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The youth are important asset of every nation. They form the core of the labour force and largely represent the future if properly resourced and nurtured. It is therefore not out of place to invest in this significant segment of the

Morocco’s health ministry declared on Monday its first coronavirus case, from a Moroccan man living in Italy. The man is currently receiving health care at a hospital in Casablanca and his health condition is not critical, the ministry said in a

Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020,” Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a

Saudi Arabia announced early Thursday that entry for individuals aiming to perform Umrah pilgrimage or to visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah has been temporarily suspended over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Umrah, a lesser pilgrimage compared

A Dutch court on Wednesday sentenced a person to 90 days in jail for threatening Muslims on social media. According to a statement by the court, the 33-year-old person threatened Muslims with death after the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand. On