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The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa
20 Mar 2025 | 27 min read
Africa's Ghost Reporters exposes a network of fake journalists whose articles have been published in more than a dozen countries, mainly in West and Central Africa, with a history of French colonialism.
Al Jazeera identified over 200 articles written by ghost reporters. The articles published as part of the campaign have a generally anti-French and anti-UN stance.
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7 Jan 2025
Testimonies from Gaza
A collection of interviews that explore Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip in the year following the attacks of October 7, 2023.
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7 Oct 2024
What did Al Jazeera’s investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza reveal?
The I-Unit investigated thousands of videos and photos posted to social media by Israeli soldiers.
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29 Sep 2024
How a Bangladesh minister spent more than $500m on luxury property
Undercover sting reveals how the politician bought hundreds of overseas homes on a $13,000-a-year salary.
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24 Mar 2024
October 7: Forensic analysis shows Hamas abuses, many false Israeli claims
Investigation draws up a list of those killed in Hamas attack, but also finds certain claims repeated by Israeli politicians untrue.
23 Jun 2022
Murder claims grip world-famous gorilla park in the DRC
Allegations of atrocities against Indigenous inhabitants spark a German government-funded inquiry.
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25 May 2022 | 23 min read
How ‘alternative facts’ threaten US democracy
As divisions in society deepen, an understanding of a common reality is eroding, social scientists warn.
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‘What we fear as women’: Sexual abuse in UK universities
2 Nov 2021 | 26 min read
Women working or studying at UK universities share how their complaints about sexual misconduct were mishandled.
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The rise and fall of the Oligarch-maker
17 Aug 2021 | 26 min read
How one mysterious financier came to sit at the top table of oligarchs and power.
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How a convicted criminal can buy a famous English football club
10 Aug 2021 | 37 min read
The I-Unit goes undercover to show how English football clubs can become vehicles to launder the proceeds of crime.
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Agaléga: A secret base and India’s claim to power
4 Aug 2021 | 36 min read
How the construction of an airstrip and jetty on a remote Mauritian island reveals a rising India that plans to flex its muscles as a regional superpower