Story Summary by Rami Khouri In Libya and Yemen, two Arab countries that are experiencing complicated, slow-motion transitions to more representative and accountable rule, we can clearly see a structural issue of troubled statehood that may also bedevil other Arab countries. As Libya and Yemen move ahead with plans to […]
Source: Aljazeera Religious officials in Tunisia are divided over the recent arrest of a Salafi imam, who was detained earlier this week amidst what critics say is a government effort to control local mosques. Khamis El Mejri was arrested on Monday in a city north of the capital Tunis for […]
Global Post: KADUNA, Nigeria — The waters of the River Kaduna swirl forward under a bridge that spans the long, turbulent divide between this city’s Christian neighborhoods to the south and its Muslim communities to the north. Kaduna, which literally means “the land of crocodiles,” lies in the Middle Belt of Nigeria, […]
Source: sierraexpressmedia.com By State House Communications Unit on March 10, 2014. President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has called on the Ahmadiyya Mission to help sustain the worthy tradition of religious tolerance which […]
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan (front R) welcomes Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh upon arrival at the Abuja International Conference Center, venue of Nigeria’s centenary celebration, on February 27, 2014. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Monday 10 March 2014 Last update 10 March 2014 5:01 am […]
Reuters | Mar 08, 2014 | 23:03 5 inShare The entrance to Zueitina oil terminal is seen in Zueitina, about 120km west of Benghazi July 18, 2013 (Reuters photo) TRIPOLI — Libya threatened on Saturday to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tried to ship oil from a rebel-controlled […]
AP | Mar 06, 2014 | 23:09 JORDAN TIMES inShare ROME — World diplomats worked Thursday to try to help Libya create a stable government and more secure environment amid the violence and growing political tensions that have festered since Muammar Qadhafi’s regime crumbled in 2011. The meeting of foreign […]
Interview Conducted by Jan Puhl and Petra Truckendanner AFP The Central African Republic has been torn apart by violence, with only the engagement of troops from France and the African […]
FUTURE’S HOPE: Egypt’s Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah El-Sissi pins a medal on a military cadet at the military college in Cairo. (Reuters) Agence France Presse Published — Wednesday 5 March 2014 CAIRO: Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sissi declared Tuesday he cannot ignore demands that he run […]
Source TOI CAIRO: Egyptian armed forces chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sent the clearest signal yet that he will run for president, saying he cannot ignore the demands of the “majority”, the state news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. Sisi, who ousted Egypt’s first freely elected president, Mohamed Morsi […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Over the past five decades, the Ahmadiyya Community has built hundreds of schools and dozens of hospitals throughout West Africa, contributing to the improved health and education of hundreds […]
Source: informationng.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at (AMJ), Nigeria, has called on the federal government to tackle poverty, recruit committed Nigerians into the police and armed forces and equip them with modern […]
Source: modernghana.com | By Thomas Freeman Yeboah Kumasi T.I Ahmadiyya Senior High School, called affectionately called Amass Phobia or Real Amass on Friday won their 6th consecutive Ashanti Regional Inter Schools and Colleges […]
Source: channelstv.com The President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jummat in Nigeria, Dr Mashhud Fashola has described the killing of 29 students at the Federal Government College Buni Yadi in Yobe State by […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Al’humdulillah, there are 250 Jamaat schools (6 nurseries, 53 secondary and 191 primary) and over 700 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat mosques in Sierra Leone. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Sierra […]
ZINTAN, Libya — There was confusion Thursday over the trial of Seif Al Islam, son of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi, after a scheduled hearing on charges of threatening national […]
Source: allafrica.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at (AMJ), Nigeria, will today (Friday) and Sunday in Abuja hold its 3rd northern region conference on moral training (Jalsa Tarbiyyat). Deputy leader (North) of the […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will keep his post as defence minister in a new government, an official source said on Wednesday, quashing speculation he was about to announce a widely expected bid for the presidency. More:
Global Post: The children of Makoko, a waterfront slum in Lagos, Nigeria, might have the world’s most futuristic school. It’s just been shortlisted for the Design of the Year 2014 award by London’s Design Museum and it’s easy to see why. The Makoko Floating School is a minimalist, open-air structure that combines the adaptive insights of […]
Global Post: Egypt’s prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi said his government submitted its resignation to interim president Adly Mansour on Monday, state media reported. The announcement comes ahead of a presidential election due to be held by mid-April and as defence minister and army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is […]