Source: www.ghanaweb.com | Politics of Saturday, 20 April 2013 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission of Ghana has appealed to the key actors in the judicial contest of the 2012 presidential elections to accept the decision of the Supreme Court. Maulvi Mohammed Yussif Yawson, the Acting Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, made the […]
SWource: NY Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has started a three-nation Africa trip that includes a visit to Niger, a leading producer of uranium. Mr. Ahmadinejad, left, is also visiting Benin and Ghana. Iran’s state-run media did not specify the purpose of the trip beyond a desire to advance […]
Source: BBC A rare blue diamond has been unearthed at a mine in South Africa. The 25.5-carat stone was recovered by Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan mine and is expected to bring large profits. Experts say it could be worth more than $10m (£6m), and the find gave a boost […]
Source: The Economist: LIKE a heavyweight boxer who has gone too many rounds, Nigeria sometimes seems punch-drunk. One minute it acts like a champion by virtue of the size of its girth and the smile on its face, the next it could be flat on its back, groaning in anguish. […]
Source: The Local Customs officials on Wednesday said they had confiscated seven kilos of crystal meth – the largest haul of the drug ever found in Germany. The dangerous stimulant was stashed in a delivery of wooden carvings from Nigeria. Read More:
Cairo – Throughout the 2000s, several citizens challenged the Egyptian state with a court bid to issue national IDs. Back then, the new computerized IDs would only accept three answers to the religion question: Muslim, Christian, or Jewish. The plaintiffs were Bahai. A number of Islamist lawyers were also present […]
Egypt’s Jewish community has announced that it has elected the daughter of a well-known leftist and nationalist icon to protect its heritage and care for its dwindling, elderly membership. Magda […]
Source: www.allafrica.com | By Modou Lamin Jammeh, 17 April 2013 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Gambia Friday held its 37th Edition of Jalsa Salana at the Masroor Senior Secondary School in Yundum. Speaking on […]
Reuters | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will stay in detention despite a judge ordering his release on bail pending a retrial over charges in complicity in the murder of protesters because he still faces other charges, court officials said on Monday. […]
Story Summary The Seychelles have granted a year’s asylum to the son-in-law of Tunisia’s deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, officials said late Monday. In December he travelled briefly […]
National Mirror: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Nigeria, hold its 2nd Northern region Jalsa Tarbiyyat conference on moral training, from today till Sunday 14th April, 2013, at the Abuja Central Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ), Nigeria, at Plot 579, Independence Avenue (behind Honda Place), Central Area, Abuja. The theme of this year’s conference is, […]
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2013 – Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to reach more than 5 percent on average in 2013-2015 as a result of high commodity prices worldwide and strong consumer spending on the continent, ensuring that the region remains amongst the fastest growing in the world — […]
by Daniele Mariani back from Tunis, swissinfo.ch April 15, 2013 – 11:00 “Work, freedom, dignity” was the slogan chanted by Tunisians who took to the streets to topple the dictator Ben Ali. Two years after Tunisia’s revolution, the “work” part remains an unfulfilled promise for many. Switzerland is trying to […]
14 April 2013 Last updated at 01:33 GMT Help A slump in the number of visitors to Tunisia since the country’s revolution has forced those in the tourism industry to rethink their businesses. One growing sector is eco-tourism, a potentially lucrative source of income which can have great benefits for […]
Official refers ex-president’s trial to another court after previous judgment prompted concerns he is a Mubarak sympathiser Patrick Kingsley in Cairo guardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 April 2013 11.34 BST The retrial […]
By Gibbi Sallah, 11 April 2013 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, established in the Gambia in the early 1960’s, recently installed 10 solar energy panels in 10 villages across the Gambia. This was disclosed at a press briefing held at the Ahmadiyya Hospital in Tallinding. Speaking at a press briefing, Muhammed […]
Source: Daily The Beast: Egypt’s economy is in sharp decline, thanks in large part to its never-ending political unrest. In Washington, these dire economic straits have added new weight to a practice long favored by politicians looking to pressure the Egyptian government: the threat to cut off aid. Egypt receives […]
Source: All Africa via Wasim Srroya: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, established in the Gambia in the early 1960’s, recently installed 10 solar energy panels in 10 villages across the Gambia. This was disclosed at a press briefing held at the Ahmadiyya Hospital in Tallinding. Speaking at a press briefing, Muhammed […]
Reuters JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist-led government has asked independent legal experts to propose amendments to the new constitution, the state news agency MENA said on Tuesday, signalling that it may be heeding concerns of the liberal and leftist opposition. Members of Egypt’s main opposition bloc, the National Salvation […]