HTML clipboard IntroductionThe word ZANZIBAR is of Persian or Arabic origin. The Persians derive the name from Zangh Bar, meaning "the Negro Coast." On the other hand the Arabs deduce the name from the Arabic Zayn Z'al Barr, meaning "Fair is this l...

The cooking of Southern Africa is sometimes called 'rainbow cuisine', as the food in this region is a blend of many cultures – the indigenous African tribal societies, European and Asian. To understand indigenous cuisine, it is important first to dig...

We extends our sincere congratulations on the onset of the Month of Rajag al-Murajjab, the month of Allah, the Almighty, the which is loaded with the blessings of the Creator. Apart from the auspicious births of noble personalities and infallible...

Ahmadinejad's trip to Africa at a Glance

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...

50325 - 19042010The Kenya Government has put on hold a Legal notice issued last year on testing of petroleum products imported in to the country.The move follows an outcry by oil marketing companies that the process was costly and the operators were fo...

50071 AfranZimbabwe International Trade Exhibition opened on Friday in the presence of Iranian and Zimbabwean presidents.Fifteen countries over the world presented their last industrial and agricultural products in the Exhibition, IRIB reported from Zi...

505 07 Hippos on the rampage in JanjanburayThe hippopotamuses on Tuesday, April 22 destroyed over 40 nursery beds at Moriba rice filed in Janjanburay, CRR. The nursery beds, which were due for transplanting, were seriously damaged by the hippos caus...

50123The Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the northern part of the country will still produce the next president in 2011 when the current tenure of President Umar Yar’adua who is sick is finished next year.The statement cam...

50091 AfranVienna, May 6, IRNA – IAEA chief Yukiya Amano is calling on all the agency’s member states for their viewpoints on how to persuade the Zionist regime to sign up to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.In a letter, dated April 7 and circulated...

505 25The World Health Organization (WHO) country representative in The Gambia, Dr. Thomas Sukwa has saluted Gambian Journalists for their giant strides in covering health issues. He said that the WHO Country Office has been closely monitoring the acti...

501 39The federal government has again restated its backing to the management of the Brass LNG Limited in taking Final Investment Decision (FID) on the project this year to enable the company to fast-tracking commercial exploitation of the country's na...