Tag: Africa

How the Sahel region’s mineral and energy wealth is being stolen

Despite being the poorest region in the world, the Sahelian zone’s mineral-rich subsurface makes it a prized catch for...

‘Conquer the women’: Colonial roots of France’s abaya ban

The state-sanctioned disenfranchisement of minorities, especially Muslims, is a byproduct of a colonial doctrine that was aimed at Algerian...

Libya flood disaster displaced over 43,000 people — IOM

By AFP – Sep 22,2023 – Last updated at Sep 23,2023 A young flood survivor receives a donation of eggs from the...

Mideast faces prospect of ‘environmental catastrophe’: Iraqi PM

Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia Al Sudani addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New...

Muslims and Jews must join forces to fight climate change

RABBI MARC SCHNEIER September 22, 2023  Follow We have just entered the month-long season of the Jewish High Holy Days, which began...

Repentant Boko Haram member kills wife over alleged infidelity

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri A repentant Boko Haram member, Musa Dauda has killed his wife for allegedly engaging in extra-marital...

Only 5,000 out of 100,000 repentant Boko Haram are insurgents – Commissioner

Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo has said that only about 5,000 out of the...

Poor economy, insecurity worrisome —Muslim leaders

•Say fuel subsidy removal has worsened poverty•Tinubu’s committed to economy revival, tackling insecurity, says DSP By Henry Umoru, ABUJA Muslim leaders,...

NEDC to establish Boko Haram museum

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri  The Managing-Director, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Alkali, said they are working closely with the...

Europe once welcomed me. Today, I fear it would not – and that’s a threat to all of us

OpinionEuropean Union Shada Islam Across the EU, far-right ideas are becoming mainstream while refugees and Muslims are demonised. But change is...

Migration: Pope Francis condemns EU’s refugee policy

Story by Frank Hofmann, Christoph Strack •9h The Pope is heading to Marseille in southern France. He’s expected to deliver harsh...

French schizophrenia: ‘La laicite’ as the state religion

BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI  SEP 20, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Women wearing an “abaya” walk on a bridge in the southwestern city...