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Accra: Ayisha Yakubu, a Muslim broadcast journalist with TV3, says she nearly gave up her broadcast journalism career after getting married due to policies that barred women from covering up

Accra: The Ashanti Muslim Women Association, a faith-based organisation in Kumasi, has petitioned President John Mahama and Parliament to intervene and stop the takeover of its land located at Buoban

Accra: The Muslimah Mentorship Network (MMN), a not-for-profit organisation of Muslim women professionals, has engaged female students of Abubakari Siddiq Islamic School in Ashaley Botwe on women’s health, hygiene, and

Muslim women in Ghana who manifest their religion by observing the hijab are likely to encounter some difficulties at schools, workplaces, and even sometimes at home. They are likely to

Abuja: A coalition of Muslim women in Nigeria, under the aegis of the Hijab Right Advocacy Initiative (HRAI), has called on policymakers to introduce policies that would curtail public discrimination

Accra: President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Shamima Muslim, a former broadcast journalist to serve as a deputy presidential spokesperson at the office of the president. She was among 10

Accra: Mallama Jamila Dawud, a Muslim scholar, has called on politicians of both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to put in place the needed

Dubai, UAE – Seven female Quran reciters from Africa have made it to the top 10 of the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak International Holy Quran Competition that was held recently.

Paris, France: The ban on French women athletes wearing the hijab at the Paris Olympic Games exposes the “discriminatory hypocrisy” of French authorities and the “craven weakness” of the International

Accra: Hajia Safuratu Muhammad Andani, an environmental engineer and a director at the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), has been appointed as the National Ameera (President) of the Federation