Africa

The International Sayyed al-Shuhada Committee, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Kuwait, intends to establish and build 14 Quran teaching centers in East Africa.The Committee said in a statement, “In compliance with the teachings of the Messenger of God,…

Police in northwestern Nigeria have rescued 80 Quran students from bandits, an official said Sunday.The Islamiyya pupils were kidnapped on Saturday by an armed group while returning from the Maulud annual celebration in the village of Mahuta in the northwestern…

The Nigerian authorities have confirmed the release of hundreds of schoolchildren who were kidnapped from their classrooms last week, after gunmen stormed the Kankara high school, which has more than 800 students.Boko Haram terrorist group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.In…

The Ahlulbayt Charitable Committee, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Kuwait, established a medical camp in Singeda, Tanzania, to treat eye diseases.In a statement, the committee stated that the camp was established based on the directives of the Supreme…

The Algerian government has said in statement that “the dangerous terrorist named Rizkan Ahsan, codenamed Abu al-Dahdah, who joined terrorist groups in 1994, was arrested.”The statement added, “The operation resulted in the retrieval of a Kalashnikov machine gun, three magazines,…

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Tuesday for the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys last Friday in northwestern Nigeria.Nigerian authorities have yet to respond to the claim. However, the Katsina State governor on Monday said he had begun…

More than 300 schoolboys are still missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in Kankara, a town in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, authorities said.Attackers on motorcycles stormed the all-boys Government Science School late on Friday and engaged security forces in…

Sayyed al-Shuhada Committee, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Kuwait, announced its intention to build the first Husseiniyah and seminary for women in Niger.In a statement, the Committee stated that as part of its ongoing religious projects in the…

The Umm al-Baneen Center for Women, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, announced the establishment of the Committee for the Care of Muslim Women.In a statement received by Shiawaves, the center stated that this…

The International Criminal Court is looking into the mass killings in Nigeria in 2015, in which more than 300 Shia Muslims were massacred and buried in Zaria.“A petition was signed calling on the International Criminal Court to prosecute the Inspector…