country is on alert for attacks after Makassar cathedral, police headquarters targeted. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/indonesia-on-edge-ahead-of-easter-after-palm-sunday-attack

(Lebanon) Many of Lebanon’s children ‘may never get back to school’ (Al Jazeera)

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 1.2 million children in Lebanon have been out of school. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/many-of-lebanons-children-risk-never-returning-to-school-report

(USA) Donald who? How Biden is outshining Trump (and Obama) (Al Jazeera)

Marwan Bishara The promise and perils of the Biden presidency in comparison to other presidents. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/31/donald-who-how-biden-is-outshining-trump-and-obama