People in Sri Lanka have protested for months, blaming President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family for corruption and mismanaging the economy. Demonstrators have occupied the homes of the President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. There are negotiations to form a unity government to take over. But will they have the answers to Sri Lanka’s huge economic and social problems? Presenter: Imran Khan Guests: Nishan De Mel – Economist and Executive Director, Verite Research. Ganeshan Wignaraja – Senior Research Associate, ODI Global. Weerakoon Wijewardena – Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka. 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: […]
Bangladesh has officially opened its longest bridge, linking the capital, Dhaka, and the southwest. The nearly $4bn project suffered cost overruns and delays after the World Bank pulled funding following allegations of corruption. The bridge was eventually funded domestically and built by China. Al Jazeera’s @Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Mawa, Bangladesh. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Bangladesh #PadmaBridge
Decades of mismanagement and corruption have led to the near collapse of Lebanon’s political system and its economy. Nowhere is that more evident than in Tripoli. Successive governments are blamed for neglecting its rich heritage. Al Jazeera’s @Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli, northern Lebanon. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Lebanon #economy
Protesters in Lebanon are back on the streets as the country grapples with economic collapse. Many are angry with the government’s recovery plan, which they say is short of much-needed reforms. And as the crisis continues, some demonstrators fear there may be no end in sight. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Lebanon
A huge leak of financial documents has exposed what is claimed to be the secret assets and dealings of some of the world’s richest people. The collection of nearly 12 million files from 14 global financial services – known as the Pandora Papers – was published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Among the world leaders which have luxury properties abroad and millions in offshore tax havens are Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis. Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington, DC, the US. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #PandoraPapers #Pandora
As a humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan, border trade with Pakistan could play a crucial role. But corruption and smuggling are slowing the flow of goods — and leaving tonnes of much-needed food rotting in trucks. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from the Torkham crossing. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Taliban #AlJazeeraEnglish #Afghanistan-Pakistan
This documentary reveals how English football clubs can be bought by convicted criminals and become vehicles to launder dirty money. The football dealmakers – who link foreign buyers with British football clubs – tell undercover reporters how they can hide a criminal’s money and identity behind offshore trusts and use “dirty tricks” to deceive the football authorities. Chris Samuelson, an offshore finance expert and Keith Hunter, a former Scotland Yard detective, also offer our fictitious criminal a new identity by purchasing an EU passport for 10m euro. Our undercover reporters reach the brink of striking a deal for the criminal investor to buy Derby County FC, one of England’s oldest […]
The collapse of the Lebanese economy is rapidly accelerating. Rival politicians have so far failed to agree on the shape and make-up of a new government that would be needed to ensure international aid. And as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, those same politicians are accused of decades of corruption that has nearly bankrupted the state. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Lebanon
0 A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, guilty of corruption and influence peddling, sentencing him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. He is the second former president in modern France, after Jacques Chirac, to be convicted of corruption. The 66-year-old politician, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted on Monday for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about a legal action in which he was involved. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #France #Sarkozy
A scramble for scarce land in Nigeria is pushing millions of people into poverty, according to activists. In 2018 Nigeria overtook India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty. Experts say it is largely because of corruption, land confiscations and the manner in which resources are distributed. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Nigeria
