Rawlingses Salute Muslims
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings have encouraged Muslims to continue to seek Allah’s guidance and blessings as they marked the end of their 30 days...
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2nd Lady Fetes Muslim Inmates At Nsawam Prison
It was all joy for Muslim inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison when a delegation from the office of the wife of Vice President, Hajia Samira Bawumia, donated dozens of bags of rice and other...
Invest In Girl Child Education – Nana Addo To Muslim Parents
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admonished Muslim parents to invest in the education of their female children. According to Akufo-Addo, Islam’s revered holy prophet, Mohammed, spoke...
US Warns Syria Over ‘potential’ Plan For Chemical Attack
The US says it has identified “potential preparations” for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark warning to the Syrian government. The White House said the activities were similar...
Iraq Forces Comb West Mosul After IS Counter-Attacks
Iraqi forces launched a house-to-house search operation Monday in parts of west Mosul after a surprise attack by Islamic State group jihadists recently expelled from the area. Diehard IS fighters are...
Beware of Religious Extremists – Akufo-Addo Advises Muslims
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Ghanaian Muslims to stay away from persons who disguise themselves with religion to perpetuate acts of extremism. “I believe that inasmuch as...
Nigeria’s Ill President Sends Recorded Greetings From London
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has marked the end of Ramadan with an audio broadcast to the nation, the presidency said, his first public statement since going on medical leave in early May....
Nana Addo, Rawlings, Celebrate End of Ramadan With Muslims
The drums of the celebration of the Eid Mubarak has continued to sound among Muslims across the country. Eid-al-Fitr is the last day of the holy month of Ramadan, marking an end to a month-long...
Trump Abandons White House Eid Dinner
US President Donald Trump has broken a nearly 20-year-old tradition by failing to host a dinner marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The White House event had been held every year...
Ghanaian Muslims Must Be Wary of Ideologists With Destructive Ends – AKufo-Addo
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admonished different Muslim sects to unite and ward off persons who try to infiltrate their religion with Islam-like ideas that end in destruction....
Boko Haram Clashes Kill Eight Chad Soldiers
Eight Chadian soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend on islands on Lake Chad, which borders four countries on the edge of the Sahara, Chad's army said...
Continue To Pray For the ‘good of Ghana’ – Rawlingses Salute Muslims
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings have congratulated the Muslim community on the occasion of the feast of breaking of the fast – Eid ul Fitr. In a...
Iraq Forces Combing West Mosul After Surprise IS Attack
Iraqi forces on Monday were searching neighbourhoods of west Mosul they retook weeks ago after a surprise jihadist attack on their rear that left several dead, officials said. The attack, which was...
TUDEC Feeds Individuals, Families To Mark Eid-Ul-Fitr
The Ghana-Turkey Co-operation and Development Association (TUDEC), a non-profit organization in Accra, Ghana has this year began its usual Iftar dinner and parcels of food package deliveries across...
Afghan Subculture of Child Sex Slavery
AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one of Afghanistan's most egregious human rights violations. Here are some key...
Akufo-Addo Wishes All Muslims Eid Mubarak
On behalf of my wife, family and government, I wish Muslims in Ghana and around the world Eid Mubarak. We thank Allah for seeing us through one month of fasting, prayer and devotion. I have no doubt...
Eid Ul Fitr: Rawlingses Urge Muslims To Continue To Pray For Ghana
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, have congratulated the Muslim community on the occasion of the feast of breaking of the fast – Eid ul Fitr. In a...
Iraq Forces Push Deep Into Devastated Old Mosul
Iraqi forces battled deep into the devastated historical heart of Mosul and closed in fast on the last pockets of jihadists Sunday, eight months into an epic battle to retake the city. Three years...
Two Thirds of Mosul Old City Retaken From IS
Iraqi forces have retaken two thirds of old Mosul, a week after launching an offensive against the Islamic State group's last bastion in the city, a senior commander said Sunday. Lieutenant Colonel...
Eid Truce In Philippines War-Torn City Ends
An eight-hour ceasefire in a Philippine city allowing residents to celebrate the end of Ramadan came to an abrupt end Sunday afternoon as the government continued its offensive against Islamist...