Muslims celebrate Prophet Muhammad’s birthday
Muslims in Iraq, Libya and Morocco gathered for Mawlid al-Nabi, marking Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Muslims in Iraq, Libya and Morocco gathered for Mawlid al-Nabi, marking Prophet Muhammad’s birthday



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It took eight fire engines to extinguish the blaze, as more than 40 people were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals.
Libya shows it is ‘capable of overcoming its differences’ with rare budget deal, central bank says.
With its offer to take in a US deportee who does not want to go there, Monrovia betrays Liberia’s unique history.
To dodge Trump’s tariffs and wrath, five African presidents played colonial subject, and left their dignity behind.
Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony for free Black Americans in West Africa as slavery ended.
US president appeared surprised by his counterpart’s ‘beautiful English’, despite it being Liberia’s national language.
US president meets leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal.
Years of symbolic bans by traditional chiefs have done nothing to curb the harmful practice.
Are there links between the fire that gutted parts of parliament and a legislative impasse involving Speaker Koffa?

Liberia’s parliament building caught fire for the second time within a week.