Nairobi, August 31, 2016 - Tanzanian authorities should immediately lift a ban on two privately owned radio stations and allow them to resume broadcasts without further harassment or censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Tanzanian Information Minister Nape...
US Senate’s ‘Torture Report’ documented 119 victims of CIA torture • Al Jazeera speaks to the former secret prisoners, including two Libyans who opposed Gaddafi “In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a...
A new Al Jazeera documentary finds:  Rising numbers of women in their 70s are giving birth in India The IVF industry is booming, but no laws protect the health of women and babies Young women have...
Protests against the rule of Zimbabwe’s ageing president, Robert Mugabe, have become commonplace in recent months. In one of the latest incidents on August 24, police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a “Mugabe Must Go” protest...
Deliverus on Tuesday evening emerged from a field of 5 finalists and 60 entrants as the winner of the first +254 Rising entrepreneurship competition. The competition hosted by Kenya’s iHub was organised by US-based Affinis Labs and sponsored by financial services company...
SPLA North in war-ravaged South Kordofan is trying to return 86 prisoners of war to Khartoum Deal facilitated by Red Cross SPLA North claims the deal was blocked by Khartoum at the last minute • Sudanese government dismisses claims as...
The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram stormed back into the world’s headlines with a renewed offer to swap abducted schoolgirls for detained insurgents. It isn’t a particularly original offer – but it has won the group some fresh publicity...
South Africa has entered a new era of competitive politics and coalition government. The August 3 municipal election represented a sea change in the country’s democratic journey. The party of liberation – the African National Congress (ANC) – has...
WorldRemit Calls for Urgent Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria Hundreds of global remittance companies forced to cease transfers while Western Union, MoneyGram and Ria continue LONDON, United Kingdom, August 2, 2016/ -- WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com), a leading online remittance provider, is...
  I am with Hillary Rodham Clinton now! I was with Bernie Sanders.  I explained  how I felt the Bern back in February 2016. Bernie is with Hillary now. All the way. Bernie’s very last words in his convention speech were: “Hillary Clinton will...