By Al Jazeera Five imprisoned Ethiopian bloggers and journalists have been released in Addis Ababa, after government prosecutors dropped the charges against them, Al Jazeera has learned. The bloggers and journalists, who have been in prison for over a year, were released on Wednesday, but at least four others remain in jail. An Ethiopian news […]
By Al Jazeera An official report on the police killing of 34 striking mineworkers in South Africa in 2012 was a “gross defamation” of those who died, an activist group has said. The Marikana Support Campaign (MSC) criticised the Farlam Commission report, which last month cleared top government officials of any blame for the massacre. […]
By Al Jazeera Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed 26 people in night attacks on two villages on Lake Chad over the weekend, Chadian officials have said. “The two villages were attacked by surprise on Saturday and Sunday night. There were 13 dead in each attack,” a Chadian official, who declined to be named, said […]
By Al Jazeera The leader of South Sudan’s rebels has said the country’s civil war will continue as long as President Salva Kiir remains in power. Speaking to reporters in Nairobi on Wednesday, Riek Machar said the people of South Sudan did not deserve to go back to war and that Kiir had to resign […]
In a bid to deepen its reach and authority, Al Jazeera which is one of the leading global media outlets has partnered with African Media Agency (AMA) to leverage on technology and heightened internet growth in Africa introducing news feed to leading online news websites.
