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This year’s Ramadan coincides with the longest drought ever in Somalia, where many families have been forced to break the fast on water and insufficient quantity of food, according to the “Associated Press”. The news agency pointed out that more…

The Department of Intellectual and Cultural Affairs at the Al-Abbas Holy Shrine organized a Quranic session for women in Nigeria as part of the “Al-Kafeel Sofra” program. The director of the Center for African Studies of the Department, Sheikh Saad…

Headscarves and wearing of religious symbols by teachers will be allowed, in general, and can only be restricted in individual cases if it poses a danger to school peace, Berlin’s education department said on Wednesday, in an official letter sent…

It is a difficult Ramadan for hundreds of Muslims displaced by the deadly violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to reports, some 500 Muslims are cramped together in makeshift huts in the displaced persons’ camp in…

Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge. Cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30% of the total caseload reached in the whole…

Top UN officials called for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands of missing Syrians and bring peace to their families, as the General Assembly debated on Tuesday the human rights situation in the country. UN Secretary-General…

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their two boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian coast guard said on Sunday. Separately, in the last four days,…

The world has the tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to secure a sustainable future if more ambitious actions are taken, a United Nations report has said, noting that actions taken so far are not enough to tackle the…

According to the most recent World Health Organization study, the drought in Somalia has contributed to the deaths of approximately 43,000 individuals. The primary reasons of death, according to the research, which was created in partnership with the Somalia Ministry…

On the UN’S International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the UN’s Secretary-General António Guterres, said that, “Racial discrimination is a deeply damaging and pervasive abuse of human rights and human dignity that affects every country.” Guterres added that,…