Dubai Police Chief Details Al-Mabhuh Murder
Dubai police chief says: “I believe that the Mosad is living outside the present time; it is even operating in a way that dates back 20 years...
Nigeria`s Constitutional Crisis and US Interference
On 23 November 2009, Yar`Adua was rushed to Saudi Arabia for a medical emergency. It was later revealed that he suffered from pericarditis, a hardening in the lining of the heart. This was in addition to a pre-existing kidney condition. For over two months, Yar`Adua`s absence raised constitutional questions about how a vice-president can assume the executive power and functions of the president. With Nigeria locked in a constitutional crisis, Funmi Feyide-John discusses the role of the US government`s interference. He writes, the US`s alleged favouritism towards particular political players risks severely undermining democracy in Nigeria through casting whoever ultimately ends up as president as a foreign puppet...
Sheikh of al-Azhar dies
For more than a quarter-century Sheik Tantawi was at the nexus of government and religion in Egypt, working with Mubarak`s government to try to enforce a moderate interpretation of Islam ...
Negotiating With Pirates!
Owner of hijacked Saudi ship said: We are not negotiating with the pirates and insurance company is in contact with them...
Sheikh Sharif’s Speech
This is an abridged version of President Sheikh Sharif’s speech at Chatham House and more...
President Sharif views Somalia situation and Piracy
Sharif Says: `Somalia is at a crossroads. We must cooperate with all parties to prevent the use of Islam for negative and violent purposes and to justify iiracy...
Aid program for Somalia is enmeshed in corruption
A UN report says: Puntland President has extensive relationships with the pirates, who funnel some of the money they make from hijacking to Puntland authorities...
Interview with Iman for International Women`s Day
In celebration of International Women`s Day today, the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress presents an interview with supermodel Iman...
Ottawa Outlaws Al-Shabab
The federal government announced yesterday that it has formally designated al-Shabab a terrorist organization under Canadian law...
Hunt for Assassins
OR Tambo International Airport was used as an escape route for Mossad assassins could reignite old tensions between the South African security establishment and Israeli airline El Al...
Secret Communications
Why there were intensive secret communications between Tel Aviv and Riyadh? Why does Saudi Arabia attack Tel Aviv during the day and meet its leaders at night? ...
Somali-Iranian Relations
Vice-Speaker of Somalia`s Parliament Mohamed Omar Dalha asked for the expansion of relations and cooperation with Iran in all the various fields...
The Saudi-Israeli Contacts
The Israelis refuse to play the role of a mistress. They want their relations with the Arab states, which seek to court them, to be legal and public...
Sheikh Al-Barrak Gets Support From a Few Scholars
Over two dozen Saudi religious scholars have come out in support of a fatwa issued by Sheikh Al-Barrak in which he called for the death of those who promote gender mixing in workplaces and educational institutes...
War moves to the airwaves
Last year Somalia`s Radio Warsan was a pro-government station that vilified al-Qaida-linked insurgents. Today it is in the hands of the rebels with pro-jihad messages...
Is Mullah Omar a Crucial Interlocutor?
French analyst urges negotiations with Taliban, since Karzai lacks the means successfully to carry out reforms and is increasingly dependent on cronyism and criminal networks...
Sarkozy admits France`s role in Rwandan genocide
Sarkozy did not formally apologise, nor did he accept allegations that France had played an active role in training and arming the Hutu militias who led massacres of Tutsis...
Testing China`s Wisdom
The US has “kidnapped” international public opinion by making use of the slogan of nuclear nonproliferation so that various countries will actively or passively participate in containing Iran...
Secret Bank Accounts
African leaders are known for treasury looting. Most of the secret accounts in the western world are operated by African leaders...
Mogadishu Notebook
“This place makes Kabul look like Manhattan. Clanbased warfare has ripped Somalia apart for most of the past 20 years”...
Fattening Farm
Desert culture battles to break “fat is beautiful” view of women ...
Leprosy in Somalia
Ade Sheikdon Negeye is one of 49 leprosy patients displaced from Beletweyne in central Somalia, when fighting between two Islamist groups intensified...