VICTIMS and perpetrators of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland could hold the key to conflict resolution in Bahrain, according to a leading intermediary. For two years, delegates from the Bahrain Foundation for Reconciliation and Civil Discourse (BFRCD) have met former terrorists, prisoners and negotiators involved in either side of the 30-year-long Northern Ireland conflict. Now, as a result of these exchange programmes with the Belfast-based Causeway Institute Read more [...]

Manama: Russia has a major part to play in ensuring future peace in the Middle East, Bahrain’s new envoy to the country predicts. Former MP Ahmed Al Saati was appointed as the new ambassador to Russia last week by His Majesty King Hamad, who also named Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Dr Mohammed Abdulghaffar Abdullah and Dr Bahia Jawad Al Jishi as envoys to the UK, France and Belgium, respectively. Describing Russia as a “strategically important ally of Bahrain”, Read more [...]

SHUMI Dechasa kept the Bahrain flag flying high briefly on the first day of the World Athletics Championships in Beijing leading the marathon in the early stages and staying with the leading bunch for most of the race before finishing a credible fifth in 2:14.36. Two other Bahrain runners Adem Ismail and Mahboob Ali did not finish the marathon. Bahrain’s Aweke Ayalew finished 21st in the men’s 10,000 in a personal best of 29:14.55. In the 3,000m steeple chase, Bahrain’s Nelson Kipkosgei Cherutich Read more [...]