News about Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Of Western hypocrisy, Obdurate tyrants and Changing times
As the Bob Dylan song goes, the times they are “achanging”. But, do the lowly tyrants and dictators of our world, or those Western...
Silence over Ethiopian land grab broken
A Saudi Arabian investor has broken the culture of silence surrounding a widely criticized farmland acquisition by foreign investors in Ethiopia, which had hitherto...
Privatizing Somalia’s war on Piracy
Over 2,000 Somali nationals have been recruited to fight pirates who are terrorizing the African coast under a multimillion-dollar program financed by several Arab...
Several Christians hastily convert to Islam for clothes
A group of Christians has suddenly converted to Islam in order to receive free items donated by a Dubai-based company and the United Arab...
Wikileaks could create Iranian isolationism
Revelations from leaked U.S. diplomatic cables that some Arab countries called on the U.S. to take military action against Iran and that Israel's Mossad...
Rape in Mecca: Algerians seethe with anger
The alleged rape and murder of a young Franco-Algerian girl in Mecca has set Algerian public opinion ablaze. An investigation was opened on Thursday...
Rage over Saudi ban on Mecca pilgrimage for Moroccan women
Rage, incomprehension, accusations... Moroccan and foreign bloggers have multiplied attacks against Saudi Arabia after their decision, in early August, to ban young Moroccan women...
Al-Qaida terrorist threats and South African World Cup readiness
Terrorism threats have led to a tightening of security measures ahead of the the World Cup scheduled to take place in less than a...
Sudanese man facing execution in Saudi Arabia over ‘sorcery’ charges
Amnesty International today urged the Saudi Arabian authorities to intervene to halt the possibly imminent execution of a Sudanese man who was sentenced to...
Nigeria: Senator marries 13-year old, rights activists appalled
A Nigerian senator, who introduced and implemented Sharia Law in a Northern Nigeria state, has married a 13 year old girl from Egypt, and...
Somali pirates hijack Greek ship carrying oil from Saudi Arabia to United States
A Greek-owned Maran Centaurus, carrying oil and a 28-member crew, was Sunday hijacked by Somali Pirates 1,300km off the coast of Somalia. According to...
Nigeria: President Umaru Yard’Adua has a heart condition
According to Next, Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has a heart condition, his spokesman says, after he went to hospital in Saudi Arabia on Monday...
Somalia: Livestock-based economy receives major boost
Somalia’s livestock-based economy has received a major boost as its major market, Saudi Arabia lifts its 11 year ban on imported livestock from Somalia....
Egypt’s niqab ban a religious tug-of-war
Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Grand Sheikh of the al-Azhar mosque in Egypt, last Saturday ordered a schoolgirl to remove her niqab (Islamic veil), whilst visiting...
Egypt’s leading Islamic cleric says Hamas has committed an “abominable crime”
After Hamas prevented Muslims seeking to leave Gaza for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Egypt's leading cleric Mohamed Tantawi has condemned the...
Mecca bound plane carrying several Cameroonians grounded after explosion
A plane carrying about 300 Cameroonian pilgrims has been grounded at the Garoua International Airport in northern Cameroon after an explosion was heard in...
Tanker carrying 2m barrels of oil hijacked by Somali pirates
Pirates on Monday took control of a huge Saudi Arabian crude oil tanker in the Arabian Sea, the US Navy said in a statement,...
Islamic heads say women have the right to fight back
Sunni Islams highest authority, Egyptian Sheikh Abdel Hamid Al Atrash, has said that women have the right to fight back against their husbands if...
Saudi Arabia donates food aid to Mali in Ramadan month
Saudi Arabia has offered Mali more than 3,600 tonnes of rice, amounting to 1.2 billion FCFA, with a view to helping the African country...
Where is the Nigerian President ?
Questions are been asked as Nigerians await the return of their President, Umaru Yar'Adua, from his supposed two-week trip to Saudi Arabia. His delayed...
Nigerian President goes under the knife
President Umaru Yar'Adua has successfully undergone surgery suspected to be a kidney related ailment in a Saudi Arabia hospital.
It was officially reported that the...
Coalition against discrimination launched in Morocco
Representatives from several Arab countries met in Casablanca on Wednesday to launch an initiative against all forms of racism and xenophobia.
A ceremony of a...
Development banks more and more efficient
Six major multilateral development banks (MDBs) have released the third report of their Common Performance Assessment System (COMPAS), a statement by the African Development...