Tag: Al Jazeera

(India) New Delhi world’s most polluted capital for the third year: Study (Al Jazeera)

Indian capital most polluted for third straight year in 2020, according to IQAir, a Swiss group that measures air quality. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/new-delhi-world-most-polluted-capital-for-the-third-year-study

(USA/Afghanistan) US official warns Congress on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Removing US troops without a peace deal would be ‘a disaster’, says John Sopko, as new talks set to begin in Moscow. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/us-official-warns-congress-on-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan

(Niger) Gunmen kill at least 58 civilians in attack on Niger convoy (Al Jazeera)

Mass killings underscore the enormous security challenges facing Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/gunmen-kill-at-least-58-civilians-in-attack-on-niger-convoy

(Tanzania) Tanzania gov’t urged to ‘explain mystery’ of Magufuli’s absence (Al Jazeera)

Main opposition party says it knows ‘for sure that the president is ill’, even as the government calls on citizens to ignore rumours. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/tanzanians-should-be-told-about-magufulis-health-opposition

(Nigeria) What is behind the rise in kidnappings in Nigeria? (Al Jazeera)

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Mike Ejiofor – former director of Nigeria’s State Security Service Ini Dele-Adedeji – research fellow at the University of Edinburgh’s Center for African Studies Anietie...

(Saudi Arabia/Turkey) Saudi Arabia wants to buy Turkey’s armed drones: Erdogan (Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s president also voices displeasure at Riyadh’s joint air exercises with its longstanding rival Greece. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/saudi-arabia-willing-to-buy-turkeys-armed-drones-erdogan

(Syria) Syria’s Assad offers stimulus to public workers as crisis deepens (Al Jazeera)

Nearly 80 percent of Syrians live in poverty and 60 percent are food insecure, according to the United Nations. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/16/syrias-assad-offers-stimulus-to-public-workers-as-crisis-deepens

(Greece/Turkey) Greece, Turkey resume preliminary talks on Mediterranean dispute (Al Jazeera)

NATO allies at odds over competing claims over to continental shelves, maritime rights, and air space in the Mediterranean. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/greece-turkey-resume-preliminary-talks-on-mediterranean-dispute

(Libya) Libya’s interim government takes power after handover in Tripoli (Al Jazeera)

The new cabinet, headed by Abdelhamid Dbeibah, is tasked with implementing a UN-brokered political road map leading to December polls. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli

(Climate Change) The oceans need a break from us (Al Jazeera)

Bonnie Wright We need to designate areas of the ocean as protected to help it recover from harmful human activities. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/16/the-oceans-need-a-break-from-us

(Sri Lanka) Sri Lanka says it ‘requires time’ to consider proposed burqa ban (Al Jazeera)

Amid the outrage, a government spokesman says the ban is a serious decision that requires consultation and consensus. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/sri-lanka-says-it-requires-time-to-consider-proposed-burqa-ban

(Nigeria) Nigeria: Inflation hits four-year peak as food prices soar (Al Jazeera)

Inflation in Nigeria reached 17.33 percent driven by the COVID pandemic, a drop in oil revenue and a weakened currency. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/16/nigeria-inflation-hits-4-year-peak-as-food-prices-soar

(Mozambique) Mozambique fighters beheading children as young as 11: NGO (Al Jazeera)

Save the Children says it spoke to displaced families who described ‘horrifying scenes’ of murders committed by rebels in Cabo Delgado province. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/mozambique-fighters-beheading-children-as-young-as-11-ngo

(Syria) UN warns of another ‘decade of desperation’ in war-torn Syria (Al Jazeera)

Barbara Bibbo ‘You first’ mentality among foreign powers is prolonging the devastating conflict that has killed or maimed 12,000 children, UNICEF says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/un-warns-of-another-decade-of-desperation-in-war-torn-syria

(Lebanon) Lebanon needs an aid paradigm shift (Al Jazeera)

  Sahar Atrache To avert a catastrophe in Lebanon, foreign donors need to change how they deliver aid to the country. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/16/lebanon-needs-an-aid-paradigm-shift

(Qatar/Afghan Peace Talks) Qatar to join Afghan peace talks in Moscow: Official (Al Jazeera)

Special envoy of Qatar, Ambassador Mutlaq Alqahtani, to participate in the March 18 meeting in Moscow, official tells Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/qatar-to-join-afghan-peace-talks-in-moscow-official