There has been a major shift in the focus of an important and influential Islamic sect across the Middle East and North ...

He was born in Zanzibar of African Arab parentage and went on to establish a base West of Lake Tanganyika, linking up with Msiri. He and his men operated in an area stretching over a thousand ...

Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and holds cultural significance across North Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, ...

A six-day conference aimed at formulating a concerted plan to combat what was described as “Zionist expansion in Africa ... of religious affairs from 13 Arab nations. The first item on ...

Libyan leader Moammar Qadhafi has called on Arab business interests to invest in Africa's various development sectors, and in particularly in the development of water resources, reported the Pan-A ...

The MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) category was used for the first time by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020; it ...

Islam arrived in North Africa (the Maghreb) just seven years after the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 639. The 4,000 strong Arab invading forces came from Mecca under the leadership of the ...

Emerging filmmakers from Africa and the Arab world gathered in Marrakesh this week for a series of workshops to refine their film projects, secure funding and build industry connections.