Rasa - Nigerian security forces have opened fire on supporters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) during an annual religious procession in the country’s north, killing four people.
Rasa – Lebanon’s Hezbollah Islamic Resistance group strongly condemned the bloody blast in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Rasa - Former Israeli minister of military affairs Amir Peretz has faced angry protests at the Moroccan parliament in Rabat, with several lawmakers calling him a "war criminal" and demanding his expulsion.
Rasa - Egypt has sentenced 13 more people to death on charges of involvement in militant activity as authorities struggle to contain the insecurity across the North African country.
Rasa - Nigerian police have disrupted Muharram ceremonies in the northern city of Sokoto, arresting at least six of the participants.
Rasa - Shiite Muslims in Nigeria's Northern Kaduna State demanded that authorities stop ongoing crackdown on worshippers participating in mourning ceremonies during the Month of Muharram.
Rasa - Mohammed Mahdi Akef, a former supreme guide of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, died in a Cairo hospital on Friday at the age of 89.
RNA - A new global slavery study shows more than 40 million people are living as slaves in different regions of the world, particularly Africa.
Rasa - A record number of people - more than 1.1 million - have been uprooted in Central African Republic by spiraling violence between armed groups which threatens to plunge the country back into full-blown conflict, the United Nations said on Friday.