JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Pilgrims and visitors are becoming hard-pressed to find bottled Zamzam water with the influx of worshippers flocking to the Grand Mosque during Ramadan and the lack of availability at points of sale. While Zamzam water, which comes from the Zamzam well at Makkah, is available in abundance in the coolers inside the...
November 15, 2026
Category: News
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‘Britain is supporting a dictatorship in Ethiopia’
It’s 30 years since Ethiopia’s famine came to attention in the UK. Now, a farmer plans to sue Britain for human rights abuses, claiming its aid has funded a government programme of torture and beatings as villagers have been removed from their homes By David Smith i One of hundreds of families in the Gambella...
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As we secure Somalia, who will protect us from the enemy within?
By Standard Editorial Kenya: Yet again, Kenya woke up to the gruesome news that criminals had once more killed over 20 people on Saturday night. These suspected terrorist attacks were in the Hindi and Gamba areas of Lamu. Indeed, this is very depressing news, especially considering that the Cabinet Secretary for the Interior has consistently...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Qarrax ka dhacay Balad xaawo oo dad ku dhinteen kuwa kalena ay dhaawacyo ka soo gaareen, Kenya oo mar kale la weerraray iyo Shabaab oo sheegatay iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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UK report: Anti-Muslim hate crime rising
While official UK figures show a decline in hate crime generally, anti-Muslim abuse appears to be bucking that trend. By Simon Hooper Muslims attend Friday prayers on a rainy first day of Ramadan in East London [Reuters] London, UK – The number of reported instances of anti-Muslim hate crime in the UK has risen sharply since...
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Gunmen Kill at Least 29 in Attacks in Coastal Kenya
MOMBASA, Kenya – Gunmen killed at least 29 people in raids on two separate areas on the Kenyan coast, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last September, said it had staged an attack on Saturday evening in the coastal area.Nine...
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Al-Sudais: Sectarianism tearing apart countries
Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Stay away from sectarianism, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, president of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs, told the more than 1 million worshippers who crowded the Grand Mosque during Friday prayers amid tight security. Al-Sudais alluded to the sectarian strife and conflicts tearing apart Muslim countries. “Muslims around the...
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Ethiopia : a leadership in disarray
By RENÉ LEFORT It may be that, in Ethiopia, history is so powerful that the past permeates the present, and it repeats itself. In this case, what we see today is simply another interregnum between two powerful men. “Can you tell me who is in charge in the government?”, asks Tamrat Gebregiorgis, publisher of the...
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Urging Somali unity, UN envoy deplores ‘murderous campaign’ being waged by Al-Shabaab
Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay. Photo: AU/UN/IST/Ilyas Abukar Condemning this morning’s attempted attack on Somalia’s Parliament, the United Nations envoy to the country has called on all Somalis to unite with the authorities to thwart future attacks and “bring to justice those behind this murderous campaign” of terror that has intensified since the start...
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Qarrax Waxyeello Geystay oo Maanta Muqdisho ka Dhacay
Muqdisho, Julay 05, 2014 (WDN)- Warar kala duwan ayaa ka soo baxaya qarrax ismiidaamin ah oo maanta barqadii ka dhacay bannaanka hore ee xarrunta Baarlamaanka, gaar ahaan agagaarka Taallada Sayidka, halkaasoo ciiddamo ka tirsan boolisku ay ka ilaalinayeen irrika laga galo xarrunta golaha Shacabka . Sida uu sheegay qof goobta ka agdhawaa xiliga weerarka uu...