506066The 2010 summit of African heads of state and government opens in Kampala today. It is the latest in many summits by African leaders that go back to the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on May 25, 1963 as Kasozi Nasser reviews:...

500158 AfranTehran, July 31, IRNA – IRI president said here Friday enemies are after propagating an atmosphere of pessimism at Iranian universities and are worried now that hope, dynamism, and jubilance prevails at them.According to IRNA, the info...

506099Since 9/11, international terrorism has, sometimes erroneously, been associated with Islam, so this Ramathan, let’s dismember our religion from this association, Nasser writesBy Thursday next week, Muslims all over the world will be fasting, h...

Along the Nile terraces and in the desert oases. In the 10th millennium BC, a culture of hunter-gatherers and fishers replaced a grain-grinding culture. Climate changes and/or overgrazing around 8000 BC began to desiccate the pastoral lands of Eg...

Addressing a large gathering of people in the holy city of Mashhad on the first day of the Iranian new year, Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution referred to the recent developments in Libya and said that Iran utterly cond...

Africa's natural habitats are suffering from human interference. One of the most serious problems occurs in areas such as the Sahel where scrub and forest clearance, often for cooking, combined with overgrazing, is causing...

50407 Afran SénégalLes chefs religieux de la cité de Tivaouane exigent de la part des politiques un dialogue nationalLa religion n’a pas uniquement été le seul sujet de conversation des hommes religieux du Sénégal lors de la célébration, la ...

50008 Afranthe Presidential Office website reported President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying so in a meeting here Monday evening with Zimbabwe’s Government Minister for Presidential Affairs, Didbemos Mutsa, while discussing expansion of comprehensive ...

The federal government may permanently relocate victims of the recent devastating floods in some states of the federation from their ancestral homes to guarantee the security of their lives and property. The National Emergency Manageme...

     

A Nigerian based Saudi cleric, Dr Ahmad Gummi has been arrested by the Saudi authorities at his house in Mecca.Dr Gummi who is widely seen as a controversial Islamic preacher was arrested Thursday last week by the Saudi Arabian secret police although b...

50009 AfranIn the meeting, Mottaki lauded the struggles of the Zimbabwean people with global arrogance and their efforts to attain independence.At the meeting, Mottaki congratulated the Zimbabwean envoy on anniversary of their revolution and said exist...

Underground City in Tunisia  

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Communications Prof Dora Akuniyli yesterday insisted those aides close to President Umaru Yar’adua should be honest about his state of health if he remains unable to address government after his return from a S...

50010 AfranDeputy Foreign Minister of Myanmar, Maung Myint on Tuesday met and conferred with IRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran.In the meeting Mottaki referred to the two countries stance in rejection of arrogance and injustice, as well ...

50002 AfranContemporary world politics make it necessary for nations to integrate into international unions in the interest of their own national security and economy. In these international unions, which are usually based upon geographic location, suc...

50011 AfranIRI parliament speaker Ali Larijani Tuesday in separate statements to his counterparts worldwide congratulated the advent of Nowruz, the auspicious New Iranian Year Day to all enthusiasts of civilization, literature and human morality.The st...

Ramadan in 2013 will start on Tuesday, the 9th of July and will continue for 30 days until Wednesday, the 7th of August. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Deemed the most holy month of the year, it represents the revelation o...

SENEGAL-50408Fermeture de la base militaire française de DakarAprès quatre siècles de présence, la France annonce le retrait de sa base militaire du Sénégal. Les ¾ des effectifs, soit 900 hommes, vont être redéployés à Libreville, au Gabon q...