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The Gambia: Barrow’s party wins most seats in parliamentary poll
The party of President Adama Barrow has won a majority in The Gambia’s parliament, in the first free and fair election since long-time leader Yahya Jammeh left power. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from the capital, Banjul. The post The Gambia: Barrow’s party wins most seats in parliamentary poll appeared…
Read More »Where are journalists under attack?
On January 12, 2016, Saif Talal, a correspondent for the independent Iraqi television channel Al Sharqiya, was returning to Baquba after a reporting trip when gunman stopped the car he was travelling in. Talal had been covering the aftermath of twin bombings that killed 20 people. The gunmen forced Talal…
Read More »Kabila names Bruno Tshibala new DRC prime minister
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo named a former member of the largest opposition party as prime minister on Friday, a move likely to further divide Joseph Kabila’s opponents after talks to negotiate his exit from power broke down last week. A statement from the presidency named Bruno…
Read More »Week in pictures: From Russian blast to Mosul fighting
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Read More »Thousands march in South Africa to demand Zuma resign
Tens of thousands of people marched through South African cities on Friday in largely peaceful protests to demand President Jacob Zuma’s resignation. In the biggest political protests in years, large crowds gathered in the capital Pretoria, the economic hub Johannesburg, and coastal cities of Durban and Cape Town. Nobel laureate…
Read More »UN: Army attack prompts mass exodus from South Sudan
More than 6,000 people have fled from southern South Sudan into the northern Ugandan district of Lamwo, recounting the slaughter of civilians by armed forces, according to the UN refugee agency. A statement from the UNHCR said on Friday more residents of Pajok town in South Sudan’s Equatoria region were…
Read More »UN summons South Africa to defend itself at the ICC
South Africa has been summoned to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to explain why it didn’t arrest Omar al-Bashir. The Sudanese President was in Johannesburg for an African Union summit in 2015. South Africa ignored an arrest warrant for Bashir who is accused of war crimes. Al Jazeera’s…
Read More »Thuli Madonsela on Jacob Zuma and fixing South Africa
Boston, US – Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s former public protector – a position tasked with investigating state and government misconduct – is best known for her resolve in standing up to President Jacob Zuma and holding him to account for wasting public funds on his private estate. Madonsela is sitting with colleagues…
Read More »The Gambia holds historic post-Jammeh election
Gambians voted on Thursday in the first parliamentary elections since long-time leader Yahya Jammeh left power, electing lawmakers who could make or break a raft of reforms promised by the new president. More than 880,000 Gambians were eligible to vote in the small West African country home to 1.8 million,…
Read More »At least 19 people killed by land mine in Somalia
A land mine explosion has killed at least 19 passengers of a minibus in Somalia hours after the troubled nation’s president declared a new war against the al-Shabab armed group. The minibus was travelling in the southern Lower Shebelle region on Thursday when it ran over the explosive device near…
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UN Climate Adaptation Expo in Zambia concludes with urgent call for more finance to save lives and economies; helps countries harness AI to build climate resilience
© Photo Credit: UNFCCC/Zambia | Dr Youssef Nasser, Director of Adaptation at UNFCCC, delivering …
