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City of lights: More than 30 000 LED lights lit the streets of London in celebration of Ramadan. Photo: Aziz Foundation

Eid Mubarak in a world on fire, at war

This year’s Eid is not naïve. It does not pretend the world is at peace. It does not ignore the children buried under rubble, the families displaced, the cities reduced to ash

On land and sea: On Christmas Day, US President Donald Trump, in coordination with the Nigerian government, ordered Tomahawk missile strikes
from a US warship in the Gulf of Guinea against what he termed “ISIS Terrorist Scum” in Islamic State-Sahel camps in Nigeria’s northwestern state of
Sokoto.

The white man’s burden trumps Nigeria

US President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to take military action against Nigeria to save Christians from a “genocide”

Mandela is ‘in good spirits’, says Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has issued a statement saying he has spent Christmas morning with former president Nelson Mandela, who is currently in hospital.

Christmas mass prays for peace

Christmas mass prays for peace

Thousands of people streamed into Bethlemhem to mark the birth of Christ, and the Latin Patriarch has expressed the need for peace in the Middle East.

Nigeria’s Christmas massacre ‘mastermind’ escapes

Nigeria’s Christmas massacre ‘mastermind’ escapes

Kabir Sokoto, the man accused of the attack on a Nigerian church that killed 37 people on Christmas Day, has escaped from police custody.

Nigerian Islamists and security forces clash again

Nigerian Islamists and security forces clash again

Hundreds of people have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria in fear, following deadly all-night gun battles between Islamists and security forces.

Zuma sends condolences for Nigeria attack

Zuma sends condolences for Nigeria attack

Jacob Zuma has condemned a series of bomb attacks in Nigeria and conveyed his condolences to his Nigerian counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan.