Tag: Al Jazeera

(Ethiopia) Tigray Region in progress

Al Jazeera writes: Luwam Gebrekirstos* spent her savings from years of working abroad as a maid to open a small coffee shop in Addis...

(Ethiopia) The consequences of the elections on peace

Mehari Taddele Maru writes for Al Jazeera: Asked by Al Jazeera’s anchor Riz Khan back in May 2008 when Eritrea would have elections, President...

(Turkey) Turkey’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth month on Wednesday

Burhan Yuksekkas and Cagan Koc write for Al Jazeera: Turkey’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth month on Wednesday, as...

(Fashion Industry) Fashion brands and forced labour

Radmilla Suleymanova writes for Al Jazeera: The global fashion and retail industry’s reliance on producing quick-turnaround goods at a low cost through outsourcing and...

(OPEC+) A compromise between Saudi Arabia and UAE

Al Jazeera writes: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reached a compromise deal in a standoff over OPEC+ crude output quotas, according to...

Israel/Hamas – Between 2006 and 2011, a high-stakes negotiated prisoner exchange took place between Israel and Hamas

Al Jazeera writes: Between 2006 and 2011, a high-stakes negotiated prisoner exchange took place between Israel and Hamas, the group that governs the Gaza...

(Jordan) The trial against Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid

Sean Mathews writes for Al Jazeera: The guilty verdict issued by Jordan’s State Security Court to a former finance minister and a minor royal...

(Myanmar) Inside Myanmar

Al Jazeera writes: Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the country’s second-biggest city...

(Venezuela) Inside Venezuela

Al Jazeera writes: Venezuelan prosecutors have announced “terrorism” and “treason” charges against a prominent opposition politician after intelligence agents arrested him from his car on...

(Afghanistan) Inside Afghanistan

Al Jazeera writes: The Taliban does not want to engage in fighting inside Afghanistan’s cities, a senior leader of the group has said, as...

(South Africa) Inside South Africa

Al Jazeera writes: Protesters clashed with security forces in several areas of South Africa and looters ransacked shopping malls on Tuesday as frustrations over...

(Ethiopia) Inside Ethiopia

Al Jazeera writes: The United Nations Human Rights Council has approved a resolution calling for an immediate end to all violations in Ethiopia’s embattled...

(Somalia) Inside Somalia

Yasmin Kamel and Maimuna Mohamud write for Al Jazeera: On June 30, a much-anticipated announcement finally confirmed the timetable of the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections...

(Turkey/Israel) A rare phone call between Israel and Turkish Presidents

Al Jazeera writes: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with his new Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog, in a sign of a possible thaw...

(Bahrain) Escalation in the use of the death penalty

Al Jazeera writes: The use of the death penalty in Bahrain has dramatically escalated over the past decade, specifically since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising,...

(Haiti/USA) Haiti and American pressure

Al Jazeera writes: The United States’s top diplomat has urged Haitian political leaders to work towards holding elections later this year, a demand top civil...