505 38Hon. Ousman Sonko, The Gambia’s minister for the Interior and NGO Affairs has expressed the desire of The Gambia government for the effective control of small arms and light weapons in the West African sub region. The minister said this at a on...

500144 AfranPalestinian health experts studying the impact of the Zionist regime's blockade of the Gaza Strip say it threatens to cause long-term damage to Palestinians' health, with many children at risk of stunted growth or malnutrition, Reuters repo...

50507The Vice President, Aja Dr. Isatou Nije Saidy has said that a committed focus on ensuring and expanding the frontiers and reach of quality education for girls; providing improved and enhance access to healthcare and turbo-charging the enactment an...

The Acting President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday, dissolved the federal executive council (FEC) and directed the ministers to handover to the permanent secretaries in their respective ministry.It was gathered that Jonathan waited until the e...

5060670Uganda will seek the full amount in taxes from the transfer of assets from Heritage oil after all, according to reliable sources,This comes after reports that President Yoweri Museveni personally insisted that the taxes due to the government fro...

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...

505 35The Gambia’s minister for Information and Communication Infrastructure, Alhaji A. Cham has restated The Gambia government’s continued and unflinching commitment to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the count...

50129The 36 states governors in Nigeria have pledge to support the administration of the country’s new President Goodluck Jonathan to sustain the legacy left behind by the late President Umar Yar’adua.Jonathan who was busy receiving Very Important ...

505 22Government ministries and departments have been urged to synergise their programmes and activities so that actions could have maximum impact as well as deliver positive results in the country’s drive for national development.Hon. Jato Sillah, T...

500165 AfranPresident of the Guinea-Bissau Malam Bacai Sanha and his accompanying delegation paid tribute to the late Imam Khomeini on Saturday afternoon.The visiting president laid a wreath at the mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini and signed the mem...

500159 AfranHamas has ruled out any form of negotiations with the Zionist regime, saying US-pushed support by Arab leaders cannot legitimize peace talks with Tel Aviv."There is no legitimacy for the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations whether they were di...

  27th Rajab is that Blissful and Auspicious Day on which the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) was appointed to the Prophetic Mission and his prophethood commenced from the same day. When Muhammad (S.A.W.) was 38 years of age, he sp...

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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” ...

What are mercenaries doing in Libya and what is their connection to Moammar Gadhafi?Given the near media blackout in cities like Tripoli, reports are hard to confirm, but eyewitnesses say they have seen black, French-speaking mercenaries reportedly fro...

5060676Social networking may sound fluffy, until you begin to realise that it can actually boost your company’s profits. Aside from the light hearted moments people share with each other on social networking sites, many companies today rake in billio...

5060100Together, they cut the image of four innocent youths—only until they narrated how they planned and executed the bomb attacks that left 76 people dead in Kampala last month.Paraded before journalists in Kampala yesterday by military intelligenc...