Africa

The Africa Institute based in Sharjah has announced the Indian Ocean region to be the third edition of its ‘country-focused season’ — an annual initiative exploring one African country or African diaspora community through a range…

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Turkey has surrendered two Armoured Personnel Carrier vehicles (APCs) to the chief of defence staff of the Gambia armed forces at the defence headquarters in Banjul. The APC vehicles worth over…

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has allocated flats to twenty-four primary school teachers at a quarters recently inaugurated by his administration. The quarters was inaugurated by the country's President, Muhammadu Buhari some…

A Nigerian tech start-up, ShapShap, has won the award for ‘Mobility and Smart Cities Innovator’ in the final of the Supernova Challenge Pitch Competition at the ongoing ‘Gulf Information Technology Exhibition’, GITEX 2022. Shapshap beat…

A popular Nigerian blogger, Hammed Olamilekan, has been released after spending 138 days in detention. The Muslim Parrot had earlier reported that the blogger was detained over an allegation against the Ogun State Governor, Dapo…

A Nigerian Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and another Christian, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, to death for beheading a seven-year-old Muslim boy, Kazeem Rafiu, and using his head for rituals in…

Nigerian journalist, Bashiru Hammed Adewale Bashiru, has spent exactly one hundred days in detention. Hammed who is also the publisher of Eaglesforesightwas arrested on May 1 for publishing a "misleading" story about the Governor of…

A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2,000 infections reported across the country, the government said on Tuesday. Cases have been growing rapidly in the southern African nation since…

The African Union has disclosed a plan to celebrate its 20th anniversary on September 9, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday August 8, 2022. According to the statement, the Durban Summit launched the AU and convened its…

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has approved the release of over three hundred million naira to offset fees owed the West African Examination Council (WAEC) by 21,827 students of public secondary schools who sat for this…

A data from the United Nations research has revealed a ten- year rise in African healthy life expectancy. According to the UN health agency, WHO, on Thursday August 4, 2022, healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high…

The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has declared Monday August 8, 2022, as a public holiday to celebrate Islamic New Year, Yawmal Ashura. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday August 5, 2022. According to the statement, the…

Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has named a former Al-Shabaab leader, Mukhtar Robow, as minister for religious affairs in his newly formed cabinet. Mr Robow’s appointment was announced Tuesday, a move that could either help…

The $349m Cap des Biches power plant project has received financing from the African Finance Corporation, Burkina Faso-based Coris Bank International. According to a report, West African Energy, the Senegalese energy and petroleum…

Malian authorities have reportedly arrested nearly 50 Ivorian soldiers. It was gathered that the soldiers came to Mali to work for a company contracted by the United Nations mission in Mali. The government made the announcement…

President Muhammadu Buhari has donated 10 rams, two cows and N1 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC ) members serving in his home town, Daura, in Katsina State. The President made the donation during the Sallah celebration…

The Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the…

Khaby Lame, a 22-year-old Senegalese, has become the most followed TikTokerin the world with a total of 143.2 million followers on the platform. Lame, a devout Muslim and Hafez, currently lives in Italy. He moved with his family to…

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has received UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan al-Gaber to discuss bolstering cooperation in the sectors of information technology, energy, and telecommunications.…

The Osun State Muslim Community has condemned the killing of a 200-level student, Deborah Samuel, at Sheu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto Nigeria, for blaspheming the Holy Prophet of Islam The condemnation was contained in a…

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, has felicitated the Nigerian Muslim Ummah and indeed the…

The Gambian government has condemned the headline used by one the country's national dailies, Standard Newspaper. While reacting to the headline of an article published by the newspaper titled “Ex-Finance Minister Tells Assembly to…

As Muslims around the world started Ramadan, a lot of people, Muslims and non-Muslims, especially in the West, have been asking why Fasting is made compulsory for Muslims in the lunar month of Ramadan and how important is this month to…

The World Food Programme (WFP) has called for $470 million to assist people in the Sahel, where millions of people are at risk of severe hunger and starvation in 2022. According to WFP, the number of people on the brink of starvation…

Some faceless individuals, who hide behind palestineblacklist.com, a website designed to promote propaganda and spread hatred and division among Muslims and Jewish communities within and outside the United States, have blacklisted the…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has appointed Bajabulile “Swazi’’ Tshabalala as the substantive senior Vice-President. AfDB said this in a statement issued on Wednesday October 13, 2021. Tshabalala, a South African, will take the…

Nigeria has recorded two deaths from the rampaging coronavirus pandemic, and confirmed additional 238 new cases. This update was posted on Wednesday July 21, 2021, on the official Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…

By Femi Abbas “Do you not see how Allah has set forth a parable of a meaningful ‘WORD’ like a fruitful tree which roots are firmly planted in the fertile yoke of the earth while its lofty stem carries its sprouting foliages magnificently…

By Femi Abbas “Do you not see how Allah has set forth a parable of a meaningful ‘WORD’ like a fruitful tree which roots are firmly planted in the fertile yoke of the earth while its lofty stem carries its sprouting foliages magnificently…

In a bid to tackle issues of insecurity in the country, the Senegalese government has concluded plan to install video surveillance with facial recognition at Blaise Diagne Airport. The decision was the outcome of the meeting which was…