CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World / Africa

Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak 29 Mar 2019 - 08:36 pm
A medical staff member assists a man arriving at a cholera treatment centre set up in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 29, 2019. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Investigators believe anti-stall system activated in Ethiopian crash - WSJ 29 Mar 2019 - 09:13 am
File photo of airplane engine parts are seen at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Public mistrust thwarts Congo's Ebola response as cases climb 28 Mar 2019 - 06:35 pm
A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccine outside the house of a victim who died in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. Reuters/Olivia Acland
Comoros police arrest defeated presidential hopeful 28 Mar 2019 - 03:14 pm
Incumbent Comoros President Azali Assoumani greets supporters in Moroni on March 27, 2019 during celebrations for his re-election.  AFP / Youssouf IBRAHIM
First cyclone, then slavery: risks abound for Mozambique children 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
Children play in front of a house destroyed by the winds of cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 27, 2019.  AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
Faeces in the kitchen: South Africans call for better sewage systems 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
Residents greet workers collecting buckets of raw sewage from homes in the Ezenzeleni township, about 200 km (124 miles) south of Johannesburg, February 8, 2006. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Win for women's rights as UK puts mothers' names on marriage certificates 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
Church of England leaders also praised the change, which passed into law this week, saying the previous system demeaned women and was out of step with modern times.
Half urban population of sub-Saharan Africa still living in slums 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
A child stands behind pit latrines made of rusted iron sheets in Kibera slum within Nairobi, Kenya February 24, 2019. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Urban middle class may offer lifeline to rural Africa 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
People walk past the general post office in the central business district in Lagos January in this 2012 file photo. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
Storm-slammed Mozambique must rebuild for 'tomorrow's climate' 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
People of Buzi take shelter in the Samora M Machel secondary school used as an evacuation center in Beira Mozambique on March 21, 2019 following the Cyclone Idai. AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba
Crisis drives the South Africa to Zimbabwe cargo shuttle 27 Mar 2019 - 09:00 pm
Groceries and other goods stand ready on the side of the road in central Johannesburg to be transported across the border to Zimbabwe by oMalayitsha on February 20, 2019. AFP / Gulshan Khan
Farmers, herders find common ground in Central African Republic 27 Mar 2019 - 09:00 pm
Awatche's self-defence leader shakes hands with a Fulani breeder, on March 17, 2019.  AFP / Florent Vergnes
Mozambique confirms cholera cases among cyclone victims 27 Mar 2019 - 02:41 pm
People queue for food in a camp for those displaced in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 26, 2019. Picture taken March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
One in three fear losing homes in West and Central Africa 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
Displaced people return to their village in the western Tai area near the border with Liberia, June 17, 2012. Reuters/Luc Gnago
Around 1.85 mln people affected by cyclone in Mozambique: UN 26 Mar 2019 - 12:17 pm
Workers offload food aid from a South African National Defence Force helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Buzi, near Beira, Mozambique, March 25, 2019. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Comoros awaits results of divisive poll 26 Mar 2019 - 11:07 am
Comoros incumbent President Azali Assoumani casts his ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in Mitsoudje, in Comoros March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Amir Ahmed
Ex-World Bank economist among seven charged in South Sudan with insurgency 25 Mar 2019 - 06:07 pm
Thirty-five year-old Peter Biar Ajaj (C) looks on during his first appearance before the judiciary headquarters in Juba, South Sudan on March 21, 2019.  AFP/Akuot Chol
In diplomatic first, DR Congo's Tshisekedi lays wreath at Rwanda memorial 25 Mar 2019 - 06:07 pm
The Twitter account of the genocide memorial published a video of Tshisekedi, who was elected in January, laying a wreath at the memorial in Kigali, a diplomatic first. (Photo courtesy: Kigali Genocide Memorial 
@Kigali_Memorial)