(Al Jazeera English: November 3, 2009) As Hamid Karzai begins his second term as president of Afghanistan, he vows to bring unity to the country, and to listen to the...
(Al Jazeera English: October 29, 2009) The UN's top investigator on torture, Manfred Novak, has been denied entry into Zimbabwe, despite being invited by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to look...
(Al Jazeera English: October 7, 2009) Al Jazeera marks eight years since U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan, looking at Barack Obama's strategy to end the war. Other stories include an investigative...
The Maasai community of Magadi, 4,000 large, are being threatened by climate change. Herding cattle is the community's main source of food and income, but droughts and season changes...
This Al Jazeera English news update covers the recent attacks in Afghanistan, the bombings in Iraq, famine in northern Kenyan villages, questions about Barack Obama's ability to meet the deadline...
In this episode of UN 21st Century coca leaf crops in Peru are dwindling as farmers are convinced to start producing legal crops like coffee and palm oil; families in...
In this interview, Amy Goodman discusses the moving images portrayed of the Obama family traveling through Africa to reconnect with some of their roots. Goodman describes the importance of...
Nobel-laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu talks the recent election crisis in Kenya, in this discussion held at the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Along with many Americans who support the Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, many people around the world are hoping that US foreign policy will witness a change in the event...
(Global Pulse: June 5, 2008) Illinois Senator Barack Obama rises from political longshot to historic victor in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. His vision of change captures the...
(March 12, 2008) Election results were disputed in both Nigeria and Kenya, but the similarity ended there. Kenya, considered one of the most stable democracies in Africa, descended into bloody...
(January 10, 2008) Right now most U.S. media is focused on the drama of the presidential primary elections. But in several other countries the drama of the electoral process...
Journalist Mark Hertsgaard interviews 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai. The Honorable Professor Maathai is the first woman, the first Kenyan and the first environmentalist to win the prize...
