President Mohammed Zulurahman died today in a Singaporean hospital after four years in office, it was reported here.
Zulurahman was complaining from kidney failure and respiration system problems, pushing him to seek treatment in Mount Elizabeth (...)
Shiekh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Shiekh, Speaker of Majlis Ashura who is currently on a visit to Bangladesh, held talks with Bangladesh's parliament speaker Advocate Abdul Hamid in Dakka today.
At the outset of the meeting, Abdul (...)
AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011, SPA -- Four Europeans have been kidnapped in the Malian town of Timbuktu, a day after two French citizens were abducted from their hotel in Hombori, as dpa reported.
According to local radio broadcast, one of those (...)
Senegal on Sunday suspended a decision to send former Chadian leader Hissene Habre back home to face trial for crimes committed while he was in power during the 1980s, according to Reuters.
Madicke Niange, Senegal's foreign affairs minister, said (...)
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade has withdrawn a proposed change to the electoral law, Reuters cited the government as saying.
Wade's rivals had said the change would virtually guarantee his re-election against a fragmented opposition in a February (...)
The United Nations said on Saturday it was concerned by the return to Liberia of mercenaries and Ivorian fighters and had reinforced its forces to patrol the long border between the two countries, according to Reuters.
Liberian mercenaries were (...)
Awwal 11, 1432 / April 15, 2011, SPA -- Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Competition for the Holy Quran Memorization and Recitation in the Continent of Africa was concluded here yesterday evening.
A speech ceremony was held on the occasion. It was (...)
Awwal 10, 1432 / April 14, 2011, SPA -- President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal receives here yesterday Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) Dr. Abdullah Al-Turki and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they exchanged (...)
Awwal 10, 1432 / April 14, 2011, SPA -- Muslim World League organized here, through its Dakar-based regional office, an scholarly seminar on two themes: Islamic Daawa, its contemporary challenges and the Scholars and Religious Advocates: their (...)
Awwal 09, 1432, April 13 ,2011, SPA -- Saudi Ambassador to Senegal Abdulaziz Al-Aifan held here on Tuesday a luncheon in honor of the Secretary General of Muslim World League (MWL) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki and the accompanying (...)
Awwal 09, 1432 / April 13, 2011, SPA -- Secretary General of Muslim World League Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki, who is also Chairman of Board of Directors of the International Commission for the Memorization of the Holy Quran and its (...)
Awwal 07, 1432 / April 11, 2011, SPA -- President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal today opened Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Contest on memorization of the holy Quran for African continent. Present at the opening ceremony was Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen (...)
Awwal 06, 1432, April 10, 2011, SPA -- Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL), Dr Abdullah Bin Abdul-Mohsin Al-Turki, who is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Holy Quran Memorization International Organization, arrived here (...)
An army spokesman says that seven Senegalese soldiers have been killed in an attack in the country's southern Casamance region, the Associated Press reported.
Col. Abdourahim Kebe said late Monday that rebel fighters with the region's Movement of (...)
Qa'da 10, 1431, Oct 18, 2010, SPA -- Senegalese President Abdullah Wad, the chairman of the current session of the Organization of Islamic Conference, stressed the Islamic and international roles played by Saudi Arabia and the strength of (...)
Qa'da 04, 1431 / Oct. 12, 2010, SPA -- The 9th Session of the Standing Committee on Information and Cultural Affairs (COMIAC) was opened here today.
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (...)
Qa'da 04, 1431 / Oct. 12, 2010, SPA -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade here today received Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz Khajoh.
During the meeting, the minister conveyed to the president greetings of Saudi leaders and (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Senegal Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Aifan held a reception party this evening to mark the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which falls on September 23.
Minister of Justice Sheikh Tejan Si represented Senegal's (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Senegal Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Aifan hosted here last night an Iftar banquet.
The Iftar banquet was attended by senior Senegalese officials, ambassadors of Arab and Islamic countries to Senegal, heads of Islamic (...)
Crimes committed by Rwanda's army and Congolese rebels in Congo during the 1990s could be classified as genocide, a leaked draft U.N. report says, a charge that will stir tensions between Kigali and the U.N., according to dpa.
A Congo expert said (...)
President Abdoulaye Wade of the Republic of Senegal expressed thanks to and appreciation of the Saudi Government, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the humanitarian assistance provided by the (...)
Saudi embassy in Senegal handed last night 150 tons of palm dates as aid from Saudi Arabia to the Senegalese people.
The delivery, which was carried out in implementation of king's orders, took place at a ceremony attended by a number of Saudi (...)
France announced today it would pull all but 300 of its 1,200 troops out of former colony Senegal, host to one of three active French bases in Africa, according to Reuters.
Those troops remaining would staff a military cooperation centre for the (...)
The 4th Forum of Foreign Offices of World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) started here today.
Deputy General Supervisor of WAMY Offices and International Relations Dr. Mohammed bin Saeed Damas Al-Ghamdi pointed out that the four-day Forum (...)
Shell Oil said today it was considering selling most of its service stations and other downstream assets in 21 African countries, as part of a wider effort to reduce its global refining and marketing exposure, Reuters reported.
The decision comes (...)
