50096 ARANTehran, June 1, IRNA – IRI Foreign Minister here Monday night talked on phone with OIC secretary general over recent Israeli criminal act of attacking in international waters a sea peace caravan killing over a dozen.The international flo...

505 48 Tamba says PW1 is an avowed liar, PW2 a confirmed drug dealerThe former chief of defense, Lt. Gen Lang Tombong Tamba has called upon the Banjul High Court, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Amadi to discountenance the testimony of the prosecutio...

500120 AfranLondon, June 11, IRNA – The website of the Jewish Chronicle was replaced Friday morning by a ‘virtual protest’ against the continuing siege of Gaza following last week’s Israeli massacre and seizure of humanitarian relief boats i...

500135 AfranTehran, June 21, IRNA – A Sudanese university professor said here Monday that the Conference of Muslim World Publishers is a good initiative taken by Iran for the first time in history.Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of the Internati...

506053Bharti Airtel, an Indian telecom company that bought Zain’s business operations in 15 countries of the much adored fast-growing market of Africa, made its first step on the continent in Uganda recently. Mr Manoj Kohli, the international chief e...

500154 AfranPretoria, July 20, IRNA - South African Government and public donations were distributed among the under siege people of Gaza on Tuesday after a successful crossing over Rafah.The aids composed of 12 tons of medical and pharmaceutical do...

5060675We are in the second quarter of 2010 and the weather is relatively hot. Because of the unfavourable condition food production has been affected, reflecting negatively on prices.However, the price of matooke one of the most consumed food item in ...

500163 AfranTehran, August 1, IRNA -- Deputy Secretary-General of Hezb-e Mo'talefe-ye Eslami -- the Islamic Coalition Party -- for International Affairs Hamid Reza Taraghi said on Sunday that Israeli attempt on Iran will drive the Zionist regime to ...

501 63Lagos State Government in the South-west Nigeria has warned that henceforth any individual found wanting of violating the rules at play on sanitation day would be fine to the tune of N50, 000.The government also reiterated that the monthly enviro...

505 31The Ministry of Agriculture is spearheading the Gambia All Village Savings and Credit Associations (VISACA) Congress at the Sheraton Hotel and Spa in Brufut. The two-day forum brings together stakeholders in the micro-finance institutions across ...

5060691The government has declared five days of mourning fallen former president Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, starting today. According to the funeral programme released by the government yesterday, the late Binaisa is to be buried on Wednesday at a yet t...

“The media has discriminated against Muslims.” This was the message from Abdullatif Esajee the Treasurer of Jamia Mosque Committee when he complained about the unfair coverage of Muslim issues before and in the aftermath of the January 15th demonst...

African Tradition is expressed through many different art forms, such as music, dance, art, sculpture and beadwork. These traditions are deeply ingrained into the whole African culture. Many African languages are “tone languages,” mean...

Police officers claim they killed 34 striking miners in self defence at Marikana platinum mine owned by UK company  

Nigeria should be divided into two separate independent nations along the Muslims-Christian dichotomy to solve the unending recurring sectarian violence in the country, Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi has said.Gaddafi suggested this yesterday while de...

505 14 EX-IGP BADJIE WEEPS IN COURT Pleads not guilty as he, two others answer to 30 criminal charges The former Inspector General of police, Ensa Badjie, Lt Colonel Mam Matarr Secka and Major Kuluteh Manneh who are facing 30 criminal charges, Tue...

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...