How Uganda’s government steered another state-controlled election
This year’s presidential elections in Uganda were seen as the most competitive yet for the country’s long-time incumbent Yoweri Museveni. They nonetheless look set...
On Al Jazeera’s Upfront, leading authorities discuss what ISIL wants
Four of the world’s leading authorities on ISIL discuss what the group strives to achieve with its global attacks:
“They’re baiting us” – Lydia Wilson
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Niger president talks to Al Jazeera
Yesterday, polls closed in Niger, where, in the second election after the 2010 military coup, sitting president Mahamadou Issoufou is intent on winning a...
Uganda elections approach amid hostile environment for media
Demonstrations against the government are a routine affair in the Ugandan capital Kampala, and Andrew Lwanga thought it would be just another day at...
Wagalla Massacre: Premeditated Act Of Genocide?
This week marks the 32nd anniversary of the the gruesome killing of 5,000 Somalis, most from the Degodia sub-clan. Writer and researcher SALAH ABDI...
War of the Long Knives and Cheap Shots on Bernie Sanders
By almariam On February 11, 2016
It is the season for the Clintons to tar and feather Bernie Sanders.
Could their campaign of fear and smear against Bernie...
Why Africa can’t afford to have an outbreak of the Zika virus
Should there be an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa, the continent will not be able to cope. Shutterstock
February 10, 2016
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How a centuries-old poem hints at Shakespeare’s herbal ‘muse’
Material unearthed from William Shakespeare’s garden and hometown suggests that the famed British playwright smoked cannabis. Now a 400-year-old poem offers literary evidence to...
Hans Blix tells Al Jazeera English’s ‘UpFront’ he’s ‘doubtful’ ISIL would exist without the US-led Iraqi invasion
Hans Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector and ex-IAEA chief, speaks with Al Jazeera English:
Says he’s “doubtful” ISIL would exist without the...
Noam Chomsky on Clinton vs. Sanders
Professor Noam Chomsky, the U.S. academic, award-winning author and public intellectual, speaks with Al Jazeera English's Mehdi Hasan
Says he would “absolutely” vote for Hillary...
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