How will Ecuador’s elections affect the future of the Amazon?
Environmental issues have been largely ignored in lead-up to Sunday's vote, raising concern from rainforest advocates.
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Iran’s Zarif urges Biden to make a speedy return to nuclear deal
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says time 'running out' for the US to ease sanctions.
Faki re-elected head of AU Commission at summit focused on COVID
Moussa Faki Mahamat wins support from 51 of 55 member states in secret ballot to win second term as AU executive leader.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibah: Who is Libya’s new prime minister?
Former associate of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi to take country's reins amid new push to end decade-long conflict.
Biden is promising ‘unity’. But what does that mean?
US president will need to define unity in a deeply polarised nation to move beyond empty rhetoric, analysts say.
Tunisia demonstrators defy lockdown to protest police brutality
Rally held to mark the anniversary of the 2013 killing of a prominent activist and to protest against police abuses.
Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein released from jail in Egypt
Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Mahmoud Hussein freed after spending more than four years in detention.
Protests erupt in Chad as Deby nominated to run for sixth term
Protests broke out after President Idriss Deby was confirmed as the governing party's nominee for the April election.
Somali political leaders fail to reach deal on elections
Somalia likely to miss February 8 deadline to pick president after talks between gov't and federal states reach impasse.
Rights groups call for review of Bangladeshi UN troop deployments
Call comes after Al Jazeera revealed how Bangladesh, UN’s top troops provider, is secretly buying spy equipment.
‘A beautiful soul’: Remembering Americans lost to COVID-19
Tributes for some of the more than 450,000 people lost to the coronavirus pandemic in the US in the last year.
Denmark moves forward on North Sea ‘energy island’
The largest construction project in the history of Denmark will be majority-owned by the Danish government.
US’s Blinken raises Yemen war in first call with Saudi FM
Call comes after President Joe Biden announced he was ending US support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.
Indian farmers launch nationwide highway blockade
Tens of thousands of farmers are demonstrating against laws they say benefit large private buyers at their expense.
Libya’s tortuous path towards a constitution and elections
Restoring security in the war-ravaged country where militias control vast territory is the main challenge.
UAE drastically cut funding for Palestinian refugee agency
The UAE gave UNRWA just $1m in 2020 compared with more than $50m the previous year.
Turkey’s student protests: New challenge for Erdogan
Outcry against a government loyalist rector at Istanbul's Bogazici University turns into protests.
Thousands of Myanmar protesters in standoff with police in Yangon
Police block a main street in Yangon, as protesters attempt to march forward in first sign of street unrest after coup.
New Zealand probes new COVID case linked to quarantine facility
Fourth case in two weeks linked to an Auckland quarantine facility for returned overseas travellers.
Blinken presses China on Myanmar, Uighurs, HK in first call
Top US diplomat talks tough on Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, as Beijing notes more room for cooperation.