Raisi visited the Kenyan capital, where trade talks with President William Ruto topped the agenda. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Nairobi, Kenya. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #EbrahimRaisi #IranianPresident #RaisiAfricaTour #RaisiInKenya #Iran #Kenya #WilliamRuto #IranAfricaTies #IranKenyaTies #IranSanctions #AlJazeeraEnglish
Cases of kidney failure are increasing in Ghana. And the health problems are being linked to river pollution caused by illegal gold mining. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Ghana #IllegalGoldMining #GhanaIllegalGoldMining #GhanaWaterPollution #GhanaRiversPollution #GhanaKidneyDiseases
High unemployment and an even higher rate of inflation – are just some of the concerns for voters in Zimbabwe. They are getting ready for a general election in August. And so are the election candidates who’ve been to court to file their papers. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from the capital Harare. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Zimbabwe #ZimbabweGeneralElection2023 #ZimbabweEelection2023
Tropical Cyclone Freddy has unleashed powerful winds, heavy rain and floods in Mozambique – for the second time. At least 28 people have been killed and tens of thousands of homes are damaged. Freddy is the southern hemisphere’s longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record. Arsenio Mucavela is the Country Director of ‘For Afrika Mozambique’. It is one of the aid groups that are on the ground. He is joining us live from Maputo for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Mozambique #CycloneFreddy #TropicalStormFreddy #MozambiqueStorm #MozambiqueCyclone #NaturalDisasters
Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu returned home after more than two years in exile in Europe to a cheering crowd on Wednesday, after the government lifted a ban on political rallies. A former lawmaker and a fierce critic of the government, Lissu initially left the country to seek treatment abroad after he was shot 16 times, mostly in his lower abdomen, in his car by unknown gunmen in the administrative capital Dodoma in 2017. He had been arrested eight times in the year leading up to the attack. Lissu was welcomed by a large gathering of his supporters at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, after flying […]
Burkina Faso’s military government have told French troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, according to state media. Critics accuse the former colonial power of failing to improve security. The UN says thousands of people have been killed and nearly three million displaced since 2015, by violence linked to armed groups. Al Jazeera’s Barbara Angopa reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #BurkinaFaso #FrenchTroopsInBurkinaFaso #AlJazeeraEnglish
Hundreds of thousands of children in West Africa are working in hazardous conditions on cocoa farms, despite international campaigns against child labour. Many have little or no access to education. Farmers say attempts by Western cocoa buyers to force prices down are keeping hundreds of thousands of children out of school and condemning them to a life of poverty. And they argue that only higher prices and better education can improve the lives of children. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Hiampeanika in western Ghana. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ […]
A court in Mozambique has sentenced the son of a former president, two ex-spy bosses, and eight others to years in prison for their part in a corruption scandal in which the government sought to conceal huge debts, triggering financial havoc. The 11 were found guilty and sentenced on Wednesday on charges related to a $2bn “hidden debt” scandal which saw hundreds of millions of dollars in government-backed loans disappear and crashed the southern African nation’s economy. Al Jazeera’s Kevin Calvert reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Mozambique #Corruption #MozambiqueCorruption […]
Thousands of members of South Africa’s governing African National Congress have protested against the release of an apartheid-era assassin, Janusz Walus. He has been granted parole after serving nearly three decades in prison. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #SouthAfrica #JanuszWalus #ChrisHani #ANC #AlJazeeraEnglish
There is an energy revolution happening in East Africa. Geothermal steam in the Great Rift Valley is being harvested. Scientists say it could lift millions of people out of poverty and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from the Olkaria power plant in Naivasha, in the Rift Valley. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Kenya #GeothermalEnergy #KenyaGeothermalEnergy #RenewableEnergy
