Tag: Al Jazeera

Turkish firms eye boon in deepening bilateral ties with Qatar (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

As Turkish businesses grapple with high inflation and a sharply devalued currency, a recent visit to Qatar by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is...

Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan to align with Beijing (Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)

Nicaragua has broken off diplomatic relations with Taiwan, leaving the self-ruled democratic island with just 14 formal diplomatic allies amid continuing pressure from China,...

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing accused of crimes against humanity (Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera)

Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing has been accused before the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing crimes against humanity for overseeing, as army...

US tightens curbs as Cambodia moves closer into China’s embrace (Andrew Nachemson, Al Jazeera)

The United States has announced new restrictions on Cambodia, including an arms embargo, citing the “growing influence” of the Chinese military, as well as...

On Human Rights Day, Kashmir rights groups decry India crackdown (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

On the International Human Rights Day every year, 62-year-old Parveena Ahanger and the families of hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances in Indian-administered Kashmir would gather...

Pakistani Taliban ends ceasefire, future of peace talks uncertain (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has unilaterally announced an end to a month-long ceasefire with the Pakistani government, accusing...

The new US nutrition aid strategy undermines Africa’s hungriest (Siera Vercillo, Alex Park, Al Jazeera)

At last month’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, US officials touted a new strategy to counter malnutrition in Africa – a problem that will...

Intra-Rwandan dialogue is crucial for peace in the Great Lakes (Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Al Jazeera)

Since Rwanda gained its independence in 1962, the country has experienced successive regimes that have stayed in power by any means possible, refusing to...

Jailbreak epidemic hits Nigeria’s overcrowded prisons (Eromo Egbejule, Al Jazeera)

Last month, gunmen stormed a medium-security prison in Jos, central Nigeria, for the second time this year, managing to free more than 250 inmates. It...

Gunmen kill 14 gov’t-backed fighters in Burkina Faso ambush (Al Jazeera)

Unidentified shooters have killed at least 14 members of a government-backed civilian militia in an ambush in northern Burkina Faso, the latest attack in...

How armed drones may have helped turn the tide in Ethiopia’s war (Alex Gatopoulos, Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s 13-month war has seen yet another dramatic turn as the federal government’s counteroffensive against fighters from the northern Tigray region has made substantial...

Dozens killed, thousands displaced in wave of Darfur violence (Al Jazeera)

At least 138 people have been killed and dozens wounded in three separate areas of Sudan’s West Darfur state in recent weeks, medics have...

India’s farmers call off year-long protest after gov’t assurances (Al Jazeera)

India’s farmers will call off a long-running protest after the government concedes to a clutch of pending demands, including assurances to consider guaranteed prices for all...

Burkina Faso’s political crisis explained, in 500 words (Al Jazeera)

Burkina Faso is facing a political vacuum in the face of an escalating security crisis that has killed thousands and led to street protests. Prime Minister...

Adama Barrow’s re-election and The Gambia’s long walk to justice (Eromo Egbejule, Al Jazeera)

Adama Barrow was declared this week the winner of The Gambia’s closely watched presidential election, securing a second five-year term in office. The vote was seen as...

Israel closes probe into fatal shooting of Palestinian assailant (Al Jazeera)

Israel has closed an investigation into two police officers who shot dead a Palestinian assailant as he lay on the ground, accepting the claim that they...