Africa

France’s president announced late Wednesday that the leader of ISIS terrorist group in the Greater Sahara had been killed, describing Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s death as “a major success” for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists…

About 150 people died of starvation in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region in August, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has said.These are the first hunger-related deaths that the TPLF has reported since its fighters recaptured most of the region from…

Nigerian police say gunmen have abducted more than 70 students in the country’s northwest, in the latest in a series of school attacks targeting pupils.Zamfara state police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said in a statement that a large group of attackers…

The Islamic Center of Brazil announced the translation of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyah into Portuguese and its printing in both Arabic and Portuguese versions.According to a statement by the center, it has several publications, including the book “Muhammad, peace be upon him…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, commemorated Ashura and the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.The Office held various events and ceremonies related to…

The Ahlulbayt Association, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Niamey, Niger, commemorated the martyrdom of Abu Abdullah al-Hussein, peace be upon him.Since the first day of Muharram, the Association held mourning ceremonies, which were attended by a group of…

For the fourth year in a row, Shia Muslims in Mexico City, along with a number of people of other religions, participated in the mourning procession in honor of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.The march, which included a large…

Nigerian police attacked a mourning procession for Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, in Sokoto state, which resulted in the martyrdom of three mourners and the injury of 12 others.According to Nigerian sources, the death toll from the Nigerian police…

At least 22 people were killed in an attack attributed to an armed militia targeting a convoy of Muslim pilgrims in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, Nigerian police said.Police spokesman Oba Ogaba said that “a group of suspected Irigoi youths”, a…

An Amnesty International report revealed that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces raped hundreds of women and girls in the war-torn Tigray region and imposed sexual slavery and mutilation on some of the victims.The report was based on interviews with 63 victims,…