Reuters International FEB 24, 2016 – 13:18 PARIS (Reuters) – French special forces and intelligence commandos are engaged in covert operations against Islamic State militants in Libya in conjunction with the United States and Britain, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on Wednesday. It said President Francois Hollande had authorised […]
In this April 11, 2007 file photo, Egyptian cleric Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, who was allegedly kidnapped by CIA agents off the streets of an Italiancity and taken to Egypt where he said he was tortured, talks on his mobile phone as he walks in […]
Feb 23,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The government of Morocco has declined hosting the annual Arab summit due at the end of March in Rabat. The situation in the Arab world and the challenges facing the Arab nation were cited by a Moroccan foreign ministry official as causes of […]
A Comoran beach. Photo: David Stanley, via Flickr Published: 21 Feb 2016 In her house made of palm tree leaves and plywood rotting from the humidity on a tropical Comoros island, Aicha has hanging on the wall a map of her El Dorado, Mayotte. Pregnant, she’s ready to risk her […]
Feb 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The king of Morocco decided not to host the forthcoming Arab summit that was due to be convened in his country. His foreign minister explained that the events in the Arab world require a more serious agenda and tangible results to match […]
STATE VISIT By Slaheddine Jourchi FEB 18, 2016 – 17:30 Tunisia’s president visits Bern to talk about democracy building and frozen assets (Reuters) On his first state visit to Bern as the first democratically elected president of Tunisia, Essebsi said the neutral Swiss government had been particularly helpful because it […]
Source: RNS NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Led by charismatic preachers and self-proclaimed prophets, African churches are swelling with promises of miracle healings, signs and wonders. But in recent months, governments across […]
FEB 16, 2016 – 11:20 Swiss parliamentarian Thomas Aeschi visited the village of Mendefera in Eritrea in early February, as part of a private parliamentary mission to the country (Keystone) While declaring that Eritrea is not the “North Korea of Africa”, the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration has criticised […]
The jihadists struck a restaurant opposite the four-star hotel where the attackers holed up. Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP Swiss and French among dead in Burkina Faso attack Published: 17 Jan 2016 18:39 GMT+01:00 The death toll in an attack by jihadists on a top hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital rose to […]
Burqa Bans Rise In Sub-Sahara Over Fear Of Suicide Bombers Hiding Behind Veils February 14, 2016 Increasingly, questions are being raised about burqas and security concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, where Boko Haram, the radical Islamist militant group operating out of Northern Nigeria, has conducted numerous terrorist operations. In some cases […]
. View photo Presidential Council meeting headed by Libyan businessman Fayez al-Sarraj (C) is held in the capital Tripoli on February 4, 2016 (AFP Photo/) Skhirat (Morocco) (AFP) – Libya’s UN-backed council announced the formation of a revised national unity government on Sunday, with the internationally-recognised parliament to vote on […]
In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate Executive Summary of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities 25th-27th January 2016 WHEREAS, conditions in various parts of the Muslim World have deteriorated dangerously due to the use of violence and armed struggle […]
Mjomo Guyness to ;*Dr. JoHn`HeNrIk`CLaRKe`SpEaKs*; 9 February · THIS IS WHY GADDAFI IS DEAD! His gold dinar would have shut down the fake economies around the world and give the power back to the people…… Libya & QADDAFI …FACTS THAT CANT BE DENIED (now all in past tense): 1. There is […]
Posted: Feb 09, 2016 9:25 PM JST (USA TODAY) – Just days after Mattel announced that it was giving Barbie a makeover, adding features such as wider hips and fuller […]
Source: BBC Mandla Mandela’s conversion to Islam sparks South Africa ‘disquiet’ The Congress of Traditional Leaders in South Africa (Contralesa) told the BBC that being Muslim could affect his ability […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rached Ghannouchi President of Tunisia’s Ennahdha Party This post is an edited/updated version of Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi’s October 1, 2014 Lecture at Columbia University’s Institute for […]
James Fenske 09 November 2013 Several theories link polygamy to poverty. Polygamy is concentrated in west Africa and has declined in recent decades. Geographic variation in women’s agricultural productivity does not predict differences in the prevalence of polygamy, but historical inequality and exposure to the slave trade do. Although […]
BBC Trending BBC TrendingWhat’s popular and why 30 January 2016 Image copyright@asmali77 / TwitterImage captionThe hoax spawned a host of jokes online A false rumour that men in Eritrea would be legally obliged to marry at least two women went viral this week. But it’s a hoax that has hit […]
Source: BBC Algerian MPs have passed a package of reforms that include reinstating a limit on presidential terms and giving the Berber language official status. The language can now appear […]
Catastrophic failure of institutions the real culprit, not individual heroes or villains Amanda Taub By the time it became clear to the world that Egypt’s Arab Spring had gone […]