Tag: Al Jazeera

Thousands of Serbians block roads to protest lithium mine project (Al Jazeera)

Environmental protesters have blocked roads in Serbia for a third consecutive weekend to oppose plans for lithium mining, despite a bid by the country’s...

Kidnapped Red Cross workers freed in eastern DRC (Al Jazeera)

Two staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) abducted last month in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been freed,...

G7 ministers seek to present a ‘show of unity’ against Russia (Al Jazeera)

Foreign minister of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations gathered in the British city of Liverpool have sought to demonstrate “a show of...

Turkey’s Erdogan says social media a ‘threat to democracy’ (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described social media on Saturday as one of the main threats to democracy. Erdogan’s government plans to pursue legislation to...

Libya delays candidate list as likely election postponement looms (Al Jazeera)

Libya’s election commission said it would not publish a list of presidential candidates until after it settles some legal issues, leaving almost no time...

Bangladesh protests US sanctions against RAB, security chiefs (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh on Saturday called in the US ambassador to protest sanctions by Washington against its top security officers after seven people, including the country’s...

Sudanese demand freeze of international aid to the military (Mat Nashed, Al Jazeera)

Sudanese protesters are urging world powers not to resume development aid to their government for fear of legitimising the October 25 coup and spoiling...

Rafael Grossi: Does the UN’s nuclear watchdog trust Iran? (Al Jazeera)

Iran, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia and China have resumed talks in Vienna aiming to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. The United States...

Divisions as Palestinians in occupied West Bank cast local votes (Jehad Barakat, Al Jazeera)

Palestinians living in rural areas have begun casting their votes in the first phase of municipal elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Voting on Saturday...

Donors back $280m fund transfer to help avert Afghan famine (Al Jazeera)

International donors have agreed to transfer $280m from a frozen trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF to support nutrition and...

The Gambia election signals hope for democracy (Amat Jeng, Al Jazeera)

On December 4, The Gambia held its first elections since the fall of the dictatorial regime of Yahya Jammeh in December 2016. Despite Jammeh’s legacy...

Angola ruling party backs President Joao Lourenco for second term (Al Jazeera)

Angola’s governing party, which has held power for nearly half a century, has selected incumbent President Joao Lourenco as their candidate in next year’s...

Spiral of violence shuts schools in Cameroon’s anglophone region (Al Jazeera)

There are no students in the playground of the high school in the Bomaka district of Buea – just the odd goat grazing on...

Burkina Faso president names Lassina Zerbo as prime minister (Al Jazeera)

Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has named Lassina Zerbo as the country’s new prime minister, according to a decree. Zerbo, a 58-year-old geophysicist...

Kenyan opposition leader Odinga announces fifth bid for president (Al Jazeera)

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has announced he would make his fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency in next year’s election, ending months of suspense...

Western states ask Tunisia to return to ‘democratic institutions’ (Al Jazeera)

The envoys of seven Western countries plus the European Union urged Tunisia on Friday to respect “fundamental freedoms” and set a timeline for a...