Source: graphic.com.gh | By Emmanuel K. Mordey The 35th National Rally (Ijtema) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organisation has ended at Wa with a call on all those who have the interest of the […]
Source: vibeghana.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, has officially appointed Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, as the new Ameer and Missionary-in-charge to manage the affairs of the mission. A statement issued in Accra by Ahmad N.Twumasi, Public Relations Officer and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Monday said Hadhrat Mirza […]
Bilal ibn Rabah (580–640 A.D.) Bilal was a formerly enslaved Ethiopian who became one of the closest and most-trusted companions of the Prophet Muhammad. Known for his beautiful voice, […]
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has widened a quarantine to include another one million people in an attempt to curb the spread of Ebola. The northern districts of Port Loko and Bombali, and Moyamba in the south, will in effect be sealed off immediately. Nearly 600 people have died […]
French President Francois Hollande has strongly condemned the beheading in Algeria of tourist Herve Gourdel by a jihadist group linked to Islamic State (IS) militants. The president described the killing as a “cruel and cowardly” act. He said that French air strikes which began on IS targets in Iraq last […]
The International Criminal Court has opened a formal probe into war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR). ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said there had been “endless” instances of rape, murder, forced displacement, persecution and pillaging since 2012. READ MORE…
The International Criminal Court has opened a formal probe into war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR). ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said there had been “endless” instances of rape, murder, forced displacement, persecution and pillaging since 2012. READ MORE…
New figures suggest 70% of those infected with Ebola in West Africa have died, higher than previously reported, says the World Health Organization. Ebola infections will treble to 20,000 by November if efforts to tackle the outbreak are not stepped up, the UN agency has warned. In the worst case […]
NEW YORK/GENEVA: Global experts issued stark new warnings of the scale of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak on Tuesday, with the US government estimating between 550,000 and 1.4 million people might be infected in the region by January.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said its projection was based […]
A French tourist has been kidnapped in Algeria by a militant group linked to Islamic State (IS), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has confirmed. Herve Gourdel, 55, was seized on Sunday in the unsettled north-east Kabylie area. Algerian militant group Jund al-Khilafa threatened to kill him if France did not […]
A three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has been declared a success by authorities. They say more than a million households were surveyed and 130 new cases discovered. Sierra Leone is one of the countries worst affected by the outbreak, with nearly 600 of the […]
A three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has been declared a success by authorities. They say more than a million households were surveyed and 130 new cases discovered. Sierra Leone is one of the countries worst affected by the outbreak, with nearly 600 of the […]
The number of deaths in Nigeria’s church hostel collapse has risen to 115, including 84 South Africans, a South African minister has said. The worshippers were attending a gathering by Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua when a building collapsed in Lagos 10 days ago. Meanwhile, 25 survivors have returned to […]
The East African: Eric Turyasingura chases after a ball made from polythene bags outside his mud-brick home in the mountainous southern Uganda. Yelling in his mother tongue, Nkore, “Arsenal with the ball! Arsenal with the ball!” he jostles with his younger brothers for possession. The fame of the English football […]
A Muslim academic has opened a gay-friendly mosque in South Africa, despite receiving death threats and fierce criticism from parts of the local Muslim community. Women will be allowed to lead prayers at Taj Hargey’s “Open Mosque” in Cape Town. “We are opening the mosque for open-minded people, not closed-minded […]
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Source: National, UAE Cameroonian football team converts to Islam Twenty-three young African footballers converted to Islam at the end of a two-month training camp in Dubai. The men, all in […]
BBC News: The Ebola outbreak could have a catastrophic impact on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Bank says. The organisation says the economic impact of the virus could “grow eight-fold” in the “already fragile states”. However, it says the cost can be limited if the […]
By Stefania Summermatter, back from Ethiopia swissinfo.ch Fleeing a repressive regime at home, thousands of young Eritreans cross the frontier with Ethiopia every month. It’s the first stage on the way to Europe. swissinfo.ch talked to these refugees, some of whom have dreams of reaching Switzerland. Mebrathon has agreed to […]
BBC News: President Barack Obama has called the Ebola outbreak in West Africa “a threat to global security”, as he announced a larger US role in fighting the virus. The world was looking to the US, Mr Obama said, but added that the outbreak required a “global response”. The measures […]