MAKKAH: Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh will not be delivering the annual Haj sermon from the plains of Arafat this year. Local media said Al-Asheikh “will not be able to address the massive congregation of pilgrims from Namirah Mosque in …

Saudi Arabia’s top cleric will not deliver a traditional Hajj sermon to pilgrims for the first time in 35 years, reports say. The speech from Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, the grand mufti, marks the peak of the Muslim pilgrimage, which this …

Saturday September 10 2016 By BRIAN MUREITHI (Daily Nation) Kenya is engaging the Somali government to make it rescind its ban on miraa flights into Somaliland, Government Spokesman Eric Kiraithe has said. Mr Kiraithe told the media on Friday the …

Users, vendors, traders left bemused by government directive banning imports of the popular leafy stimulant. Middle East Online MOGADISHU – The rattle and honk of trucks carrying bales of the leafy narcotic khat have not been heard in Mogadishu since …