Tag: Al Jazeera

NIGERIA/BOKO HARAM – Freed schoolboys arrive in Nigeria’s Katsina week after abduction (Al Jazeera)

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state...

ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe is hemorrhaging gold. Can a key reform curb smuggling? (Chris Muronzi, Al Jazeera)

When Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested at Robert Mugabe International Airport in October for alleged gold smuggling, the news was shocking but not the purported...

INDIA/ACADEMIC FREEDOM – Academic freedom is under attack in Modi’s India (Aman Abhishek, Al Jazeera)

Last year I had the opportunity to listen to the prominent Indian intellectual and author, Anand Teltumbde, speak at an academic conference in Delhi. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/12/18/academic-freedom-is-under-attack-in-modis-india

QATAR – Qatar celebrates National Day 2020 amid COVID pandemic (Al Jazeera)

Qatar celebrates its National Day on Friday amid coronavirus-related restrictions and a continuing diplomatic spat with neighbouring countries that seems to be easing. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/18/qatar-celebrates-national-day-2020-amid-covid-pandemic

BRAZIL/AMAPA/CLIMATE CHANGE – The crisis in Brazil’s Amapa state is a warning for the world (Alnoor Ladha, Felipe Viveros, Raissa Galvao, Al Jazeera)

The COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed more than a million lives and battered the global economy in just a few months, also provided us with...

COVID19/REFUGEES – What we got wrong about COVID-19 and refugees (Jan Egeland, Al Jazeera)

The coronavirus has not yet decimated refugee camps or killed displaced people in significant numbers, as I and many others feared in March. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/12/18/what-we-got-wrong-about-covid-19-and-refugees

ARAB SPRING/TUNISIA – How the West hollowed out the Tunisian revolution (Haythem Guesmi, Al Jazeera)

Today is the tenth anniversary of the Tunisian uprising which toppled the authoritarian regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and marked the start...

USA/INDONESIA/HUMAN RIGHTS – The US can no longer turn a blind eye to abuses in Papua (Joanne Lin, Usman Hamid, Al Jazeera)

On October 28, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Indonesia as part of a five-country tour of Asia focused on strengthening ties amid...

USA/CHINA/MARITIME SECURITY – US slams China for no-show at meeting on maritime security (Al Jazeera)

The US military has slammed China for failing to appear at virtual, senior-level meetings slated for this week, with the top US admiral for...

USA/GOOGLE – Antitrust breach? 10 US states sue Google over advertisement deal (Al Jazeera)

Texas and nine other US states have sued Google, accusing it of working with Facebook Inc in an unlawful manner that violated antitrust law...

ARAB SPRING 10 YEARS AGO – Remembering Mohamed Bouazizi: The man who sparked the Arab Spring (Thessa Lageman, Al Jazeera)

“17 December 2010 would have been a normal day if the local press and people hadn’t been here,” says Ali Bouazizi. “The fact they...

LOCKERBIE BOMBING – US to unseal charges against Lockerbie bombing suspect: Media (Al Jazeera)

The United States plans to unseal charges soon against a Libyan man suspected of assembling the bomb that blew up a US airliner over...

ARAB SPRING 10 YEARS AGO – How economic hardship fuelled the Arab Spring 10 years ago (Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera)

When anti-government protests began in the interior Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid in mid-December 2010, Zakaria Hamdi knew he had to join. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/17/bread-and-gas-economic-boost-needed-after-arab-spring

IRAN – Khamenei renews revenge vow as Soleimani death anniversary nears (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has renewed his promise of revenge in response to the United States’ assassination of Qassem Soleimani during a...

IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL – Iran nuclear deal participants hold virtual talks amid tensions (Al Jazeera)

Senior diplomats from Iran and major powers have met online to discuss the state of a nuclear deal that is eroding despite conciliatory signals...

USA/IRAN – Iran ‘very happy’ to see Trump leave office, says Rouhani (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

While Iran is not “excited” by Joe Biden taking over at the White House, it was “very happy” to see the end of Donald...