Al Jazeera People & Power

We investigate the state of political freedom in Belarus and President Lukashenko's unshakable grip on power.

People and Power investigates the growing global phenomenon of organized begging.

How will improving relations between communist Cuba and the capitalist US affect the lives of people on both sides? Last year, the United States flag was raised in Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, as diplomatic relations between the two states were unfrozen and the American embassy in Havana reopened.This dramatic turnaround was preceded by a series of previously unthinkable shifts in policy enacted by the Cuban government, now led by Fidel Castro's brother, Raul.The president has been opening up Cuba's economy since 2010, permitting Cubans to open private businesses and buy and sell property, while foreign companies can now invest in the island nation.In three reports to be broadcast this month, we look at the reforms that appear to be bringing a return to capitalism ever closer and ask what these changes mean for Cuban citizens and the future of their socialist state.In part one of Cuba Year Zero, we explore what it means for Cuba's socialism to make peace with the US government and ask if this decision reflects recognition by the state of a failure to empower its people.

"How will improving relations between communist Cuba and the capitalist US affect the lives of people on both sides? In Cuba Year Zero part two, we meet members of the revolutionary generation. Inside Cuba, we talk to those who were members of Fidel Castro’s rebel army and sacrificed their individualism to make the revolution succeed. In Miami, we meet their former enemies: one million Cubans who left the country in the 1960s and formed groups in exile to conspire against the communist government. Both sides must now face the fact that Castro’s Cuba is finally making peace with the United States, thereby ending a struggle which has lasted, and dominated, most of their lives."

We investigate the recent economic changes and the effect of property ownership on Cuba's communist legacy.

We investigate the horrifying consequences for civilians under Russian air strikes in Syria.

After welcoming one million refugees, attitudes across Germany are changing with confrontations and vitriol on the rise.

We examine France's aggressive counterterrorism measures and the consequences for the Muslim community.

Five years after the revolution, Tunisia's black minority has yet to experience the freedoms enjoyed by other citizens.

We investigate how the erosion of democracy in the US is being revealed by the 2016 presidential campaign.

Part two of our investigation into the erosion of US democracy and how it is revealed in the 2016 presidential campaign.

We investigate claims that Poland’s new right-wing government is undermining the country’s democratic freedoms.

Inside the people-smuggling rings specializing in getting refugees into Europe.

People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.

People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.

We investigate how an underground fire that has been burning for 100 years has led to one of India's largest land grabs.

What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?

What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?

We investigate how a fight against corruption and pro-Russian oligarchs in Odessa may determine Ukraine's future.

We investigate the events leading up to the Fundao dam disaster. Is enough being done to avoid future recurrences?

People and Power investigates the forgotten war taking place on the borders between North and South Sudan.

People and Power investigates whether India is about to escalate its nuclear arms race with rivals Pakistan and China.

Could a faltering economy, corruption and public disaffection over its relationship with Russia lead to an uprising?

Can the next US president retrieve the secure, well-paid employment enjoyed by previous generations of American workers?

We investigate the race to save Iran's water, before water scarcity dries out entire cities and displaces millions.

People and Power investigates the rise of piracy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.