Mass Protests: NSCIA commends Nigerian Muslims, calls for special prayer
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has commended the attitude of the Nigerian Muslims towards the ongoing demonstrations across...
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Nigeria: IGP bows to pressure, dissolves special anti-robbery squad
The Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has dissolved the country’s Special Anti-robbery Squad, popularly known as SARS....
Libyan delegations meet for peace talks
Delegations from the Libyan Supreme Council of State and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives have met in Malta as part...
THE MESSAGE: Encounter with Richard Akinjide on Islam
By Femi Abbas Monologue It should not be strange to readers of ‘The Message’ that this column is coming up,...
Nigerian migrant burned to death in Tripoli, Libya
Nigerian migrant have been burned to death in Tripoli, Libya While disclosing this on Thursday October 8, 2020, the Libyan...
South Sudan oil firm to construct $500 million regional refinery
South Sudanese oil marketing giant Trinity Energy Ltd has disclosed plan to inject $10 million worth of new investments in...
MUSWEN condemns secession, rejects creation of Oduduwa Republic
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria has condemned the plan by a group of Yoruba people to secede from...
Egypt reopens Rafah crossing for stranded Palestinians
The Egyptian authorities have reopened the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions. In a statement released by...
IMF signs deal with Sudan’s transitional government
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved an agreement signed with Sudan’s transitional government. The agreement made...
NGOs seek urgent humanitarian response in Cameroon
A group of international NGOs has called for an immediate humanitarian response to address the increasing needs in the Far...
Nigeria: Lekki Muslim Ummah distributes over N66 million as annual Zakkat
Akeem Alao The Lekki Muslim Ummah, an association of Muslims in the Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria, has distributed...
AfDB approves $27.33 million to boost AU’s COVID-19 response initiative
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to...
Breaking: Ghana’s president elected new ECOWAS chairman
The government of Ghana has announced that President Nana Akufo-Addo was elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community...
Malaysia records emergence of new cluster of coronavirus
Malaysian health officials have reported the emergence of a new cluster of coronavirus in a Malaysian town after a football...
CenturionPlus announces support towards Mozambique’s economic, energy boom
Centurion Law Group has announced the launch and opening of its lawyers-on-demand service, CenturionPlus, in Mozambique. CenturionPlus will especially focus...
We must help Africa build back boldly, but smartly – AfDB President
The newly sworn-in President of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has unveiled a vision to consolidate the institution’s successes of...
Nigeria: Islamic Cooperative Society establishes gender-based ultramodern hospital
As-Salam, an Islamic Cooperative Society in Ikirun, State of Osun, Nigeria, has established a new ultramodern hospital in the state....
Sudan seals historic peace deal with 5 rebel groups
The power sharing government in Sudan has signed a peace agreement with the country’s five key rebel groups. This is...
Mali can’t afford to stand alone — President Muhammadu Buhari
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments in a virtual meeting,...
Libya suspends interior minister after gunmen fire on protesters
Libya's internationally recognised government has suspended its interior minister, Fathi Bashagha. The suspension of the minister on Friday was as...
MERCOSUR to exempt 600 Egyptian-produced items from customs duties
The Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevine Gamea, has announced plan to enforce a full customs exemption on 600...
KRU partners Mobile Futures, Naivas to disburse Rugby Africa solidarity funds
The Kenya Rugby Union has partnered Mobile Futures and Naivas Supermarkets Ltd to disburse the Rugby Africa solitary funds that...
Syria resumes peace talks in Geneva
The United Nations special envoy has said that peace talks between the Syrian Bashar Al-Assad regime and the opposition, which...
AfDB Board of Governors re-elects Adesina as President
Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors. Presidential spokesperson, Lauretta...
MMC faults TVC’s Muslim-Christian population ratio, demands explanation
The Muslim Media Corporation, New York City, has condemned the recent report by a TVC senior reporter, Ivy Kanu, on...
Gambia begins evacuation of Migrant workers in Lebanon
The government of The Gambia has begun processes to secure the evacuation of about 36 Gambian migrant workers currently in...
15 dead in gunmen attack in Southern Burumdi
About fifteen people have reportedly died in an attack by gunmen, in Bugarama district, Rumonge province, Southern Burundi, according to...
Houthi Attacks:10,000 Yemenis flee Marib outskirts
Houthi militias have displaced thousands of Yemenis over the past years. According to a report, the militias have also targeted...
Nigeria: EU, IRC, donate items to fight Covid-19 in Borno State
The European Union and International Rescue Committee have donated assorted protective equipment worth millions of naria to fight Covid-19 in...
6 passengers die in South Sudan plane crash
At least 6 people have died after a cargo plane crashed in South Sudan shortly after taking off from the...
Somali pirates release last set of Iranian hostages
Somali pirates have released the remaining three Iranian crew of the hijacked FV Siraj. This was disclosed on Friday August...
Nigeria’s Sultanate Council announces New Hijrah year
The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs has announced that Friday 21st August, 2020, will be the beginning of...
Nigerian gov declares public holiday for celebration of Hijrah 2020
The Governor of Osun State in the southwestern Nigeria, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, has declared August 20 as a public holiday...
WFP, MOSS provide food for 40,000 mothers, children in Egypt
The United Nations World Food Programme has partnered Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity to provide financial assistance to more than...
ECOWAS condemns military coup, sets to sanction Mali
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions,...
Soldiers detain Mali president, PM
Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse have been detained by mutinying soldiers in the capital, Bamako....
Muslim Group seeks end to hate speech, religious intolerance in Nigeria
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has called for an end to incessant hate speeches caused by ethnic and...
Sudan integrates rebels into army
Sudan government has agreed to integrate a major rebel group into the army within 39 months. On Monday August 17,...
Unknown gunmen kill Somali regional minister
Police have reported that unknown gunmen have shot dead a Somali regional minister in the town of Jowhar, Middle Shabelle...
Egypt enacts law to protect identities of women reporting sex assaults
The government of Egypt has approved a new law which protects the identity of women who come forward to report...
Somalia: 17 people die, several sustain injury in hotel siege
Not less than 17 people have died and more than a dozen wounded in a gun and bomb attack by...
Liberian Ministry of Health receives 10 new ambulances from World Bank
The Liberian Ministry of Health has received ten new hard top ambulances from the World Bank to ensure the safe...
South Africa records decline in Covid-19 cases, lifts lockdown restrictions
Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African President, has announced that lockdown restrictions have been lifted across the country as the coronavirus...
2800 stranded Sierra Leoneans return amid along Humanitarian Corridors in West, Central Africa
59 Sierra Leoneans stranded in Senegal since the outbreak of COVID-19 have returned home safely via air charter flight this...
Flood affects 35,000 Yemeni families within two weeks
Not less than 35,000 Yemeni families have been reportedly affected by the floods which struck the nation in the past...
International Partners urge Somalia’s leaders to hold crucial meeting on elections
Somalia’s International Partners — African Union Mission in Somalia, Belgium, Denmark, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Intergovernmental Authority on...
4 killed, 3 wounded in Nile ferry crash
At least four people have died while 3 people wounded in a ferry crash which occurred in the Nile river...
Egypt extends medical aid diplomacy to Lebanon
Egypt has announced that it intends to extend medical aid diplomacy to Lebanon after a meeting between the two presidents...
UNESCO mobilizes fund to protect Yemen cultural heritage
The United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation, UNESCO, has announced the commencement of efforts towards the mobilization of fund...
Malaysian court jails Indian restaurateur for violating home quarantine
A Malaysian court has sentenced an Indian man to 5-month jail for violating a home quarantine order which lead to...
127 people die as civilians, soldiers clash in South Sudan
South Sudanese army spokesman has said that clashes between soldiers and civilians have left 127 people dead. Major General Lul...
Blasphemy: Group condemns death sentence passed on Nigerian musician
A pro-democracy and human rights group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the death sentence of a Kano-based musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, over...
US donates 200 life-saving ventilators to Nigeria
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, representing President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday August 11, 2020, took delivery of 200...
Yemen official detained in Cairo airport for possession of over $1m
Ali Al-Nuaimi, a high-ranking official in the internationally-recognised Yemeni government has been detained at Cairo International Airport for allegedly in...
Turkey launches new army base in Syria
The Turkish army has launched a new base in the area of Jabal Al-Akrad near the northern city of Latakia...
Sudanese traders lament export ban on peanuts, call for suspension
Traders in Sudan have lamented the suspension of export ban on raw peanuts by the government. The country has been...
Algeria to reassess deal with EU on free-trade agreement
Algerian government has disclosed plan to reassess a deal with the European Union, ahead of a free trade agreement due...
Heavy rains destroy 111 homes in Yemen
The Yemeni National Commission for Education, Culture and Science has reported that a total of 111 homes have been destroyed...
Ethiopia rejects agreement on renaissance dam
Ethiopia has rejected the agreement on Renaissance Dam Egyptian and Ethiopian officials released separate statements to express the divergence between...
Gunmen kill 6 French tourists, 2 others in Niger
Gunmen have killed six French tourists and two Nigeriens in a wildlife park in Niger. While confirming this on Sunday...
