Tired of war, South Sudanese pray for latest peace deal
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo JUBA, South Sudan (RNS) – During a recent Sunday service, Pastor Jok Chol led the congregation at his Pentecostal church to pray for […]
‘Acknowledging reality,’ a splinter church in Kenya ordains married Catholic priests
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – At the Renewed Universal Catholic Church in Nyeri, in central Kenya, celebratory ululations filled the air last spring after Bishop […]
The Muslim Sunrise: Prayer and Meditation
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The word ‘course,’ […]
Egypt extends state of emergency for another 3 months
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has extended its state of emergency for another three months. The government declared a state of emergency after an Islamic State affiliate bombed […]
Zimbabwe’s radical cure for depression
Source: BBC News By Rachel Nuwer from Zimbabwe Late one evening, Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Harare, Zimbabwe, received a call from a doctor in an emergency room. A 26-year-old […]
South Africa: Women in polygamous marriages have the right, Sis Thuli, to freedom of choice
BY PALESA LEBITSE – 31 July 2018 Musa Mseleku and his wives have a reality show on polygamy lifestyle which got South Africa talking as the majority grapple with […]
Ethiopia creates Peace Ministry
Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s prime minister created a new Ministry of Peace and handed half the posts in his cabinet to women in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle […]
Internet Connectivity Seen as Having Positive Impact on Life in Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: Pew Research Center BY LAURA SILVER AND COURTNEY JOHNSON Young Somali women look at a smartphone at Dadaab refugee complex, in northeast Kenya, on April 16. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) Sub-Saharan Africa has […]
Conference on challenges facing Muslim Ummah kicks off in Istanbul
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL AK Party Istanbul deputy and Turkey-Palestine Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Chairman Hasan Turan speaks at the “International Conference on the Muslim Ummah” in Istanbul on Oct. 14, […]
Letter from Africa: In defence of aid workers’ lives of luxury
12 March 2018 Charities’ sexual misconduct scandal Image copyrightEPAImage captionAid workers have been under intense scrutiny since revelations emerged about Oxfam in Haiti In our series of letters from African […]
Corruption the biggest problem – survey
Oct. 15, 2018, By VICTOR AMADALA @itsamadala “Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) estimates corruption takes away at least Sh600 billion of the country’s budget every year.” /FILE Corruption is the […]
Egypt sentences 17 to death for Coptic Christian church attacks
Source: BBC News Seventeen people have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian military court over their involvement in bomb attacks on Coptic Christian churches. A further 19 people were […]
Lack Of Justice, Cause Of Global Unrest
Sir Dr. Ifikar Ahmed Ayaz, Consul General of Tuvalu in London has attributed the unrest and wars in the world to the lack of justice at every level of society. […]
Vigilantism creates bloc, divides people – Ameer Bin Salih warns
Maulvi Noor Mohammed Bin Salih The Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ghana Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Maulvi Noor Mohammed Bin Salih, has decried the activities of vigilante groups in […]
Muslim group decorates Cardinal Onaiyekan
October 14, 2018 By Correspondents n The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Worldwide has honoured the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja,His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan, with an International Peace Award. The honour […]
Climate change migrations
Oct 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES -Ayoub Abu Dayyeh Learning from environmental exoduses in history is an important contemporary education in order to understand the long-term expected impact of today’s global […]
In rural Madagascar, women face the ripple effects of U.S. abortion politics
Source: The Washington Post By Max Bearak and Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi BETSINGILO, Madagascar — Nana thought for a second, and then shook her head. Donald Trump? No, never heard […]
In Kenya, locals debate a boom in witch doctor tourism
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo MOMBASA, Kenya (RNS) – Recently, after tossing some shells, animal bones and skulls on the ground, witch doctor Sidi Baya told Elizabeth Luciary, a […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission holds maiden peace conference
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana has held its maiden international Peace Conference to inspire concerted efforts for lasting global peace and justice through the teachings of Islam. The conference […]
Technology and education
Oct 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – AHMAD Y. MAJDHOUBEH It goes without saying that embedding technology in education is a must these days, for various reasons. One reason is that […]