Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

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Panicked Qatar Shoppers Stock Up As Gulf Rift Bites

Shoppers in Doha were taking no chances on Monday despite Qatari officials reassuring residents there was no need to...

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Morocco To Become Part of West Africa

West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite the country...

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Saudi, UAE Seize Chance To Isolate Qatar

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, emboldened by US President Donald Trump's new approach to the region, have...

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Arab Countries Cut Links With Qatar

Six Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising...

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Morocco ‘to Join ECOWAS’ Despite Snubbing Summit Over Israel

West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite it being in...

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Gulf States, Egypt Cut Ties With Qatar

Gulf states on Monday cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Qatar and kicked it out of a military coalition, less than...

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Bahrain Minister Briefly Hacked After Qatar Cyber Attack

Hackers temporarily took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday, just 10 days after a...

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French Forces Battle Militants In Northern Mali

French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in...

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44 Migrants, Including Babies, Die In Niger Desert

At least 44 migrants, including women and babies, were found dead after their vehicle broke down in the desert of...

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Afghanistan Cancels Pakistan Games After Kabul Attack

Afghanistan have cancelled proposed home and away cricket fixtures with Pakistan after a deadly bomb attack blamed by...

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Norway ‘regrets’ Saudi Activist Deportation From Qatar

Norway says it "regrets" Qatar's expulsion of a Saudi Arabian human rights activist on his way to claim refugee status...

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Saudi Activist ‘deported’ From Qatar

Qatar has deported a Saudi human rights activist who was on his way to Norway where he hoped to seek asylum, a watchdog...

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Egypt Coptic Christians

So-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt that...

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Travel Difficulties Impeding ECOWAS Integration – Umaru Fofana

West Africa’s dire travel situation remains a major impediment to the Economic Community of West African States’...

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Travel Difficulties Impeding ECOWAS Integration

West Africa’s dire travel situation remains a major impediment to the Economic Community of West African States’...

Sports

Deputy Sports Minister Presents $1,000 To Ghana U17 Team After Niger Victory

Players of the Black Starlets team have each received US $1,000 for reaching the finals of the Africa U17 Championship....

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Bahrain Warns Protesters After Deadly Crackdown

Bahrain on Wednesday warned people against holding protests a day after police shot dead five demonstrators in the home...

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Oman Flies Freed Australian Out of Yemen

An Australian kidnapped in Yemen was evacuated from the war-torn country by the Omani government on Wednesday after...

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Saudi Defends Bahrain’s Deadly Crackdown

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday defended the actions of Bahraini authorities who opened fire on a protest by supporters of a...