Interior Ministry makes great strides in enhancing national security landscape    MWL Chief meets Pope Francis in Vatican University of Bologna confers on Sheikh Al-Issa Honorary Fellowship in Law    Abdullah Kamel unveils plans to launch halal certificate similar to ISO Value of global halal market exceeds $2 trillion    Emir of Madinah launches first phase of Madinah Gate project worth SR600 million    Saudi Arabia starts Gulf Cup 26 campaign with a disappointing loss to Bahrain    Gulf Cup: Hervé Renard calls for Saudi players to show pride    Oman optimistic about Al-Yahyaei's return for crucial Gulf Cup clash with Qatar    Qatar coach Garcia promises surprises as they seek first Gulf Cup 26 win    Liberal leaders say they have a plan for a new, more effective anti-Trump resistance    Stampedes at Christmas charity events kill 67 people in Nigeria    A man's suicide leads to clamor around India's dowry law    Slovak PM meets Putin in surprise Moscow visit    Environment minister inaugurates Yanbu Grain Handling Terminal    Saudi deputy FM meets Sudan's Sovereign Council chief in Port Sudan    Kuwait, India to elevate bilateral relations to strategic partnership Sheikh Mishal awards Mubarak Al-Kabir Medal to Modi    Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Oscars buzz for playing 'difficult' woman    PDC collaboration with MEDLOG Saudi to introduce new cold storage facilities in King Abdullah Port Investment of SR300 million to enhance logistics capabilities in Saudi Arabia    My kids saw my pain on set, says Angelina Jolie    Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73    Eminem sets Riyadh ablaze with unforgettable debut at MDLBEAST Soundstorm    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Fuel tanker explosion kills several near S. African hospital
At least eight people have been killed, and dozens injured, by a huge fuel tanker explosion near a hospital east of Johannesburg, local media report. The tanker appeared to have got stuck under a low bridge on Saturday morning in Boksburg city, (...)

24 - 12 - 2022
Zuma aide accused of censorship by S.Africa paper
AlHijjah 22, 1432, Nov 18, 2011, SPA -- One of South Africa's most influential newspapers accused a top presidential spokesman on Friday of censoring an article about his possible involvement in a shady arms deal, according to Reuters. The incident (...)

18 - 11 - 2011
Road Accident Leaves 20 Dead In South Africa
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA - Twenty people were killed when two minibuses and a truck collided in South Africa on Tuesday, police said. The accident occurred on a highway Leeu-Gamka and Prince Albert Road in the Western Cape Province (...)

15 - 11 - 2011
S.Africa's youth to march against unemployment
AlQa'dah 29, 1432, Oct 27, 2011, SPA -- Police lined the streets of South Africa's commercial capital on Thursday with hundreds of youths set to march to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Chamber of Mines demanding big changes to an economy still (...)

27 - 10 - 2011
Plane Crash In Botswana Kills Eight
AlQa'dah 20, 1432, Oct 18, 2011, SPA - A small plane carrying 11 people has crashed in the Okavango Delta region of Botswana killing at least eight people, according to the Botswana civil aviation authority. The accident took place on Friday and (...)

18 - 10 - 2011
Five Kenyan Soldiers Die In Helicopter Crash
AlQa'dah 19, 1432, Oct 17, 2011, SPA - Five Kenyan soldiers died in a helicopter crash in the north of the country, the defence ministry confirmed on Monday. The helicopter went up in flames on Sunday evening, according to a report of the German (...)

17 - 10 - 2011
Report: Kenyan troops cross into Somalia after abductions
AlQa'dah 18, 1432, Oct 16, 2011, SPA -- Kenyan troops were operating inside Somalia on Sunday, local media reported, in an apparent effort to capture militants accused of kidnapping four foreigners in recent weeks, including two aid workers, dpa (...)

16 - 10 - 2011
Kenyan troops operate in Somalia after Europeans abducted
AlQa'dah 18, 1432, Oct 16, 2011, SPA -- Kenyan troops moved over the border into Somalia Sunday, after top Kenyan ministers pledged soldiers would hunt down gunmen suspected of kidnapping four Europeans in recent weeks, including two humanitarian (...)

16 - 10 - 2011
Seven killed in Kenyan pre-dawn raid, in apparent resources feud
AlQa'dah 16, 1432, Oct 14, 2011, SPA -- Seven people were killed in a pre-dawn raid on Friday in a village in central Kenya, in what appeared to be the latest attack in a feud over resources between two farming communities, according to dpa. The (...)

14 - 10 - 2011
Road Crash Kills 13 in South Africa
AlQa'dah 2, 1432, Sep 30, 2011, SPA -- A minibus and a truck collided on Friday on a freeway in south-eastern South Africa, killing 13 people and injuring seven, local media reported. According to dpa, the bus was found by rescue workers underneath (...)

30 - 09 - 2011
Man bitten by shark off Cape Town coast
A man was bitten on Wednesday by a shark near Cape Town, in western South Africa, dpa cited the SAPA news agency as reporting. The adult male was being treated for injuries in hospital. Further details of the attack, which occurred at a point (...)

28 - 09 - 2011
EU-South Africa summit to discuss trade deals, environment
The European Union's fourth annual summit with South Africa on Thursday is set to eye expanding economic links through new trade deals, according to dpa. Last year, South Africa exported nearly 30 billion dollars' worth of goods to European (...)

15 - 09 - 2011
Angola Air Force plane crashes, three generals killed
An Angolan Air Force plane, carrying reported 36 people, crashed Wednesday in the central province of Huambo, killing at least three generals, the dpa reported. State news agency Angop quoted a military source as saying that six people survived (...)

14 - 09 - 2011
Official: 20 Dead, 120 Rescued in Tanzania Ferry Accident
At least 20 people are confirmed dead and 120 had been rescued after a ship carrying up to 800 people sank off the Tanzanian coast in the early hours of Saturday, an emergency official said. "Rescue efforts are still going on as we talk," Joseph (...)

10 - 09 - 2011
At least 12 People Killed In Renewed Sectarian Clashes In Nigeria
Fresh sectarian clashes overnight killed at least 12 people in central Nigeria. A group of farmers were attacked by herdsmen, according to a report of the German Press Agency "DPA". "A cycle of violence has emerged in which each incident almost (...)

10 - 09 - 2011
Murder, robberies down in South Africa
The police minister says South Africa's murder rate fell by 6.5 percent in the past year to 15,940 - the lowest number since the end of apartheid, according to AP. Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the number of reported rapes increased and noted that (...)

08 - 09 - 2011
UN: Famine Spreads To Sixth Region In Somalia
A sixth region of Somalia is officially suffering from famine conditions, the United Nations said on Monday, raising to 4 million the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in the country. The UN said the Bay Region in the south is the (...)

05 - 09 - 2011
Zimbabwe's Mugabe Calls for Elections in 2012
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said elections will be held in early 2012 and accused his rivals of stalling the process to write a new constitution to prolong the life of a fragile unity government, local media reported on Saturday. According (...)

03 - 09 - 2011
African Union to hold fund-raiser for drought-hit Somalia
The African Union is to hold a fund-raiser Thursday to help raise money for humanitarian relief efforts in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, dpa reported. The United Nations says it needs 2.4 billion dollars for its aid work in countries such (...)

25 - 08 - 2011
S.Africa's ANC charges Malema with sowing discord
South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Friday charged controversial youth leader Julius Malema with "sowing divisions" in its ranks and bringing the party into disrepute, according to Reuters. If Malema, president of the ANC Youth (...)

19 - 08 - 2011
Missing South Africa child found five years on, with Facebook help
A South African mother found her missing son after a five-year search, with social-networking site Facebook helping locate the boy, the Sowetan newspaper reported on Friday, according to dpa. However, she will still have to wait for a DNA test (...)

12 - 08 - 2011
South Africa's Zuma in Burundi for official visit
South Africa President Jacob Zuma, accompanied by several ministers and a business delegation, began an official two-day visit to Burundi on Thursday, according to dpa, South Africa mediated long-running talks in Burundi, during that country's (...)

11 - 08 - 2011
S.Africa hit by global turmoil, bond ylds driven down
Gloomy comments from South Africa's central bank on the impact of global financial turmoil on the country's capital formation, key to growth, were the backdrop to a fall in bond yields and a volatile day for the rand, which ended down against the (...)

10 - 08 - 2011
South Africa defends $370 mln loan to Swaziland
South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Thursday defended a decision to lend cash-strapped Swaziland 2.5 billion rand ($370 million) after critics said it threw a lifeline to an absolute monarch running the state as a person fiefdom, (...)

04 - 08 - 2011
Talks fail to end S.Africa gold strike
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said no progress was made in talks on Monday to end a strike against the country's main gold producers that is costing them up to $25 million a day in lost output, according to Reuters. The talks (...)

01 - 08 - 2011
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