PORT-LOUIS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Scientists have discovered the existence of a micro-continent lying under the Mauritius and Reunion islands in the Indian Ocean, the Nature Geoscience magazine published on its website. The researchers from Oslo, Liverpool and Witwatersrand universities said that the micro-continent which has been given the name, […]
Story Summary A hot air balloon caught fire and exploded as it was flying over Egypt’s ancient temple city of Luxor on Tuesday, killing 19 tourists, a security official said. […]
Source: Allafrica.com Over the decades that I have travelled in Africa I have met only four African atheists. Africans seem naturally networked to religion. All meetings – on politics, sport and even business – begin with a prayer. God is invoked on every occasion, private or public. Religion is comfortably […]
How Tripoli, Egypt, and Zanzibar rode 19th-century European expeditions to profit by Dane Kennedy, Boston Globe In June 1857, the British explorers Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke set […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Sunday 24 February 2013 WASHINGTON: The United States has deployed several Predator drones to Niger to fly surveillance missions in support of French forces in Mali, a US defense official said Friday. The unarmed robotic aircraft are flying out of Niamey at a base with a […]
CAIRO: A three-year-old girl is amazing Nigeria after memorizing the whole Qur’an, becoming one of the youngest Muslims in the world to learn the Noble Book by heart. “Honestly, I […]
STORY SUMMARY In the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, “Jewishness” and “Arabness” are often positioned as mutually exclusive; Morocco seems to exemplify important ways of reconciling these identities. Jews have […]
EGYPT’S NEW GRAND MUFTI ELECTED FOR FIRST TIME EVER Category: Middle East Published on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:21 Written by Syarif Hidayat Hits: 46 Cairo, 2 Rabiul Akhir 1434/12 February 2013 (MINA) -Shawqi Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam is to become Egypt’s new Grand Mufti following a vote by members of […]
Source: The Huffington Post By MAGGIE MICHAEL 02/11/13 02:19 PM ET EST CAIRO — Muslim clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s premier religious institution, chose the country’s top Islamic jurist in a […]
DUBAI — Days before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the United Arab Emirates, one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the most Arab populous country and its veteran strongman. What transpired between Mubarak and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahayan is […]
The Jerusalem Post: The more radical Islamic forces are on the march. Many of the victims of jihad are now in Africa, but they will probably not be the last. […]
Is the world ready for a black Pope? Many would say it has been ready for so long that it is growing a little impatient. Cardinal Peter Turkson, of Ghana, […]
AN ARABNEWS Friday 15 February 2013 Islam is the majority religion of the Gambia, with around 90 percent of the population being Muslims and most have a Catholic relative/relation. The other religions include Christians, Catholics, Methodist, Baptist and Traditional African religion. Islam in the Gambia is unique in its unity […]
In Sierra Leone, “We Must Be Disciplined” – President Koroma Urges By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, has called on all Sierra Leoneans to be […]
IAN TIMBERLAKE ARABNEWS Wednesday 13 February 2013 Billions of dollars in oil revenue for the crisis-hit economies of Sudan and South Sudan are being held hostage by Khartoum’s concerns over […]
Al Arabiya News: Musa Furber. It has been reported that the Egyptian cabinet is considering taking legal action against those who use religion to incite violence. Beyond incitement to violence, there may even be a case that such irresponsible statements fall under Egypt’s blasphemy law, which clearly states “whoever makes use […]
President Ernest Bai Koroma commends the Ahmadiyya Mission in Sierra Leone for exemplifying Islamic values for education, peace and tolerance since its establishment President Ernest Bai Koroma has commended the […]
Source: SLBC President Ernest Bai Koroma has commended the Ahmadiyya Mission in Sierra Leone for exemplifying Islamic values for education, peace and tolerance since its establishment. President Koroma was speaking at the fifty second Jalsa Salana Annual conference of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Sierra Leone. Ref:
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Recent reconciliation meetings in Cairo between Palestinian officials have fallen short of expectations, an official said Sunday. Independent coalition chief Khalil Assaf told Ma’an TV that Palestinian […]
Source: Goal.Com Getty Images Mali won bronze at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Ghana 3-1 in the third and fourth-place play-off on Saturday in Port Elizabeth. It was a rather quiet beginning to the game and a diving header from Samassa was enough to give Mali a […]