Zanzibar, 29 July 2009 – The US$ 2.4 million restoration of Forodhani Park in Zanzibar’s Historic Stone Town has been completed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC).

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

La princesse voulait devenir chanteuse quand elle a dû tout abandonner pour s’occuper de Rita Hayworth atteinte de la maladie d’Alzheimer

Interview Caroline Pigozzi - Paris Match

Caption: Odinga decried the losses the country is incurring through migration of intellectuals and professionals to greener pastures abroad.

Billionaire. Philanthropist. Intellectual. Connoisseur. Person of reverence. The Aga Khan IV

Calgary elementary school students are making their mark in an Afghanistan high school by raising funds for desperately needed school supplies.

Ismaili Muslims believe education must be used for benefit of us all 'If I am only for my-self then what am I?'-- Rabbi Hillel the Elder, legendary Jewish spiritual leader (70 BC to 102 AD)

Participants in this weekend's World Partnership Walk won't just be stretching their limbs -- they'll be fighting world poverty.

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV received the fifth Vincent Scully Prize in recognition of his decades of work to re-energize design in the Islamic world and to preserve historic sites.

An international consortium lead by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development has begun testing its GSM network in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Over the next few weeks Afghanistan's banking sector will move from comprising just six rundown specialist banks to one where several international commercial operations compete for business -- with perhaps even an ATM machine around the corner.

A development group headed by the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world's estimated 15 million Ismaili Muslims, said on Tuesday it plans to set up a museum in Toronto to house valuable collections of Islamic art -- the first of its kind in the English-speaking world.

A function was held to celebrate the Ashden Award received by AKRSP Chitral in London, at a Local Hotel here. DCO Chitral Presided over the function while District Nazim Shahzada Muhyuddin was the Chief Guest.

Jashn-e-Nowroze was celebrated in the upper part of the district, which marks the arrival of the new year and spring season. The festival is of Iranian origin and is celebrated in the Ismaili majority areas of Mastuj, Laspur, Yarkhoon, Khot, Rech, Karimabad and Lotkoh valleys on 21st March.

The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development has submitted the names of four directors, Iain Cheyne, Sajid Zahid, Sultan Allana and Zakir Mahmood, as its nominees on the Board of Directors of Habib Bank Limited, to be inducted after handing over of the bank to the AKFED.

People from different walks of life have welcomed the proposed visit of the Agha Khan to Chitral on 4th Dec.

President Mwai Kibaki has received His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, at State House, Nairobi.The two leaders held wide-ranging discussions covering the implementation of previously articulated and new expansion plans for the agencies of the Aga Khan Develo

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan seen at Mombasa's Moi International Airport V.I.P. Lounge together with Honourable Najib Balala, Minister for Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services, before his departure for Madagascar.EXTENSIVE TOUR OF NEW KILINDINI PROJECT

Mombasa Mayor, His Worship CouncillorTaib Ali Taib (left) seen with His Excellency President
Mwai Kibaki, Gender and Sports Minister Hon. Najib Balala,
and His Highness the Aga Khan, during inauguration of the
Mombasa Aga Khan Academy.
FIRST OF AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

The National Building Museum has awarded its Vincent J. Scully Prize to His Highness the Aga Khan. The prize recognizes individuals who raise awareness of the built environment.

Soucieux de promouvoir le commerce international et le rapatriement des avoirs des Afghans à l'étranger, le gouvernement afghan pousse à l'implantation des banques étrangères en Afghanistan, qui pourrait se traduire par l'rture de distributeurs automatiques de billets à Kaboul.

One of world's wealthiest men, leader of Ismaili Muslims focuses on local projects to enhance sustainable developmt.

When the official inauguration of Cairo's Al-Azhar Park unfolds this weekend, it will do so in two stages.

Following the recent privatization of Habib Bank Limited (HBL), the bank's top level executives are hot on the trail of finding out who the next CEO is likely to be.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_15-5-2003_pg7_26Dai… Times
May 17, 2003

Benazir pays tribute to Aga Khan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-10-2003_pg7_43Da… Times
Thursday, October 16, 2003

Aga Khan raising living standards in Northern Areas

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March 19, 2004

Hunting sustaining communities in Northern Areas
By Shoaib Ahmed

Blocks from the sprawling, majestic Mohamed Ali's Citadel at the heart of Cairo lies one yet-unknown tourist complex sprawling at record pace in the midst of an impoverished town - you would have not known it had ever existed unless you stumble upon it on an unintended detour from the Citadel.

Mr. Ambassador, you have recently returned from your Pamir trip [the Pamir Mountians of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast]. I would like to know about the purpose of your trip and your impressions of the region.

All the good guys are here,' remarked architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, gazing at a goodly number of his peers attending Tuesday's award dinner in the National Building Museum honoring His Highness Prince Karim Aga Kahn IV for fostering design excellence, urban and rural revitalization and historic

President A P J Abdul Kalam today suggested an integrated approach to accelerate the pace of development in three key sectors -- education, health and rural development.

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, who died on Monday at the age of 70, was the uncle of Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Shia Muslims.

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/754/fe1.htm Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 18754 - 10 August 2005
Issue No. 754

Crafting the past

Sadruddin Aga Khan, le prince écologisteNé en 1933 à Paris, Sadruddin Aga Khan est le fils cadet de Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III, chef spirituel des musulmans ismaéliens. Pendant la guerre, il se réfugie en Suisse, un pays auquel il restera très attaché.

Au début des années 1960, son altesse l'Aga Khan crée les premières sociétés IPS afin d'encourager et renforcer les initiatives privées dans les pays d'Afrique subsaharienne et d'Asie du sud. Industrial promotion services West Africa IPS (WA) fait partie du réseau Aga Khan, de développement.

http://www.abidjan.net/actualites/article/articles.asp?n=85821Le Nouveau Reveil
mercredi 11 mai 2004
La diplomatie ivoirienne en mouvement : Bamba Mamadou échange avec le réseau Aga Khan

Le premier avion de la Compagnie Aérienne du Mali volera en juin prochain

Le Trust Aga Khan pour la Culture au cœur de la restauration de la grande mosquée de Mopti

Actuellement, les travaux de restauration de la Grande Mosquée de Mopti qui était presque en ruine, sont en cours sous l’égide du Trust Aga Khan pour la culture.

Tomorrow at 9.30am the Alitalian board will meet to decide on the agreement with Meridiana.

The Kabul Serena Hotel, which is being thoroughly refurbished according to Serena standards, is set amid handsome gardens overlooking Zanegar Park and a busy junction in the city's commercial centreKabul, Afghanistan, 23rd June, 2004 - The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) and the In

The creation of the 30-hectare (74-acre) Al-Azhar park, undertaken in the historic district of Cairo by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, is proving to be a catalyst for urban renewal in one of the most congested cities in the world.

Prince Amyn Aga Khan, younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan, today announced a substantial investment by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to initiate tourism, commercial and urban redevelopment in the capital of Afghanistan through the establishment of a world-class hotel

His Highness the Aga Khan accompanied by the Minister for Education, Ms. Shamsha Berkimbayeva, visited Taldykorgan region of Almaty Oblast to view potential sites for the Kazakh campus of the University of Central Asia.

President Lemierre
Honourable Ministers
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Your Excellency President ChissanoYour Excellency the President of the Assembly
Your Excellency the Prime Minister
Honourable Ministers
Honourable Mayor
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President Mkapa, Honoured Guests and Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you very much for being with us today. Your presence on this important occasion is very special to us.Mr.

English SummaryAccording to Angola Press, a new airline has been created in Mali to cover inside and outside travel. The main partner is AKFED through IPS with 51% of the shares. The partner was choosen after an international public bidding process.

Governor of Aleppo Osama Adi and Manager of Projects Development at Agha Khan Network Marco Najhouf on Tuesday discussed prospects of cooperation between Aleppo and the Network in the fields of culture and tourism.

Projet hydroélectrique dans le centre de l'Afghanistann Une équipe d'ingénieurs indiens se rend dans la province de Bâmyân, au centre de l'Afghanistan, afin de mener un travail d'étude devant déboucher sur la construction d'un barrage hydroélectrique.

Le projet, d'un co

Genf. AFP/SDA/BaZ. Der ehemalige Flüchtlings-Hochkommissar der Vereinten Nationen, Prinz Sadruddin Aga Khan, ist im Alter von 69 Jahren gestorben. Der Onkel von Karim Aga Khan IV., dem Oberhaupt der Ismailiten, starb nach langer Krankheit in den USA.