New African Launches for Al Jazeera English

DOHA, December 5: Al Jazeera Network's English news channel is now available
in more than 20 million households in sub-Saharan Africa, following a raft of
new distribution partnerships across the continent.

Al Jazeera
English is now available across Africa in Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Malawi,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The
network has 13 bureaus spread across the region, from Morocco to South Africa,
and is the only international broadcaster with a permanent office in Zimbabwe.

"2008 has
seen Al Jazeera English become one of the leading international news channels
for sub-Saharan Africa," said Phil Lawrie, Al Jazeera Network's director
of global distribution. "Given that Al Jazeera English was only launched
in November 2006, we are delighted to see this latest expansion of carriage
across the continent."

Martin Ryan,
Al Jazeera Network's head of distribution sales for the region, added,
"Our continuing reach in Africa is further evidence of the Network's
strong year of growth and we're confident that 2009 will see us move even
further ahead."

Al Jazeera
English already reaches more than 130 million households worldwide and Al
Jazeera Arabic is available in over 50 million homes across the globe.

—By
Kristin Brzoznowski