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

World / Africa

Bomb attack kills child, wounds 32 Indian peacekeepers in east Congo:UN 08 Nov 2016 - 12:53 pm
The UN peacekeepers were struck as they were exercising (AFP Photo/Phil Moore).
Nigerian oil pipeline bombed again in restive region 08 Nov 2016 - 12:04 pm
Nigeria depends on oil sales for 70 percent of its government revenue (AFP Photo/Pius Utomi Ekpei)
South African opposition figure Malema seeks to overturn apartheid-era land law 07 Nov 2016 - 05:48 pm
A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a billboard of the Economic Freedom Fighters which is led by Julius Malema in Soweto, South Africa, August 5, 2016.  (REUTERS / Siphiwe Sibeko)
Southern Mali town attacked, prisoners freed 07 Nov 2016 - 01:45 pm
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Eight football fans killed in South Sudan bar shooting 07 Nov 2016 - 01:24 pm
A fragile peace deal signed in 2015 between President Salva Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar is in tatters with a surge of violence in recent weeks (AFP Photo/Trevor Snapp)
Fighting in Somalia's Galkayo city kills 29 07 Nov 2016 - 12:08 pm
Photo: Reuters.
Sudan security agents seize newspapers 06 Nov 2016 - 11:18 am
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Kenya: Mosques and churches, bathed in yellow paint 06 Nov 2016 - 10:11 am
Photograph: Colour in Faith project
South Africa's Zuma: 'I am not scared of jail' 05 Nov 2016 - 06:06 pm
South African President Jacob Zuma listens at a press conference with President Robert Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 3,2016. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)
Nigeria rescues one Chibok schoolgirl near Cameroon border: army 05 Nov 2016 - 02:02 pm
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Nigeria foils suicide attacks in restive northeast: army 05 Nov 2016 - 11:40 am
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Uganda court bans Gates-backed schools 04 Nov 2016 - 05:22 pm
Bill Gates (AFP Photo / Dominick Reuter)
South Africa graft probe piles pressure on Zuma 03 Nov 2016 - 06:29 pm
South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at a Human Rights Day rally in Durban, South Africa, March 21, 2016. (REUTERS / Rogan Ward)
Kenya police break up anti-corruption rally with tear gas 03 Nov 2016 - 03:18 pm
Kenyan human rights activists run from anti-riot police in Nairobi on November 3, 2016, during a demonstration calling for President Uhuru Kenyatta to have more effective actions against political corruption. / AFP / SIMON MAINA
Five things to know about Zuma graft probe 02 Nov 2016 - 09:39 pm
South African President Jacob Zuma answers questions at Parliament in Cape Town in this picture taken on March 17, 2016. (REUTERS / Mike Hutchings)
Wars and dogs complicate WHO’s bid to kill off Guinea worm 02 Nov 2016 - 09:03 pm
During a Guinea Worm eradication program (Courtesy: cartercenter.org)
Gambia women's goalkeeper dies in Mediterranean 02 Nov 2016 - 08:58 pm
Fatim Jawara, believed to have been just 19, was on board a boat that ran into trouble in the Mediterranean last month while crossing from Libya to Europe. (Photo courtesy: ajudu.com)
Uganda university shut down after student protests 02 Nov 2016 - 07:21 pm
Students of Makerere University, supporting academicians, stage a demonstration to protest their salary delay in Kamapala, Uganda on November 1, 2016. ( Lubowa Abubaker - Anadolu Agency )