More recent estimates put his worth closer to $2.1billion (£1.7bn), which would still make him significantly richer than ...

The House of Shorafa Alawi claims to be descended from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and is the world's second-oldest ruling dynasty.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI congratulated Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on his election as President of the African Union Commission, ...

The King has led tributes to Namibia’s former ... Mr Nujoma, who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, died on Saturday ...