Tag: Al Jazeera
Israeli military kills five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Al Jazeera Media Network described the killing of the journalists as a “targeted assassination” and “yet another blatant and premeditated…
Journalism associations condemn closure of Al Jazeera in Israel
Since the beginning of the war, Al Jazeera has reported extensively on the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip and…
Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh killed by Israeli soldier -UN
The journalist was killed during an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Hussein, Al Jazeera journalist detained for 4 years, regains freedom in Egypt
Mahmoud Hussein, an Al Jazeera journalist detained by Egyptian authorities since December 2016, has regained his freedom.
Sudan’s military junta bans Al Jazeera, Khartoum offices shut
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) has shut the offices of Qatar-based Al Jazeera Television in Khartoum. Simultaneously it withdrew the…
Al Jazeera: Buhari’s school feeding revolutionises education
Dozens of children cheer at the Baptist Nursery and Primary School compound in Bode-Ijaiye suburb of Abeokuta city, the capital…
Netanyahu Demands Closure Of Al-Jazeera’s Jerusalem Office
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, demanded that the Jerusalem office of Qatari news agency Al-Jazeera be closed, accusing it of…
Demand For Qatar To Close Down Al-Jazeera Unacceptable – UN
The UN says the demand by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab nations for Qatar to close down its al-Jazeera…
Egypt blocks Al Jazeera, 20 other websites
Egypt on Thursday blocked 21 websites, including Qatari news network Al Jazeera and Islamist-affiliated platforms, following in the footsteps of…
Iceland deports Boko Haram victim from Nigeria
As the world marks World Refugee Day today, Al Jazeera has aired the pitiable story of a young Nigerian, Eze…
Niger president talks to Al Jazeera on Boko Haram, Democracy
Yesterday, polls closed in Niger, where, in the second election after the 2010 military coup, sitting president, Mahamadou Issoufou is…
Watch Al Jazeera’s documentary on how Nigerians sell babies for cash
• Award-winning series Africa Investigates back on Al Jazeera • Babies are for sale in Nigeria for $4 000-5 000…
Egypt president pardons 100 prisoners, including Al Jazeera journalist
Egypt’s President Abdel Fatta al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners, including Canadian Al Jazeera TV journalist Mohamed Fahmy, on Wednesday, security sources…
Egypt hands Al-Jazeera journalists three-year sentence
Three al-Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt of “spreading false news” have been sentenced to three years in prison at their…
Al Jazeera launches ‘My Nigeria’ documentary series
Funsho Arogundade A series of six half-hour documentaries laced with the human stories and energy of Africa’s leading economy, Nigeria…
IPC decries attacks on journalists, calls for release of Jazeera journalist
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the various incidents of attacks on journalists by security operatives and political…
3 Al-Jazeera journalists arrested in Paris
Three journalists for TV station Al-Jazeera were arrested in Paris on Wednesday after flying a drone from a park on…
Egypt court postpones Jazeera trial to March 8
An Egyptian court postponed Monday the trial of two Al-Jazeera journalists to March 8, with Canadian reporter Mohamed Fahmy saying…
Egypt frees Jazeera journalists pending retrial
An Egyptian court ordered the release of two jailed Al-Jazeera journalists Thursday pending retrial, after they spent more than 400…
Egypt to retry Jazeera journalists despite outcry
Two Al-Jazeera journalists will face a retrial Thursday for allegedly supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood despite the global outcry over…
Egypt orders deportation of jailed Al-Jazeera reporter
Egypt has decided to deport jailed Australian reporter Peter Greste to his home country, a senior interior ministry official told…
Egypt court orders retrial of jailed Jazeera reporters
Egypt’s top court Thursday ordered a retrial of three Al-Jazeera reporters whose imprisonment on charges of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood…
Jailed Jazeera journalists appeal against Egypt verdicts
Three Al-Jazeera journalists jailed by Egypt for alleged ties with Islamists filed appeals Thursday against their convictions, their network said…
Al Jazeera’s Gaza Bureau Attacked
Journalists working with cable TV, Al Jazeera, have come under gun fire attack in Gaza where war is raging between…
Jazeera condemns ‘unjust’ Egypt verdicts against staff
Al-Jazeera slammed as “unjust” an Egyptian court decision Monday to jail three of its journalists for between seven and 10…
Egypt jails Jazeera journalists for up to 10 years
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists including Australian Peter Greste to jail terms ranging from seven to 10…
Jonathan slams false media reports on Boko Haram
The Nigerian government has slammed slanted and misleading media reports on the military operations in three states, where a state…
Al-Jazeera mobile network hacked again
Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news network’s mobile service was hacked on Sunday, four days after a number of its Internet websites came…
China Forces Woman To Abort 8-Month Pregnancy
Chinese authorities in Simi on the east coast, have dragged an eight-month pregnant woman from her home and forced her…
Jonathan’s Aide Not Arrested —Presidency
Contrary to rumours that the Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mike Ogiadhome, has been arrested in connection with…