CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World / Africa

Kenya court's hijab ban ruling sparks fears over Muslim girls' schooling 25 Jan 2019 - 08:16 pm
Kenya court hijab ban ruling sparks fears over Muslim girls schooling. (Photo courtesy: mwakilishi.com)
Zimbabweans cower indoors, fearful of army beatings 25 Jan 2019 - 12:37 pm
A young woman carries a bowl on her head as she walks past the shell of the burnt-out offices belonging to the ruling ZANU PF party's Kadoma district in Rimuka township, Kadoma on January 24, 2019. / AFP / ZINYANGE AUNTONY
Congo's surprise new leader in 1st peaceful power transfer 25 Jan 2019 - 01:31 am
Democratic Republic of the Congo's newly inaugurated President Felix Tshisekedi (R) walks off the podium with outgoing President Joseph Kabila after he was officially handed over the instruments of power during his inauguration ceremony at the Presidency
African groups condemn US meddling in Venezuela 25 Jan 2019 - 12:00 am
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez (C) delivers a press conference in Caracas, along with members of the top military leadership
African arms market to grow by 50 pct over five years: analyst 24 Jan 2019 - 06:36 pm
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Congo poised to inaugurate new president from opposition 24 Jan 2019 - 03:18 pm
A Supporter of Democratic Republic of Congo new President shows a portrait of outgoing President Joseph Kabila, ahead of the Presidential Inauguration on January 24, 2018.  AFP / John WESSELS
Burning issue: can tech innovators save South Africa's 'fire capital'? 23 Jan 2019 - 07:42 pm
Residents of the Imizamo Yethu settlement near Cape Town, South Africa on October 25, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Inna Lazareva
In Congo, the Tshisekedi no one had expected takes power 23 Jan 2019 - 03:00 pm
UDPS lawyers representing Felix Tshisekedi and Dynamique de l'Opposition representing Martin Fayulu. AFP / Caroline THIRION
Ghana police quiz lawmaker after reporter's death 22 Jan 2019 - 11:45 am
Family and friends gather to discuss the murder of Ghanian undercover reporter Ahmed Hussein Suale at a popular spot where he used to sit and drink with family and friends in Accra, on January 17, 2019. / AFP / RUTH MCDOWALL
Mnangagwa returns to Zimbabwe after protest crackdown 22 Jan 2019 - 08:24 am
A man checks his mobile phone outside an internet cafe in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Nigeria accuses opposition of plotting election violence 21 Jan 2019 - 08:06 pm
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during his meeting with US President Barack Obama at the United Nations General Assembly, September 20, 2016. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Congo inauguration postponed; Police stop opposition rally 21 Jan 2019 - 06:28 pm
Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi, DR Congo's opposition politician declared winner of the December's presidential poll, sing and dance ahead of the Constitutional Court final decision on the presidential results, in Kinshasa, on January 19, 2019.  AFP / Joh
Burkina President Kabore names former health minister as PM 21 Jan 2019 - 05:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Kabore. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Zimbabwe president to return home after deadly turmoil 20 Jan 2019 - 09:10 pm
People queue to draw cash outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 19, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Congo political crisis deepens as top court rejects vote challenge 20 Jan 2019 - 08:45 pm
Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi celebrate along the streets after the judges of the Constitutional Court confirmed Tshisekedi's victory in the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 20, 2019. Reuters/Olivia Acland
Zimbabwe crackdown a taste of things to come, president's spokesman warns 20 Jan 2019 - 07:26 pm
People queue for gas in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 20, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Attack on UN base in Mali kills 8 peacekeepers: UN source 20 Jan 2019 - 04:50 pm
This is not the first time that peacekeepers from MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) have been targetted (AFP Photo/SEYLLOU)
Tshisekedi declared Congo's president, but runner-up revolts 20 Jan 2019 - 09:03 am
Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Congolese main opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress who was announced as the winner of the presidential elections gestures to his supporters at the party headquarters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republi