505 40One Ousman Jatta of Kombo Brufut who identified himself as a shop keeper has testified in the trial against Ibrahim Bun Sanneh and four other accused persons who are standing trial before Justice Emmanuel Amadi of the Banjul High Court on 30 coun...

501 53As Nigeria holds the next general elections come 2011, Nigerians have been told to demand for the full implementation of the Justice Muhammad Uwais Panel Report of Electoral Reforms as the only way to guarantee free, fair and credible polls.A pol...

506023 KampalaDr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of the Uganda Investment Authority, has asked Libyans to invest in oil exploration and drilling.While meeting the Libyan Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Abdalla Bujeldain and the visiting Chairman of Liby...

50212Nouakchott, Mauritanie (PANA)- La Coordination de l'opposition démocratique (COD), composée d'une dizaine de partis, condamne vivement la répression "sauvage" du mouvement de grève des dockers en Mauritanie.Dans une déclaration rendue publiqu...

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...

500101 AfranThe Zionist regime has still not released hundreds of peace activists detained in international waters while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.Tel Aviv arrested nearly 700 activists from 42 countries on board the Gaza Fre...

500109 AfranThe Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria organises a five-day( 1st to 4th of June 2010) programme to mark the annual Imam week at Congo Conference Hall of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. The programme comprises of lec...

500124 AfranVienna, June 15, IRNA – At 14th Session of UN Human Rights Council, Iran asked for immediate lifting of inhumane lingering Gaza siege and possibility of forwarding philanthropist contributions to oppressed Palestinians.According to IRN...

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 ...

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...

505063HEADS of State yesterday, including the chairman of Africa Union Libyan leader Col. Muamaur Elgadhafi jetting into the country to attend the 15th African Union Heads of State Summit taking place at Speke Resort Munyonyo, in Kampala.President Gadh...

5060682Police have arrested another suspect in connection to the July 11 bombings in Lugogo and Kabalagala. An Eritrean woman is suspected to be a fiancée to one of the alleged suicide bombers of Kyadondo Rugby Club is in police custody. However, Poli...

5060694Former President Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa’s death on Thursday means Uganda is one of only a handful of democracies without a living ex-president. Former Ugandan leaders General Tito Okello Lutwa, Apollo Milton Obote, Field Marshal Idi Amin Dad...

TODAY is a special day for every Zambian whereever they may be. In the history of any nation, Independence Day is a defining moment when the collective sense of nationhood shifts back to recollect the genesis of an auspicious start at being an equal...

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...

The subject of "traditional family patterns in Africa" is so broad that it cannot be adequately addressed in one chapter. The cultural and physical diversity added with the dramatic social changes of the last three decades on the continent makes th...

- The best of the houses is the house where an orphan gets love and kindness.- Much silence and a good disposition, there are no two things better than these.- Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith.- When you see a person wh...