Miners Shot Down premieres on Wednesday, 13 August 2014 at 22h00CAT on Witness, Al Jazeera's flagship documentary strand. The multi-award-winning documentary will screen daily until 16 August 2014, the two-year anniversary of the Marikana massacre it investigates.
Al Jazeera’s Empire host Marwan Bishara travels to Kenya to ask who is benefiting from the ‘rise’ of African countries – and whether the war on terror is turning the continent into ‘Africanistan.’
Now in it’s 9th year, the annual international conference on ICT for development, education and training – e-Learning Africa – took place in Kampala, Uganda last week: More than 1500 participants and about 300 speakers from 68 countries gathered for three days at the Speke Resort and Conference Centre in the Ugandan capital Kampala, set on the edge…
A documentary by Aziz Salmone Fall shot within the context of the fiftieth anniversary of the “Independence” of African states (OAS 1963-2013). AFRICOM GO HOME is an anti-propaganda, not-for-profit film dedicated to raising public consciousness by opening up a space for discussion and building a sound information base drawn from archival records. This documentary represents my views,…
We are a groupe of morrocan people willing to organize a festival called Festival of Alternatives and resistance, and we are looking for help to succeed in the project. The Festival de Résistance et d’Alternatives (the Festival of Resistance and Alternatives, FRA) offers a place dedicated to innovation, exchange and participation where everyone can express themselves freely. During…
How to tell the story of a war no one’s ever heard of? Nuban Ahmed Khatir is using the only ‘weapon’ he has: a camera. John Dickie’s Eyes of Nuba screens on Sunday, 26 January 2014 at 22h30 GMT on Witness, Al Jazeera’s flagship documentary strand. The 25-minute documentary tells the story of Ahmed Khatir from Nuba Reports,…
This Friday on Al Jazeera’s global talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi will celebrate the life of Nobel Prize laureate and former South African president Nelson Mandela. “With South Africa in mourning, this edition of South2North is dedicated to the memory of South Africa’s first democratically elected leader, Nelson Mandela,” says Redi, who hosts South2North from Johannesburg. “Those who’ve been in Nelson…
On Saturday’s Talk To Al Jazeera, former South African President Thabo Mbeki explained to Mike Hanna why he is critical of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and efforts to impose justice on Africa from the “outside,” when the entire focus should be on bringing peace to the continent. Mbeki succeeded Nelson Mandela as South African…
This Friday on Al Jazeera’s talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi discusses the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope and Africa’s new positioning as a space hub. “Do you ever gaze at the stars and wonder how it all began and whether there is life out there? If so, the answers may come from unexpected quarters,” says Redi…
How are ICT services boosting agricultural value chains? How can we establish a dynamic and enabling environment where ICTs for agriculture can flourish? Starting tomorrow on November 4 to 8, topics such as ICTs and value chains, advocacy and policy development will be discussed in Kigali, Rwanda, thereby assessing the impact of ICTs on farming, fisheries and livestock. Find all video…
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