500132 AfranTehran, June 20, IRNA – A Ghana publisher said here Sunday that a new international system of relationship, based on fairness and justice, needs to be drawn up.“This unfair world needs to be changed. We need to have a comprehensive m...

506050The wrangles in the Muslim community yesterday went a notch higher with the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council secretary general Sheikh Siraj Kavuma disowning his chairperson, Mr Hassan Basajjabalaba.Accompanied by over 40 district kadhis at the UMSC ...

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...

Nigeria is an amazing country which has many natural wonders, historical and cultural reasons to visit. But, it delivers on the wild side with variety of wonders of nature that must be experienced on any visit to a certain country. Nigeri...

Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court yesterday 9th February 2010 convicted and sentenced one Mustapha Gaye, a resident of Latrikunda Sabiji, to death. After a marathon trial, the court found the accused, Mustapha Gaye, guilt...

50409-SénégalRetrait de militaires français au SénégalLa base transformée en pôle de coopération militaireA en croire Hervé Morin, la base militaire française de Dakar sera transformée en pôle régionale de coopération militaire (Pecm). Il...

The strong arm tactics employed by security officials in the so-called hunt for illegal aliens is a violation of the constitution and a form of ethnic and religious discrimination on a section of the population. A joint statement released by Muslim lea...

50202 MauritaniaLa China Poly Group Corporation va construire une usine de traitement et de transformation des produits halieutiques en Mauritanie, pour un investissement de 100 millions de dollars, annonce-t-on de source officielle. L'accord en ce sen...

50313 18032010There is excitement among residents on whose land in Manda Bay the port is set to be constructed. Now living in the sprawling slums on Lamu Island after they fled Manda Bay due to insecurity, these residents hope to be compensated for the...

50027 AfranIran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Friday that Iran and Gabon strongly support elimination and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and legal right of the NPT signatories to use peaceful nuclear technology.Addressing repo...

Sénégal 50428Inauguration du monument de la Renaissance AfricaineLe symbole d’une nouvelle destinéeLe président de la république du Sénégal, son excellence Me Abdoulaye Wade a inauguré samedi dernier (3 avril) en présence de chefs d’Etat a...

50109Nigeria’s immediate former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has returned back to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a party he left due to political disagreement between him and the former president Olusegun Obasanjo.Atiku’s media ...

50323 - 13042010The Common Market for Eastern and Southern African states converge in Cairo this week with more than 500 industry leaders, international investors and ministers from more than 19 countries in the continent to weigh emerging opportunitie...