500151 AfranLondon, July 14, IRNA -- The UK government is continuing to press Israel for the return of electronic and media equipment seized during its attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters six weeks ago, according to Foreign ...

5060672Researchers have cautioned Uganda against the continued existence of Non Tariff Barriers, in the Common Market, which affect the follow of trade between Uganda and East Africa member states.In a study conducted by Dr. Luke Okumu and Prof James N...

500160 AfranEgyptian interest section in Tehran has announced that visas for an Iranian delegation for a visit to the Gaza Strip will be issued by the next week, an IRI parliament representative, Mahmoud Ahmadi Biqash, told reporters Sunday.The member ...

5060104While Uganda tries to wring some money out of Heritage, the firm’s owners are laughing all the way to their offshore banks,Nasser reports,As far as investments go, this must be one of the most profitable ever.Anthony Leslie Rowland “Tony” ...

Batá drums (from left: Okónkolo, Iyá, Itótele)A Batá drum is a double-headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one cone larger than the other. The percussion instrument is used primarily for the use of religious or semi-religious purposes for the...

The 24 year old is the first Kenyan to win an Olympic gold medal in the men’s marathon eventKenyan long distance runner, Sammy Wanjiru, died on Monday morning after jumping from a balcony at his Rift Valley home, police said.As at the time of report...

Central Africa stretches from the Tibesti mountains in the north to vast rainforest basin of the Congo River, and has remained largely free of culinary influences of the outside world, until the late 19th century, with the exception of the widespread a...

50203 MauritaniaLe ministre malien des Affaires étrangères, Moctar Wane, est arrivé dimanche à Nouakchott pour une visite de travail de quelques jours en Mauritanie, a-t-on appris de source officielle. Cette visite survient dans un contexte marqué...

50314 18032010A planned groundbreaking ceremony for a Sh27.3 billion hotel at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been put off.According to impeccable sources, Kenya Airports Authority Board of Directors has put off the function, which was to b...

50028 AfranLibreville, April 3, IRNA – Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki departed Libreville, capital of Gabon, for Dakar, capital of Senegal on Friday.Mottaki is to attend the 50th anniversary of Senegal independence as the special envo...

50315The local oil industry has yet again been hit by a confidence crisis after oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc finally admitted it was exiting the country.In a press statement, the firm said it planned to quit the downstream business in 21 African cou...

50110Hundreds of Nigerian people have been reported to have died of food borne disease according to the country’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC) report.Director General of the Council Mrs. Ify Umenyi has said that already a total of 559 people die...

50324 -13042010Manufacturers are projecting improved growth in 2010 on the back of improvements in the economies of east African community member states and Comesa countries. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) say economic growth projections ...

50326 - 19042010Cancellation of flights by Kenya Airways (KQ) from the City Nairobi to destinations in Europe entered another day as flower farms continued to count losses, running into million of shillings. The most affected are daily flights to Londo...

50072 AfranThe third stage of the IRGC military exercises called the “Noblest Messenger 5” started in the Persian Gulf region with the attack of the hypothetical enemy. The military drills coincides with the 31st anniversary of establishment of the...

505-08 US$14M Agric project launched in LRRThe Livestock and Horticulture Development Project (LHDP) under the Ministry of Agriculture amounting to US$14 million was launched Saturday April 10th at the Agricultural Rural Farmers Training Centre in Je...

50122The total aggregate accumulation by all contributors to the contributory pension fund now reached N1.6 trillion as at the end of March 2010, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Pension Commission (PENCOM), Mr. Muhammad Ahmad has disclosed....

50128The former Governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Kaita, has warned President Goodluck Jonathan, not to aspire to contest the presidential election in 2011.Kaita who spoke in Katsina after commiserating with the family of the late presiden...

505 26 Monday May 3, 2010 was World Press Freedom Day and the occasion was observed by the Gambia Press Union who organised a symposium at the Alliance Franco Gambiene institution along the Kairaba Avenue.The gathering was chaired by Mrs. Ami Bojang ...

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...