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

World / Africa

Thousands of Nigerians rally a week before crucial vote 18 Feb 2023 - 06:44 pm
A woman looks over a bridge in Lagos on February 18, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
Mali PM cuts short visit north over security fears 18 Feb 2023 - 06:37 pm
Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga.
Nigeria police deploy for security before presidential vote 17 Feb 2023 - 07:04 pm
A woman walks past Nigerian police officers at a roadblock at Mile12 Market in Lagos on February 17, 2023, where violence flared up earlier in the day. - Protesters attacked bank ATMs and blocked roads in various Nigerian cities as anger spilled on the streets over a scarcity of cash. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Families rejoice as Ivory Coast border opens after years of Covid closure 17 Feb 2023 - 06:00 pm
An Ivorian Police officer watches travellers get off a bus from Niger, at the Ivorian-Ghanaian border a few hours after its reopening in Noe on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
South Africa's Bavuma named as first black African Test captain 17 Feb 2023 - 05:50 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 09, 2022 South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma takes the catch to dismiss India's Ruturaj Gaikwad (not pictured) during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between India and South Africa at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. - South Africa on February 17, 2023 named Temba Bavuma as their first Black African Test captain, replacing axed Dean Elgar. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
Lagos in protest over cash crisis 17 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
A woman buys fruits from a street vendor nexy to a campaign poster of presidential candidate of the ruling Action Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate Kashim Shettima in a market in Lagos on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Anti-junta protesters clash with Guinea security forces 16 Feb 2023 - 09:54 pm
Peninsula
Senegal police smash car, forcibly remove opposition leader 16 Feb 2023 - 09:32 pm
Supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko demonstrate at the courthouse where his defamation trial against the Senegal Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang is being held in Dakar on February 16, 2023. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
Ethiopia church split resolved amid social media suspension 16 Feb 2023 - 06:50 pm
Abune Mathias, the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church prays on February 06, 2023. PHOTO | AMANUEL SILESHI | AFP
Africa CDC expects Mpox vaccines to arrive within 2 weeks 16 Feb 2023 - 06:00 pm
China's Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, left, and African Union Commission (AUC) chair Moussa Faki Mahamat attend the inauguration of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 11, 2023.
Africa CDC expects Mpox vaccines to arrive within 2 weeks 16 Feb 2023 - 02:44 pm
Test tubes labelled
Former Nigeria VP rolls dice for sixth presidential run 15 Feb 2023 - 03:49 pm
File photo: Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials verify voters during a mock accreditation exercise organised by the INEC at Enitan Primary School at Surulere in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 4, 2023. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)
At least 73 migrants 'presumed dead' after shipwreck off Libya: UN 15 Feb 2023 - 03:03 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 15, 2022 migrants sits in a dinghy illegally crossing the English Channel from France to Britain. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Most trafficked Sahel firearms are from national armies: UN 14 Feb 2023 - 09:57 pm
Peninsula
At least 32 civilians killed in eastern Congo, says the UN 14 Feb 2023 - 08:23 pm
Peninsula
Deadly Marburg virus spreads to Equatorial Guinea for first time 14 Feb 2023 - 02:03 pm
Peninsula
WHO says Equatorial Guinea confirms first outbreak of Marburg 13 Feb 2023 - 10:27 pm
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. File photo / AFP
Equatorial Guinea says nine dead in Marburg virus outbreak 13 Feb 2023 - 09:46 pm
Peninsula