JOHANNESBURG (AA) — South Africa has witnessed that more Muslims have gathered at mosques during this year’s holy month of Ramadan. Muslims that gathered at the fast-breaking dinner- iftar- held at the Soweto Mosque in the country’s largest city Johannesburg, said that the number of mosque visitors is increasing. Reportedly, ...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned of an “impending environmental disaster” as a result of oil leaks due to lack of storage capacity for crude oil. “We have lost a lot of storage capacity and therefore we will not be able to store all the quantity (of crude oil),” the NOC […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia said Saturday it had arrested 10 terror suspects for planning attacks against security forces. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said seven suspects were arrested for “suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization”. It did not name the organization The statement said the suspects were wanted for involveme...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Four people were killed in fresh tribal clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur province on Saturday, taking the overall death toll since last week to 200, according to local medics. In a statement, the Sudanese Doctors Committee said the new fatalities were reported in the provincial capital Geneina. There was no comment [&helli...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators staged rallies on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a deadly sit-in dispersal, in which dozens of protesters were killed. More than 60 protesters were killed when security forces violently dispersed a protest camp outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum on June 29...
NAIROBI, Kenya- The Russian invasion of Ukraine has worsened the food security crisis in African countries, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned in a recently released report. The report noted that most African countries rely hugely on Ukraine and Russia for vegetable oils, fertilizers, wheat and wheat imports, which make up most staples. “The war ...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia is “on the verge of an economic disaster,” the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) said in a statement marking the Labor Day. “Tunisia is on the brink of an economic disaster for which it has not found solutions other than more debt and burdening the people with taxes, high prices and […]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – The Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council on Thursday urged the government to probe attacks against Muslims in the northern city of Gondar. The call for an immediate investigation into the deadly attacks came at a news conference by Hajji Mufti Omer Idriss, president of the Ethiopian Islamic body, amid uproar [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called on the country’s political parties for a comprehensive dialogue, the first since he took power in 2014. An Egyptian political affairs expert told Anadolu Agency that the dialogue will include the Salafist Islamist groups and supporters of the regime, but excludes an...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Lawmakers in Somalia’s lower house of parliament chose Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur as its new speaker early Thursday after a much anticipated election held inside the heavily protected Aden Adde International Airport in the capital Mogadishu. Over 250 parliamentarians took part in the election following severa...
