Milestone achievement follows the enactment of legislation in June, which paves the way for Shariah-compliant financial activities within the country KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda’s central bank has taken a significant step in bolstering its financial landscape by issuing its inaugural Islamic banking license. This milestone achievement follo...
A group close to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks on the military posts BAMAKO, Mali – A suicide attack was carried out Friday at a military base in the landlocked West African nation of Mali. The attack occurred just one day after deadly attacks by terrorists on an army camp and a passenger […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The death toll from a deadly earthquake in Morocco has risen to 2,497 people, according to the country’s Interior Ministry on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said 2,476 other people were injured in the magnitude-7 earthquake that jolted the North African country late Friday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS)...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – At least 40 people were killed in an airstrike on a marketplace in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Sunday, according to an activist group. In a statement, the Emergency Room group said the attack targeted an open market in Mayo neighborhood in South Khartoum. It was not yet clear who was […]
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegal President Macky Sall on Saturday designated Prime Minister Amadou Ba as the ruling party’s candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, presidential and governmental sources said. Sall, who took power in 2012 and was re-elected in 2019, announced in July after months of political uncertainty that he w...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 2,500 people were killed and more than 2,400 injured following a powerful earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night, the country’s Interior Ministry said Saturday. The injuries include 1,404 critical cases. Fatalities from the magnitude-7 quake occurred in various regions, including El-Houz, Taroudant, Chic...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – A Moroccan woman has become the only survivor in her family after losing her husband and four children in the earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday. “My husband and four children died in the earthquake,” the grieving mother told the Moroccan Channel 1. “I am left alone with nothing,” she said. […]
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish institutions and organizations have prepared a relief and rescue team comprising 265 individuals to be dispatched to Morocco to help earthquake victims. According to a statement by the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) Saturday, a team of 265 individuals from AFAD, the Red Crescent, the National ...
New Delhi, India – AFP The African Union joined the Group of 20 leading economies at its summit on Saturday, giving the continent broader representation in the often-divided bloc. “With everyone’s approval, I request the African Union head to take his seat as a permanent G20 member,” Modi said in his opening address, ba...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday, has destroyed buildings and sent horrified residents rushing out of their homes to save their lives. “The earthquake struck as I was watching television,” Aziz Aishi, a resident of the capital Rabat, told the media. “Windows opened and shut themselves,” he recall...
