Sadly, we have lost another great of Congolese music – Papa Wemba.
Papa Wemba was born Shungu Wembiado in 1949. He came to musical prominence in the great beating heart of Congolese popular music, Kinshasa’s famous district of Matonge in...
April 26, 2016
The foreign aid arena in Africa has traditionally been dominated by the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. However, over the past three decades non-traditional donors such as China, have emerged.
The increasing importance of non-traditional...
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit goes undercover to reveal the true scale of modern slavery in suburban Britain
The report exposes the slave masters and the people smugglers and hears from victims about their ordeals
Examines the car wash...
In Nepal: After The Earthquake, Al Jazeera English’s award-winning 101 East team returns to Nepal to see how the country is coping - a year after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake left more than 8 000 dead, having destroyed 8 000...
April 14, 2016
Former Zimbabwean vice-president Joice Mujuru has her sights set on upsetting President Robert Mugabe’s 36-year hold on power with her newly formed Zimbabwe People First party. But it won’t be easy.
Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has held...
By almariam On April7, 2016
After Bernie Sanders crushed Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin primary (56.6% v. 43.1) on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton landed a low blow challenging Sanders’ political stripes.
Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?
Is Sanders a democrat with...
In Guns, Goons and The Presidency, yesterday’s episode of Al Jazeera English’s award-winning 101 East, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte was compared to Donald Trump and labeled “the Dirty Harry of Philippine politics” ahead of next month’s elections.
As author Marites...
A great deal of attention has been paid to the obstacles African governments face in effectively taxing the profits of transnational corporations. African governments are frequently urged to widen their tax bases by reducing tax incentives for foreign investors....
The World Health Organisation has declared the yellow fever outbreak in Angola a grade 2 emergency. This means that it can have moderate public health consequences. This requires an emergency support team run from the organisation’s regional office providing...
By Hugh Corder
The accountability of public governance in South Africa has come a long way since 1994. When the transitional constitution was hammered out in negotiations in 1993, the primary consideration was to establish an unshakeable commitment to...