The subject of "traditional family patterns in Africa" is so broad that it cannot be adequately addressed in one chapter. The cultural and physical diversity added with the dramatic social changes of the last three decades on the continent makes th...

The Aziza Hotel, Tunisia When you touch down on Tunisian soil, the first thing that hits you is the diverse mixture of cultures. A French and Arabic speaking country, perched at the top of Africa, Tunisia is a world of delights for the keen t...

Zulu phrases: English isiZulu Hello Sawubona Hello (To more than one person) Sanibonani (pronounced, roughly, "San'bonaan") How are you? Unjani? I am fine Ngikhona Goodbye ("Stay well" - to one person, if he/she...

50066 AfranIran’s President Mahmood Ahmadinejad said here on Thursday that the UN Security Council, which should be guarantor of nations’ security, serves certain domineering powers.Addressing a press conference along with his Zimbabwean counterpar...

South Africa's power utility has moved cables in a wildlife sanctuary after several giraffes were electrocuted when they walked into the low-hanging wires, a conservation official said Friday. At least four giraffes have died since June 2011 i...

50078 AfranLondon, April 26, IRNA -- A veteran British journalist says some media are “peddling lies and black propaganda war” against Iran under the financial support of the US administration.Yvonne Ridley told IRNA that such media as VOA Persian,...

50246Une délégation du Rassemblement National pour la Reforme et le Développement (Tawassoul) a rendu visite du 13 au 16 Mai 2010, dans la Moughattaa de Maghaama, situé dans la wilaya de Gorgol.Cette délégation présidée par Oumar Mahmoud Ba est...

506088President Museveni on Friday night gave reasons why he kept outgoing Principal Private Secretary (PPS) Amelia Kyambadde for 31 years, praising her for being a loyal servant and keeping his “secrets.”While attending the official State House se...

The History of African Jewelry Begins with the Birth of the Art The history of African jewelry is largely believed to indicate the birthing point for this art form. Evidence of early beads has been found on this continent dating back some 7...

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area.[2] With a ...

50014 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that vigilant nations across the world should target heart of global arrogance.President Ahmadinejad made the remarks in the second national festival on making job opportunities in the country.W...

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50024 AfranTehran, March 31, IRNA – Presidents of Iran and Senegal in a telephone conversation discussed important issues of Islamic world.According to the Presidential Office website on Tuesday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Senegalese count...

Sénégal 50426Cinquantenaire de l’indépendance sur fond de controverses10 ans d’alternance au SénégalLes cinquante années d’indépendance de la république du Sénégal sont fêtées sur fond de controverses. Depuis que le Chef de l’Etat d...

50041 AfranTehran, April 9, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Friday that Iran will in the near future turn into an exporter of nuclear technology.Addressing the Fourth National Nuclear Festival, President Ahmadinejad said thanks to thei...

50050 AfranTehran, April 11, IRNA -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday derided US President Barack Obama for posing nuclear threat to the international community."President of a state stands before the podi...

50058 AfranTehran, April 17, IRNA – Ugandan minister of state for international relations, Henry Okello Oryem said on Saturday that it is among legitimate rights of every nation to make use of peaceful nuclear energy.He made the remarks in the Intern...

50068 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Zimbabwe on Friday that the world nations have decided to stand the bullying powers.“Nations of the world, including African nations and governments and nations of Iran and Zimbabwe, have decided to st...

50086 AfranTehran, May 2, IRNA – First Vice-President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi said on Sunday that Tehran attaches great importance to expansion of ties with African, Latin American and Asian countries.He made the remarks in a meeting with Guinea's Fo...

50090 AfranNigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua died Wednesday night.Early Thursday, the president's office confirmed media reports that the president, who had been sick and virtually incommunicado for several months, had died late the previous night."Pres...