Cairo: In an unprecedented scene in the history of Egyptian football, violence was the main player between Egypt’s el-Zamalek team and the Tunisian team on Saturday. The match between the two teams was going well and there were many hopes that the E...

New Names to the African Name Web SiteAnika - Yoruba dailect NigeriaAmeyo is a girl name from Ghana and the Ewe dialect meaning a girl born on SaturdayAyana- Beautiful Flower- EthiopianAriel- Loiness of GodKai - Girl name, basically means "love", Yorub...

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...

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...

50013 AfranIRI's Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in a meeting with Algerian Ambassador to Tehran, Sofian Maimouni on Saturday highlighted the geographical situation of Iran and Algeria in the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea region and...

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50023 AfranKuala Lumpur, March 29, IRNA – First Vice- Speaker of Iran’s Majlis Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabi-Fard said Monday Tehran will continue its programs to gain access to peaceful nuclear technology.Abutorabi-Fard made the remark while addressin...

50801It should not surprise most Ugandans that for the last six years of Museveni’s rule, political controversies have often turned violent and am sure Ugandans are likely to witness the disintegration of our country and continued ethnic tensions if ...

50040 AfranTehran, April 9, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just unveiled the first model of the third generation of machines for uranium enrichment, the so-called third generation centrifuges.President Ahmadinejad unveiled the achievement o...

50049 AfranIRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday the Islamic System of Iran bears a new message for the world.Speaking to university students in Sharif University of Technology, the Minister said in the past century, several governments c...

50057 AfranTehran, April 18, IRNA – Uganda Minister of State for International Cooperation underlined all countries' rights for access to nuclear technology.In a meeting with Secretary of Supreme National Security Council ( SNSC) Saeed Jalili, Henry ...

50067 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Harare that all mankind’s problems today are due to violation of human rights and justice.President Ahmadinejad told a group of Iranian and Zimbabwean officials in a dinner banquet thrown in his honor ...

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,...

50085 AfranTehran, May 2, IRNA – May 2 is observed as Teachers Day in Iran every year to pay tribute to their contribution to the society.Teaching is a sacred job and teachers are leading the humanity to enlightenment.This day also marks martyrdom...

50089 AfranTehran, May 4, IRNA – Proposals made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the NPT Review Conference at the United Nations in New York set precedent for the international community's resolve to uphold Non-Proliferation Treaty and get rid ...

50135Indications emerged yesterday that the embattled National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Vincent Ogbulafor is expected to quit his post anytime following pressure allegedly from the presidency over his recent legal ca...

50095 AfranTehran, May 17, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Monday that the world is in dire need of new ideology and path for progress and lasting peace.“Today, the 14th G15 summit is held under condition when the world is in dire...