As Hosni Mubarak’s former spy chief Omar Suleiman announces he will run for president and Egypt teeters on the edge of an economic crisis, we discuss the state of post-revolution Egypt with Democracy Now correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous, based in Cairo
Read MoreThe president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, has formally resigned after soldiers ousted him in a coup in March, with power set to be transferred to Mali’s National Assembly after elections later this month. We speak with Firoze Manji, editor-in-chief of Pambazuka News, a pan-African social justice website.
Read MoreBefore leaving Venezuela, Chavez had said in a message broadcast to the nation on radio and television: “I have great faith in Christ our Lord, who will repeat the miracle so that I will stay alive, to defeat this disease that came from natural causes.”
Read MoreAs Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja is near death on the 58th day of a hunger strike protesting his imprisonment, we look at an award-winning documentary that tells the story of the uprising in Bahrain with extraordinary footage shot entirely undercover by Al Jazeera English reporters.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez heads to Cuba tonight to undergo his third round of radiotherapy treatment in his battle to defeat cancer. This will be Chavez fifth trip to Cuba in less than two months, all for medical reasons.
Read MoreNotorious arms smuggler Viktor Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death,” has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorism.
Read MoreIn a broadcast exclusive, we reveal the name of the police officer who allegedly killed 68-year-old Kenneth Chamberlain, the retired African-American Marine who was shot dead in his own home in White Plains, New York, in November after he inadvertently triggered his medical alert pendant.
Read MoreVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez returned to his country just before midnight Wednesday after completing his second round of radiotherapy in Cuba.
Read MoreFor the first time in Havana, through the exhibit “Prints of the New China” (1949-2009), one can appreciate the use of ancient printing techniques. Curated by Shi Lan and Cheng RongYi, the display offers a long aesthetic march over the past six decades. (14 photos)
Read MoreToday marks the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time, his every move was being tracked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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