Algeria is reportedly seeking a $3 billion loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance a major railway infrastructure project. The loan is still pending approval by the bank’s governing board, which includes key stakeholders such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, countries whose diplomatic ties with Algeria have been strained in […]
In addition to electricity blackouts, international media is increasingly deploring South Africa’s infrastructure dysfunctions. Financial Times zoomed on water cuts in South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg. “The prolonged outage that has left taps dry across a swath of Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng province signals a deepening crisis in the water system during one of […]
Grand Imam of al-Azhar institute, Egypt’s Sunni Islam highest authority, has taken a stand against polygamy, noting that monogamy is the rule in the holy book and that polygamy hurts women and children. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb who is considered as Egypt’s Grand Iman said those who practice polygamy understand the Koran wrongly. “Those who say […]
