NOVANEWS RT © wikipedia.org Mustafa Abdul Oowi Abdul al-Shamiri The Pentagon has approved the release of a prisoner who was held at the Guantanamo Bay facility for 13 years due a case of mistaken identity. […]
NOVANEWS In the third in our series, we ask whether Saudi Arabia’s response to changing times will also lead to political transformation. The Faisaliya mall in Riyadh: ‘Business seems slow, but the there is little […]
NOVANEWS Not everyone is persuaded by the brave new vibe emanating from Riyadh’s palaces since King Salman came to the throne. In the first in a series on Saudi Arabia, we look at the relationship […]
NOVANEWS In part two of our series, we examine the uneasy relationship between Riyadh’s tough stance on jihadis and its reputation as an incubator of violent extremism. Saudi crown prince and defence minister Mohammed bin […]
NOVANEWS ZIO-WAHHABI CHIEF CLERIC PROHIBITS CHESS PLAYING; QUACK EXTOLS IGNORANCE Ziad Fadel image:http://en.abna24.com/upload/image/2015/06/20/alalam_635457669854647139_25f_4x3_55853946d3288.jpg Zio-Wahhabi Grand Mufti of Al-Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez bin ‘Abdullah Al-Shaykh, pronounced the playing of chess to be “haraam” or prohibited in Islam. The cleric issued a fatwaa which formalized […]
NOVANEWS Burundi Solidarity Group Memorandum to East Africa Legislative Assembly The activists say the current political crisis has caused immense suffering to the citizens and urgent intervention is needed. They accuse the government of gravely […]
NOVANEWS Yves Engler Paul Kagame has long been the darling of prominent liberals such as Bill Clinton, Samantha Power and Tony Blair. But it’s becoming ever more difficult to publicly back the bloodstained Rwandan dictator. […]
NOVANEWS Dastan Kweka In the ruling party manifesto, peace and stability are presented as President Museveni’s legacy. However, it is ironic that a re-election campaign built on these claims is now widely associated with so […]
NOVANEWS Farooque Chowdhury The richest 62 persons now control more than half of the world’s money, according to a new Oxfam report. Total wealth of these individuals is the same as that of the world’s […]
NOVANEWS Khadija Sharife That the value of a brand so ubiquitous that it straddles both the in and outside of society is kept off its books is one of the wonders of the accounting world. […]