500153 AfranParliament Speaker says the UN Security Council approach toward Tehran's nuclear program will not yield any result, as Iran will not surrender to pressure."We need a new plan in which Iran's rights are completely supported,"Ali Larijani ...

50011 AfranIRI parliament speaker Ali Larijani Tuesday in separate statements to his counterparts worldwide congratulated the advent of Nowruz, the auspicious New Iranian Year Day to all enthusiasts of civilization, literature and human morality.The st...

501 63Lagos State Government in the South-west Nigeria has warned that henceforth any individual found wanting of violating the rules at play on sanitation day would be fine to the tune of N50, 000.The government also reiterated that the monthly enviro...

501 65The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned government’s plan to increase electricity tariff, describing it as the “height of irresponsibility and total lack of wisdom.”While saying that the move would be opposed, the General Secretary ...

50281L’élection de la Mauritanie au conseil exécutif de l’organisation arabe des industries et des mines a eu lieu ce jeudi matin au cour d’une réunion ministérielle de l’organisation tenue dans la capitale qatari, Doha.Selon des sources é...

50213Le scénario du Mali n’est pas à exclureLa conduite adoptée par la justice mauritanienne pourrait constituer une menace réelle pour la coordination sécuritaire existant entre les pays du Sahel, qui ne cesse de s’intensifier ces derniers mo...

50242La BNM a organisé aujourd’hui au palais international des conférences de Nouakchott, un forum international sur les finances islamiques en Mauritanie, hautement élevé à son plus haut rang, en raison de sa supervision conjointe par Cheikh Yo...

50276La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a accordé à la Mauritanie une rallonge budgétaire de 5,4 millions de dollars (1 dollar=253 ouguiyas), pour le financement du projet Aftout Essahli destiné à alimenter la capitale mauritanienne en ea...

50327 - 19042010Kenya Government has challenged the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to improve efficiency at the Mombasa port.PM Eng. Raila Odinga took KPA to task over its failure to deliver goods to the importers on time. At the same time criticised the ...

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...

506043On April 16, 2007, MPs Hussein Kyanjo (JEEMA, Makindye West) and Beatrice Anywar (FDC, Kitgum) were arrested and locked up at the Central Police Station in Kampala. They spent the night in jail and were subsequently arraigned at the Buganda Road ...

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...

50316 - 05042010 Kenya is pushing for the removal of work permits at the regional level to enhance free movement of workers. Kenyan government fears the requirement could be used by some East African Community (EAC) member states to restrict free movem...

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...

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...

Journalists from African Nations gathered recently in Tehran in the Islamic Republic of Iran for a Three (3) days course. The session was organized by the AFRAN Institute for Study and Research to assist Iranian Investors to go and invest in Africa nat...

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...

501 45In order to focus on consolidating the dividends of democracy to Nigerians, President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not to get involve in the race to 2011 presidency.The advice came from a former Nigerian Ambassador to Germany Prof. Tunde Ad...

500149 AfranThe Israeli Navy reportedly blockades a Libyan-chartered aid vessel which has set sail for the blockaded Gaza Strip, issuing threats against the convoy."Israeli warships are surrounding and threatening the cargo ship. There is a real threat...

50506Gideon Behar, the ambassador of Israel to The Gambia, has disclosed that the government of Israel has more projects and development plans to offer to the Gambia. He explained that these projects would be mainly in agriculture, health and the educa...