Showcasing some of the best Documentaries and Talk Shows
Sun 05 May 2024: Niger’s junta recently ended a military agreement with the US. Protesters now demand the expulsion of US troops from Agadez, echoing the action taken against the French last year In just two months, flash floods have killed hundreds of people and left close to 200,000 Kenyans homeless. The military has now […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Domestic rivalries and external players pollute the Sudanese information space. A year into the civil war in Sudan, the humanitarian costs have been staggering – but the news coverage has been minimal. A conflict on this scale should top the news agenda but it has been relegated to the back pages […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: Benjamin Netanyahu was told by a powerful Jewish religious figure that he would be Israel’s last leader and hand the sceptre to the Messiah. How does this so-called prophecy affect Netanyahu’s political calculations? And who is the mysterious religious figure, honoured by successive US presidents , simply known as The Rebbe? […]
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Tue 30 April 2024: Israel’s Prime Minister says nobody will stop its military actions – not even the International Criminal Court. The ICC is investigating the country’s operations in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank – and could issue warrants for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders. He says such a move […]
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Mon 29 April 2024: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and China’s military build-up in the South China Sea are increasing instability in the world. This is leading nations across the globe to boost their defences. Military spending reached an all-time high of nearly $2.4 trillion last year. The Stockholm […]
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Sat 27 April 2024: Portuguese oil company Galp Energia says it has discovered billions of barrels of oil in Namibia’s Mopane field. It joins TotalEnergies and Shell, who have all struck black gold in the last two years. This could signal massive economic potential but what will it mean for the nearly three million Namibians? […]
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Wed 24 April 2024: In this episode of Centre Stage, the former president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, explains how being a medical doctor has helped shape his political career, and why the Arab Spring has been a failure — “everywhere”. Moncef Marzouki was Tunisia’s first president after the Arab Spring uprisings. But less than a […]
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Sat 20 April 2024: Of the more than 300 Iranian projectiles launched Israel’s way last week, the vast majority were shot down by Israel and its allies. Israel’s response on Friday against military targets in Isfahan also had more to do with spectacle than substance. Whatever comes next, Iran’s attack – and the way it […]
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Sat 13 April 2024: The algorithms that Big Tech designed – and the genocide they assisted. The Listening Post explores how Israel’s killing campaign of Palestinians has relied on artificial intelligence to choose its targets. A dystopian nightmare serves as a marketing campaign for technology flawed by design, and deepens the global digital divide. Contributors: […]
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Fri 05 April 2024: The Lancet medical journal warns that a majority of countries do not have a high enough fertility rate to sustain their population size by the end of the century. The rate of the decline is uneven, with some developing nations seeing a baby boom. The shift could have far-reaching social and […]
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