Tesco have issued an apology to Julie Cottle By Lorraine King A supermarket giant has issued an apology after a Muslim worker refused to serve a customer buying ham and wine saying he was fasting for Ramadan. Julie Cottle, has lodged a complaint with Tesco after the employee at the manned till inside the Express...
November 15, 2026
Category: News
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I claim this piece of Africa for my daughter, Princess Emily
A father from Virginia has claimed an uninhabited bit of Sudan as a ‘kingdom’ for his seven-year-old offspring. Are white people actually still allowed to do this kind of thing in the 21st century? Jeremiah Heaton plants his flag on a hill in Bir Tawil. Sure, Will Smith repurposed Bill Withers’ classic Just the Two of...
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ETHIOPIA: NINE BLOGGERS AND JOURNALISTS HELD WITHOUT CHARGE BEYOND 80-DAY DEADLINE
The six Zone9 bloggers and three journalists held arbitrarily since 25 and 26 April have not been formally charged within the 80-day limit allowed by Ethiopia’s draconian terrorism law. The hearings that should have been held on 12 and 14 July to charge them were simply cancelled. Reporters Without Borders was disappointed but not really surprised to...
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A deadly Ramadan in Somalia
Photo: UN Photo/Tobin Jones Captured suspected Al-Shabab militants wait to be taken in for interrogation in Mogadishu MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, (IRIN) – Militant group Al-Shabab has lived up to its promise to step up attacks in Somalia, mainly against government installations and personnel, during the holy month of Ramadan, which began on 29 June. Over 30 people have...
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It takes 8 full months to make kiswa
INTRICATE WORK: Artisans at work on a kiswa. (Al-Riyadh photo) MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS The black cloth used to cover the House of God at Makkah costs SR22 million and takes eight full months to make, Abdullah Bajawda, Kiswa Factory manager, told a local daily. “The ‘kiswa’ used to be previously bought abroad, but in 1927,...
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HUNDREDS ARRESTED IN SOMALIA SECURITY SWEEP
BY ABDI GULED MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — More than 200 suspects were arrested Tuesday in a security sweep aimed at stemming a wave of militant attacks in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, said a senior police official. Soldiers manned checkpoints in Mogadishu’s northern outskirts, where most of the streets were empty amid the ongoing operation. Security...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxa ka mid ah: Dagaal beeleed ka dhacay dhanka waqooye ee magaalada Baladweyn, Maxkamadda ciiddanka oo maanta xukun dil ah ku fulisay laba eedeysane oo horay gabar ardayad ah u dilay iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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A Nairobi school locks out Muslim students over converting Christian girl to Islam
Muslim students from Maina Wanjigi Secondary School in Nairobi’s Eastleigh 4th Street area were Monday morning barred from entering the school following a religious dispute. Trouble started at the school last week on Thursday after a Christian girl was converted to Islam which is against Ministry of Education regulations. The student’s parents reported to school...
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Ethiopian man takes UK to court over resettlement policy
Villagers say they are being forcibly relocated from Ethiopia’s Gambella region A legal battle has been launched by an Ethiopian citizen who claims the UK has helped to fund a “brutal” resettlement programme in his country. The man, who can only be referred to as “O”, won permission to seek a judicial review at London’s...
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After long break, US welcomes Somali ambassador
The United States on Monday welcomed a new ambassador from Somalia the first in over two decades. The State Department said the government of the troubled east African nation had sent Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke. “We are pleased to announce the arrival of Ambassador Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, the first Somali ambassador to the United States...