Nigerian soldiers confine Al-Jazeera journalists to hotel
Abuja, Nigeria, March 26, 2015--Nigerian military authorities on Tuesday confined two Al-Jazeera journalists to their hotel room and have forbidden them from leaving, according...
Angolan journalist slapped with 15 new criminal defamation charges
New York March 25, 2015-The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to drop all charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais. Marques de...
Likud’s Victory Is Israel’s Defeat
By Alon Ben-Meir - Mar 25, 2015 Those of us who regularly observe and try to make sense of the madness sweeping the Middle East...
In election year, Nigeria’s press feeling the pressure
A schoolgirl walks past campaign posters for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in Lagos. Journalists covering the election campaign say they are being attacked. (Reuters/...
Remembering the Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa
South Africa, 1960 On March 21, 1960, exactly 55 years ago today, a crowd estimated at five thousand (according to apartheid police 20 thousand, inflated...
18th COMESA Summit under theme “inclusive and sustainable industrialization”, 20-31 March, Addis Ababa
By Mekki Elmograbi The summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) scheduled from 20-31 March, 2015 has started in Addis Ababa...
Sisi slammed over Al Jazeera claims
Al Jazeera has condemned a claim by President Sisi that its journalists are activists rather than impartial observers. The network has also strongly defended...
Islamic Development Bank: Ask your questions LIVE to the President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
The President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will host an online press conference on Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 09:30 GMT JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia,...
Netanyahu Reveals His Duplicity, Demagoguery and Deceit
By Alon Ben-Meir - Mar 17, 2015 In a follow-up question to the statement that Prime Minister Netanyahu made during an interview with the Israeli...
Al Jazeera screens award-winning documentary on kidnapped Eritrean refugees
•Eritrean refugees kidnapped, tortured and ransomed in Sinai desert The Sound of Torture is a haunting, multi-award-winning documentary about the plight of Eritrean refugees. In the...
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