Al Jazeera’s new series Rebel Architecture uncovers the architects who are shunning the glamour of ‘starchitecture’ and using design to tackle the world’s urban, environmental and social crises. The series premieres on 18 August 2014.
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.’
Screened on Al Jazeera English – Lifelines on 8 May 2014: ‘How To Slay A Dragon’ profiles the steady elimination of Guinea worm in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, where almost all of the last 148 cases are found. Guinea worm is expected to become the second human disease ever eradicated, with Nigeria and Ghana already free…
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…
21 years ago, for ITV’s award-winning TV series 7UP South Africa, acclaimed director Angus Gibson filmed a cross-section of the country’s seven-year-old children and asked them about their lives, hopes and dreams. He’s filmed the children every seven years since: first for 14UP, then 21UP, and now, as adults, for 28UP, premiering on Al Jazeera…
Life Apps is a new Al Jazeera English series that challenges young app developers from around the world to visit remote communities to experience their everyday hardships and create app solutions to improve their lives. The first episode of Life Apps premieres on Al Jazeera English on Tuesday, 26 November 2013. In Silicon Savannah, Africa’s technology…
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…
