Tag: Al Jazeera

Bangladesh votes in rural council elections amid fear of violence (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh is holding village council elections that are certain to further consolidate the ruling party’s power but have raised concerns about the state of...

The COP26 deal will not be enough to end SA’s coal addiction (Ray Mwareya, Al Jazeera)

South Africa runs on coal. It is the world’s seventh-largest coal producer, and about 80 percent of the country’s energy is generated by it....

Who can resolve Ethiopia’s conflict? (Al Jazeera)

International diplomatic efforts are under way to try to end the fighting in Ethiopia. Envoys from African countries and the United States have held meetings...

Yemeni journalist and child killed in car bombing in Aden (Al Jazeera)

A Yemeni journalist and her child have been killed in a car bombing that targeted her family’s vehicle in Yemen’s southern city of Aden,...

Iran deporting thousands of Afghan refugees (Al Jazeera)

Iran is sending tens of thousands of Afghan refugees back over the border, aid agencies and witnesses say, amid allegations of mistreatment by Iranian...

Algeria welcomes ‘reasonable’ French comments amid row (Al Jazeera)

Algeria has welcomed comments from the office of French President Emmanuel Macron expressing regret over a dispute sparked by his criticism of the former...

UN sanctions three Houthis over Marib offensive, Saudi attacks (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations Security Council has blacklisted three Houthi rebels linked to cross-border attacks from Yemen into Saudi Arabia and to fighting in the...

Myanmar military accused of blocking aid to displaced civilians (Al Jazeera)

A prominent human rights group says Myanmar’s military may have committed war crimes in the eastern Karenni state by arresting humanitarian workers and destroying...

Myanmar charges US journalist with ‘terrorism’ and sedition (Al Jazeera)

A US journalist detained in Myanmar has been charged with “terrorism” and sedition, and could face life in prison if convicted, according to his...

India hosts talks on Afghanistan, but no Afghan official invited (Al Jazeera)

India is hosting senior security officials from Russia, Iran and five Central Asian countries to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, but no Afghan representative...

Tigray rebels raped women in Ethiopia’s Amhara region: Amnesty (Al Jazeera)

Tigrayan rebels raped, robbed and beat up several women during an attack on a town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, Amnesty International has found, amid...

Morocco wants to turn page on W Sahara conflict: Foreign minister (Al Jazeera)

Amid heightened tensions with neighbouring Algeria, Morocco’s Foreign Minsiter Nasser Bourita says his country is determined to “turn the page definitively” on the Western...

Tunisia trade union calls for strike over death of protester (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia’s powerful General Trade Union (UGTT) has called for a general strike on Wednesday in Aguereb, in the central region of Sfax, a day...

Hot air: Scepticism over Indonesia’s COP26 deforestation pledges (Aisyah Llewellyn, Al Jazeera)

As the COP26 climate change conference continues into its second and final week in Glasgow, a pledge signed by more than 100 countries to...

Climate crisis: How significant is India’s net-zero pledge? (Disha Shetty, Al Jazeera)

It’s arguably the biggest surprise so far of COP26. After refusing to set targets for net-zero carbon emissions, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to...

Why air quality has deteriorated sharply in India’s capital (Al Jazeera)

Pollution has been hitting dangerous levels across New Delhi and other parts of northern India this month, in a sharp deterioration from October when...