Topic: Africa
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday appointed a new head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious institution, after the death of its top cleric last week, the official MENA agency reported. Mubarak, who is recovering from surgery in Germany, "has issued a presidential decree appointing Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb to head Al-Azhar," MENA reported. Tayeb, president of Al-Azhar ...
A Nigerian armed rebel group on Friday claimed to have blown up an oil facility in the restive oil-producing Niger Delta region and threatened to step up attacks in coming days. "At about 12:08 am (2308 GMT), March 19, 2010, units of the Joint Revolutionary Council of Niger Delta attacked and exploded the Abbiama Manifold in Buguma," the group ...
Nigeria's ruling party is planning crucial talks after Acting President Goodluck Jonathan sacked a government he inherited from the country's ailing head of state, sources said. The People Democratic Party's highest decision making body was expected to meet next week to discuss the cabinet dissolution as well as start planning for general elections due next year. Jonathan ...
