Agadez was once a jewel of the Sahara desert thronging with tourists Pick-up vehicles carryingmigrants hopingto reach Europe leavea clandestine shelterin Agadez.Image Credit: AFP The migrants in Agadez are mainly from West Africa.Image Credit: AFP PUBLISHED: 12:57 JUNE 15, 2015 AFP Agadez: Its stunning ancient mosque and atmospheric streets once […]
Source: CNN (CNN)The International Criminal Court’s six-year quest to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and genocide took a step closer to reality Sunday after he arrived at the African Union summit in South Africa. The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria barred al-Bashir from leaving […]
Source: CNN (CNN)The International Criminal Court’s six-year quest to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and genocide took a step closer to reality Sunday after he arrived at the African Union summit in South Africa. The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria barred al-Bashir from leaving […]
Source: pmnewsnigeria.com The Lagos State Majlis Khudamul Ahmadiyya group on Sunday said that it had donated nit less than 500 pints of blood in the last three years. Mr Shuahib Badmos, the President of the group told NAN in Lagos. He said that this was usually during the celebration of the […]
Two Egyptians have been honored by Queen Elizabeth, making it to the monarch’s birthday honors list announced on Saturday. Deputy governor of the Bank of England, Dr. Nemat Talaat […]
Allure of Wealth Drives Deadly Trek Young Men in Senegal Join Migrant Wave Despite Growing Prosperity at Home BY DREW HINSHAW A young man in Kothiary, Senegal, looks at Facebook on a smartphone sent from his father, who lives in France. MACKENZIE KNOWLES-COURSIN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL KOTHIARY, Senegal—Less […]
Over 43,000 people have already crossed the Mediterranean this year – a fifty per cent increase on the same time last year OLIVER WRIGHT G7 SUMMIT, BAVARIA Monday 08 June 2015 Millions of pounds in British aid funding could be diverted from existing projects around the world and targeted […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
By AFP – Jun 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptian grand imam of Al Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb, speaks during an interview with a journalist of the Agence France-Presse on Tuesday in Florence (AFP photo) Florence, Italy — The West has an interest in the “fragmentation” of the Islamic world […]
Patrick Kingsley Migration correspondent THE GUARDIAN 9 June 2015 In the darkness far out to sea, Hashem Alsouki can’t see his neighbours but he can hear them scream. It’s partly his fault. They are two African women – perhaps from Somalia, but now is not the time to ask – […]
Geopolitical Weekly JUNE 9, 2015 | 08:00 GMT By George Friedman The term “Middle East” has become enormously elastic. The name originated with the British Foreign Office in the 19th century. The British divided the region into the Near East, the area closest to the United Kingdom and most of […]
nigeria.aplus: by Kimberley Richards — More than 130 million girls and women have experienced female genital mutilation or cutting Nigeria made history by outlawing female genital mutilation. The ban falls under the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 that was passed in Senate on May 5 and recently enacted into law. This […]
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
Senegal remains one of the most peaceful nations in the African continent. With a massive 95% Muslim population Senegal was a French colony and thousands were people were taken as […]
ballandalus.wordpress.com: Islamic civilization currently encompasses every culture, ethnicity, race, and language on the planet. The foundations of Islam are quite egalitarian and encourage diversity, a fact which has attracted various […]
Suppose someone were to describe to you a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care—including heart surgery—for all. You might suspect that such a country is either phenomenally rich or on the fast track to fiscal […]
PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS: The government of Mauritius today designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the Indian Ocean Island nation’s new president, making her the first woman to hold the ceremonial position. The […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia According to the 2011 census made by Statistics Mauritius, Hinduism is the major religion at 48.5%, followed by Christianity (32.7%), Islam (17.3%) and Buddhism (0.4%). […]
Source: ghanaweb.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission of Ghana has held a day’s knowledge sharing symposium on the institution of Khilafat in Islam. The symposium, themed: “The Institution of Khilafat in Islam”, […]
Source: allafrica.com | By Mohammed Awal Accra — A sea of colour and merrymaking heralded the Accra International Conference Centre on Sunday, as thousands of Ahmadi Muslims thronged to observe the ‘Khilafat’ (caliphate) […]