Converting tweets into feet: can Zimbabwe’s social media activism oust Robert Mugabe?

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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...

Drone ­- questioning the defining weapon of the war on terror

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Winner of six international awards, Drone is an upcoming two-part documentary on Al Jazeera English about the defining weapon of the war on terror. Tracking...

The Sinai Slave Trade

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Nine months pregnant and in chains, Haben's* torturers beat her ruthlessly demanding a $35,000 ransom from her husband. She gave birth in shackles, beside other...

Somaliland:Sexual Violence in Africa: Reversing the Trends

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Stockholm, 24 May 2016 Sexual Violence in Africa: Reversing the Trends In honour of Africa Day 2016, three Right Livelihood Award Laureates from Africa are speaking out to...

Ethiopia: OPDO pleased with Oromo student protests

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Somali Troops To Engage Islamists

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MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress)- According to senior officials in the weak Somali government, the government troops backed by the African union peacekeepers will soon embark on operations...

The Somali Ambassador in Ethiopia

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Hargeisa, 21 June 2009 - I heard the Somalia Ambassador Abdikrin Farah in Addis Ababa saying, this past week, Mogadishu has never been quiet...

Former VOA Somali Services employee speaks out against her former boss's harassments

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WASHINGTON (Somalilandpress) -- Former employee of VOA, Farhia Absie speaks out against her former boss, Mr. Abdirahman Yabarow, Chief editor of VOA Somali-Services in...

Djibouti: Arrest and detention of Mr. Zakaria

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     Djibouti, January 24, 2014 This is last night we learned that Mr. Zakaria Abdillahi Ali, was arrested Thursday, 23 January 2014 at 16h Ali Sabih,...

‘The Oscar Pistorius Interview’: Are we being manipulated? If so, by whom?

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Convicted murderer and paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s first interview since the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 was broadcast in late June 2016....