501 40The opposition in Nigeria under the aegis of Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday advised President Goodluck Jonathan to drop the idea of setting up a facebook account as his contribution to the debate for electoral reform.CNP...

501 47Members of the Federal House of Representatives yesterday passed through second reading a bill seeking to repeal the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority Act 1992 to give way for the establishment of the Nigerian Free Trade Zone Commission....

501 60The federal government of Nigeria has disclosed that the current 2010 budget as it stand is unrealistic and hence will review it to a more realistic position for better implementation.The budget which stand at N4.6 trillion and with only five out...

501 66 Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the federal government will establish an electoral offences tribunal with mandate to try electoral crimes in the country.Jonathan said this yesterday when a United States delegation led by th...

50235Le comité de suivi de l’avion de Rachid Moustapha, disparu depuis le vendredi dernier, a décidé de mobiliser de gros sous, pour motiver les recherches et pour récompenser les personnes susceptibles d’apporter des informations utiles sur le...

50279La jeune femme victime de coups violents et d’actes de brulure dont nous avions évoqué, il n y a pas longtemps le cas, a rendu aujourd’hui l’âme à Kiffa, au cours de son évacuation de l’hôpital d’Aioun vers Nouakchott.Après avoir ...

50296...qui stipulent l’abolition de l’esclavage ». Dans un entretien accordé au site électronique « Alakhbar.info », le Président de l’Union International des Savants Musulmans, le Docteur Youssouf Al Qaradawi a répondu à un ensemble de ...

505 46 Gambia confident Africa integration could be realityThe government of The Gambia has said it is confident that the dream to have Africa politically integrated could be achieved if every section of the African society is committed to this dream a...

500118 AfranBeirut, June 11, IRNA – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in Cairo that the sole key to problem over Iran’s nuclear issue is dialogue not sanctions.Aboul Gheit said in a statement on Thursday that former sanctions have...

500133 AfranTehran, June 20, IRNA – A Tanzanian publisher said here Sunday that Muslim publishers should be provided with necessary financial support in order to survive.Director of Tanzania Al-Etra Foundation, Mehboob Jafferal Somji, said as for...

506051If you are a teacher looking for a job, a trader ready to do business or a citizen looking for residence, you can freely enter any of the five East African countries because the ground rules have been levelled, at least on paper.Yesterday, the fi...

500152 AfranHezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah called on Friday to execute the death sentences against the spies without delay, praising in this context the stance of President Michel Sleiman who expressed readiness to sign any death se...

The International Trade Centre has partnered with Africa’s trade consultants to increase the exporters’ competitiveness at the international market.Ms Aicha Pouye, the ITC director of business and institutional support, said in Entebbe on Tuesday t...

500161 AfranTehran, Aug 1, IRNA – An Iranian expert here on Sunday warned that if the Zionist regime attacks Iran, the regime will be targeted by short-range and mid-range missiles of Hezbollah.A trategic affairs expert, Reza Sadrolhosseini, told ...

Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious “bearded” antelope. While one expert suggests the animal might only be suffering from hypertrichosis, a cond...

HTML clipboardDuring World War II, Madagascar was aligned with Vichy France until 1942, when it was conquered by the British; in 1943 the Free French regime assumed control. From 1947 to 1948 there was a major uprising against the French, who crushe...

A female northern wheatear with a light level geolocator attached to its back, in a picture by Heiko Schmaljohann of the Institute of Avian Research Wilhelmshaven, Germany, released on February 15. The tiny songbird -- weighing just two tablespoons of ...

Guinea police seize 800 pieces of ivory in bust Guinea police seized over 800 pieces of ivory, including sculptures and elephant tusks, in the capital Conakry during a raid that led to six arrests, police said Friday. The arrests were made ...

Children playing in Bangui monastery is a rare sight of joy as hundreds of thousands have been displaced by fighting.