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

World / Africa

Tens of thousands flee Nigeria floods 13 Oct 2024 - 10:54 pm
This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Adankolo in Kogi State on October 12, 2024. (Photo by Haruna Yahaya / AFP)
Seeing double in Nigeria's 'twins capital of the world' 13 Oct 2024 - 07:37 pm
Twins pose for a photograph during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12, 2024. Nigeria’s self-proclaimed ‘twins capital of the world’ Igbo-Ora holds its annual festival to celebrate the town’s unusually high incidence of multiple births. Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP.
4.6-magnitude earthquake hits central Ethiopia 13 Oct 2024 - 10:11 am
Peninsula
Kenya says extra police ready for Haiti in early Nov 12 Oct 2024 - 07:58 pm
President of Kenya William Ruto delivers his remarks during a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Haiti Garry Conille (unseen) at the State House in Nairobi on October 11, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief says 10 Oct 2024 - 07:23 pm
Image used for representation only.
South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant 10 Oct 2024 - 02:11 pm
A general view outside Eskom's Komati power station in Komati on September 9, 2024. (Photo by Paul Botes / AFP)
Qatar, Algeria hold bilateral civil aviation talks 09 Oct 2024 - 09:32 pm
Peninsula
Chad issues warning ahead of more devastating floods 09 Oct 2024 - 05:02 pm
A man navigates a pirogue between the houses of the Tougoude district, in the south-east of Ndjamena's ninth arrondissement, flooded by the Logone River, on October 8, 2024. (Photo by Joris Bolomey / AFP)
Kenya lawmakers vote to impeach deputy president in historic move 08 Oct 2024 - 10:38 pm
Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua, reacts as he addresses the media during a press conference at his official residence in Nairobi, on October 7, 2024, ahead of the National Assembly vote on his impeachment motion. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
Libya's oil production rebounds as political accord eases crisis 08 Oct 2024 - 08:01 pm
File photo: The National Oil Corporation in Tripoli, Libya.
Kenya's deputy president faces impeachment vote 08 Oct 2024 - 10:55 am
Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua, gestures as he addresses the media during a press conference at his official residence in Nairobi, on October 7, 2024, ahead of the National Assembly vote on his impeachment motion. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
Saied re-elected Tunisia president with 90.7% of the vote: official 07 Oct 2024 - 09:51 pm
Supporters of Tunisia's President celebrate after the announcement of the first estimates in favor of the incumbent President, during Tunisia's Presidential election, on the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis on October 6, 2024. (Photo by YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
Uganda bans funeral parties over sex abuse claims 07 Oct 2024 - 08:02 pm
Peninsula
Ethiopian lawmakers select new president 07 Oct 2024 - 03:51 pm
(FILES) Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taye Atske-Selassie Amde speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
Tunisia's President Saied set for landslide election win 07 Oct 2024 - 03:17 pm
A supporter of Tunisia's President celebrates after the announcement of the first estimates in favor of the incumbent President, on the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis on October 6, 2024. (Photo by YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
Rwanda to start Marburg vaccinations 06 Oct 2024 - 05:43 pm
Image used for representation only.
Tunisia votes with Saied set for re-election 06 Oct 2024 - 03:00 pm
A Tunisian national living in Kuwait dips her finger in ink after casting her vote for the presidential elections at the Tunisian embassy in Kuwait City on October 6, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)
DR Congo launches mpox vaccination operation 05 Oct 2024 - 05:40 pm
Two workers from the NGO Alima walk in the courtyard of the mpox treatment centre in Kamituga, South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on September 20, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP.