505 45 Towards a tobacco-free societyAs The Gambia joined the rest of the world to observe this year's World Tobacco Day, we wish to add our voice to the calls for people to distance themselves from tobacco usage so that the world can produce a healthy...

500122 AfranArmenian Prelacy Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian in Tehran and a number of Armenian MPs on Monday met and conferred with Ayatollah Mohseni Gorgani, Head ofIRI Supreme Court.Ayatollah Gorgani said, "Noting that we have a common enemy who tries ...

506 040Exiled Rwandan top military officer, Lt. Gen. Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa was yesterday discharged from hospital in South Africa after the doctors at Morningside Clinic in Johannesburg said he was expected to gain full recovery.He left hospital sho...

506056Employees working in the East African Community will be shielded from double taxation since member states are working on a common law in regard to income tax payment.The law is a relief since many questions have remained unanswered in regard to a...

506061 KampalaICC Intercontinental ShieldUganda v NambiaUganda Cricket Association were left cutting a ‘hands-on-head’ posture appealing to the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the latter moved their Intercontinental Shield home fixture w...

5060681Members on the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee want the Libyan Leader to fulfil his promise to pay about Shs2.6 billion used in feeding and accommodating Afro-Arab youth conference delegates in Kampala in 2008. Col. Muammar Gadaffi is cu...

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...

CityCountryPopulationLagosNigeria8,714,228CairoEgypt7,734,334KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo6,301,100NairobiKenya4,000,911AlexandriaEgypt3,806,300Addis AbabaEthiopia3,627,934CasablancaMorocco3,344,300AbidjanCote d’Ivoire3,310,500KanoNigeri...

Sami al-Misrati, a member of the opposition to Muammar Gaddafi, stated in a phone conversation with Al-Alam: “A small airplane left the Al-Abraq Airport yesterday carrying someone who looked like Imam Musa Sadr.”Issa Abd al-Majid Mansur, a promi...

Animals A to Z List The jungles on this planet are full of wild animals which vary in terms of appearance, habitat, food habits, etc. Compiling a jungle animals list is a tough task, considering that each animal belongs to a species or sub-spe...

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, said increased cooperation between Muslim nations for the purpose of defending the identity of Islam and Mus...

La communauté musulmane du Sénégal qui représente plus de 95 % de la population commémorera vendredi l'anniversaire du prophète Mohammad (Paix et salut sur lui). La présente édition du « Gamou » annuel est marquée par l'inauguration dans la ...

50003 AfranIran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday voiced Tehran’s emphasis on resolving problems in Somalia.The Iranian minister made the announcement in a joint press conference with his Kenyan counterpart Moses Wetang’ula.Mottak...

50503 The GambiaIn its and strive to transform west African into a borderless region, bringing citizens closer together and promote region integration, the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) in collaboration with the government of the Ga...

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SENEGAL-50424Le phénomène de la lutte avec frappe au SénégalLa lutte avec frappe est sans conteste le sport le plus populaire du Sénégal. Elle mobilise aujourd’hui des milliers de personnes dans les stades et des millions de téléspectateurs d...

50033 AfranTehran, April 4, IRNA – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki wound off his African tour and arrived home on Sunday.During his five-day African tour, Mottaki visited Algeria, Gabon and Senegal and conferred with the countries’ high ranking...

50320 - 09042010KINGSWAY TYRES LTD plans to invest Sh50 million in a retread production line.The proposed Nairobi factory, which is a signature project in marking Kingway’s 50 year anniversary, will reduce the cost of tyres by 60 per cent and curb en...