The office building doing what the UN hasn’t: Bringing harmony to factions of a civil war
Tens of thousands of people on both sides of Sudan’s brutal two-year civil war have sought safety in Uganda, and hundreds of ...
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Flag Day
The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...
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After Ghana’s cathedral scandal, $14.6m Hajj terminal sparks outrage
Ghana’s decision to construct a $14.6m Hajj terminal – dedicated for Muslim pilgrims undertaking the annual journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia – has sparked public outrage, with comparisons to the ...
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Erastus Akingbola: Nigeria’s longest running corruption case
The former chief executive of Nigeria’s Intercontinental Bank has spent 16 years facing allegations he misappropriated N179bn (around $1.1bn at the time). Despite countless hearings and the ...
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Middle East
When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University's campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a familiar, outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other U.S.
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Al Jazeera Staff
About half of Mexico’s exports to the US, and a little more than a third of Canada’s, will be exempt for a month.