by Musa Okwonga Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 12:46 pm On the last day of my Easter holidays, Dr. Phoebe Abe (or, as I know her, my mother) sat down in her living room with me and several women from Somalia, Egypt and Sudan. My mother, a GP, had for […]
Ramzy Baroud ARABNEWS Tuesday 9 April 2013 On Sept. 17, 2012, Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, made another appeal to his Egyptian counterpart Hisham Kandil to consider setting up a free trade area between Gaza and Egypt. The reasonable idea would allow Egypt to […]
Source: CNN Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — At least five people have been killed and five more injured after clashes between Christians and Muslims in Egypt’s Qalyubia province, a spokesman for Egypt’s health ministry said. The violence in the city of Khosous, north of Cairo, broke out after Coptic Christians drew […]
Opposing Views, by Alison Lake. Some 20 percent of the world’s Muslim population lives in Africa, and nearly half of Africa’s population is Muslim. Islamic practice in Africa started over 1,400 years ago [W. African Islam, Ref. 4] with the arrival of Muslim conquerors in North Africa. They came from […]
Source: CNN We saw a disturbing example this week when Egyptian TV host and comedian Bassem Youssef, frequently described as Egypt’s Jon Stewart, was charged with the crimes of mocking Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsy and insulting Islam. If convicted, Youssef could be fined and sentenced to prison. Now, before you […]
Sierraexpressmedia: Head of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Sierra Leone, Mauvi Sadeeur Rahman, has strongly warned students to avoid violence and to use dialogue, not arms, to resolve their differences, reminding […]
by Daniele Mariani, swissinfo.ch Tunis Apr 1, 2013 – 13:25 The funds of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali frozen in Switzerland may soon return to Tunisia. But it […]
Story by Varney K. Sirleaf | www.theinquirer.com.lr The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Liberia has ended a three-day convention held with the N.J. Ahmadiyya Elementary School in Po-River, Brewerville, Liberia. According to the […]
Source: CNN Cairo (CNN) — It was a welcome more suited for a rock star than a wanted man. A mob of cheering fans surrounded Egypt’s high court on Sunday, chanting Bassem Youssef’s name. Two years ago, Youssef was a heart surgeon producing satirical YouTube videos from inside his Cairo […]
The bill of flooding increases. Two human bodies were left in the afternoon building Harbour View, Port-Louis and another was found in the street La Chaussée late afternoon. This brings to 11 the number of people who perished in the floods Saturday, March 30. Two missing persons were found on […]
It is the sixth drowned pedestrian tunnel leading to the Port Louis Waterfront. One woman died of a arrêt cardiaque, Great River and a man fell into the stream of Thumb. The record flooding in the capital burdened with an eighth victim found in the late evening on Saturday 30 […]
Source: CNN Author: Frances Cha Was it the ultimate adventure or an audacious act of disrespect that should be punished by law? An Internet sensation was touched off this week by Russian photographer Vadim Makhorov and a group of his friends — the group ignored regulations prohibiting the public from […]
AFP JORDAN TIMES KHARTOUM — People power may have come to modern-day Egypt and not Sudan, but the unearthing of ancient pyramids in Egypt’s southern neighbour shows that greater social […]
Global Post: DURBAN, South Africa — Donkey, water buffalo and goat are just some of the animals found in mislabeled beef in SouthAfrica. A study by South Africa’s University of Stellenbosch said that a shocking amount of the country’s ground beef and sausages contain various other animals. Perhaps the most horrifying revelation for […]
Source: www.modernghana.com Cape Coast, March 25, GNA – Mr Ebo Barton Oduro, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast North, at the weekend presented 200 pieces of roofing sheets worth about GH¢ […]
Source: Spiegel: Many believe that Mali’s de facto leader Amadou Sanogo thrust the country into a deep crisis when he staged a coup a year ago. But that’s not how he sees it. In a SPIEGEL interview he says he helped a sick, old regime die, ushering in a new […]
Source: NY Times. HONG KONG — China’s new president, Xi Jinping, sought to assure African countries on Monday that his government will heed complaints that relentlessly competitive Chinese companies are suffocating African efforts to nurture industry and jobs, and promised aid, scholarships and technology transfers in a bid to counter […]
The group says the abduction of its Commander is in violation of his fundamental human rights. An Islamic Movement in Nigeria has accused the State Security Service, SSS, of abducting […]
Mar 23, 2013 – 02:20 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Opposition campaigners from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect will meet this weekend to support a democratic alternative to his rule and try to distance the community from wholesale association with the government’s attempts to crush a two-year […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Lawyer and human rights activist Seodi White has long been an outspoken campaigner for gender justice in Malawi, a country where half its women are married before the age of 18. As the head of the Malawian chapter of Women in Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), […]