Seven Koranic teachers in Senegal have been condemned to jail sentences after they were found guilty of forcing children to beg. However, the teachers will only go to prison if they...
By ARTIS HENDERSON Associated Press Writer DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Wearing white to symbolize purity, worshippers throughout this African capital gathered to pray on one of the final nights of Ramadan. To purify the soul and purge sin, they hadn't eaten all day and refrained from drinking, smoking and having ...
The Banjul Magistrate court presided over by Hilary Abeke on...
The South African Rugby Players Association (SARPA) has claimed that the one-size-fits-all decision to withdraw all contracted Springboks from the Currie Cup lacks "scientific insight." The decision to pull all contracted Springboks out of the domestic competition until October 6 was reportedly taken to appease feuding Unions. The implementation of ...
RABAT, Morocco – Morocco's state news agency says nine Portuguese tourists have been killed when their bus...
Dubai: Young Iraqis might come from one of the Arab world's wealthiest countries, but a survey has revealed they are among the region's least fortunate. The majority of Iraqi youth can barely read or write, a large proportion has never been to school, and more than half of them don't ...
Vienna: An Austrian woman kidnapped at age 10 says she was repeatedly beaten, starved and forced to do housework half-naked during the eight and half years she spent at the mercy of a man who admired Hitler and considered himself an Egyptian deity. In a new book about her ordeal, ...
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has replaced the leaders of the country's military,...