Civil Society
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:31
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been quietly reining in their clerics on concerns that preachers could use their influence to stir up trouble and inflame sectarian divisions at a time of high tension over the crises in Syria and Egypt.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:25
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said it was following the case of Hamdy Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Kalawy, a 61-year-old who died while in police custody earlier this month.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:32
Georgia ranks alongside Russia, the US and Iran as one of the countries with the highest estimated usage of opiods (drugs such as heroin and opium), according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:00
The cash was handed over in large sacks containing $15 million in $100 bills, bags so heavy that the stoop-shouldered civil servant needed help carrying them.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 09:41
Civilians complain over mass looting and torture by the forces of Somali government on the road links between Mogadishu and Merka.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 09:29
Authorities of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State said yesterday that they did not have any immediate plan to re-open blocked mobile telephone in the state.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 09:10
Hundreds prevented from finishing protest over disappearance and possible murder of two anti-government activists.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 08:23
Preliminary results suggest Frelimo is in the lead after opposition party Renamo boycotted municipal elections.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 08:19
The family of a Nigerian Islamic studies lecturer accused of being a Boko Haram leader has told the BBC that his arrest was a "set up".
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 08:05
Speaking at last night’s late press conference, Head of the “Law 27″ Committee and Electricity Minister, Ali Muherieg, confirmed that since last Monday five main militia bases had been handed over to the state.