501 47Members of the Federal House of Representatives yesterday passed through second reading a bill seeking to repeal the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority Act 1992 to give way for the establishment of the Nigerian Free Trade Zone Commission....

501 60The federal government of Nigeria has disclosed that the current 2010 budget as it stand is unrealistic and hence will review it to a more realistic position for better implementation.The budget which stand at N4.6 trillion and with only five out...

501 66 Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the federal government will establish an electoral offences tribunal with mandate to try electoral crimes in the country.Jonathan said this yesterday when a United States delegation led by th...

50279La jeune femme victime de coups violents et d’actes de brulure dont nous avions évoqué, il n y a pas longtemps le cas, a rendu aujourd’hui l’âme à Kiffa, au cours de son évacuation de l’hôpital d’Aioun vers Nouakchott.Après avoir ...

50296...qui stipulent l’abolition de l’esclavage ». Dans un entretien accordé au site électronique « Alakhbar.info », le Président de l’Union International des Savants Musulmans, le Docteur Youssouf Al Qaradawi a répondu à un ensemble de ...

505 46 Gambia confident Africa integration could be realityThe government of The Gambia has said it is confident that the dream to have Africa politically integrated could be achieved if every section of the African society is committed to this dream a...

500118 AfranBeirut, June 11, IRNA – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in Cairo that the sole key to problem over Iran’s nuclear issue is dialogue not sanctions.Aboul Gheit said in a statement on Thursday that former sanctions have...

500133 AfranTehran, June 20, IRNA – A Tanzanian publisher said here Sunday that Muslim publishers should be provided with necessary financial support in order to survive.Director of Tanzania Al-Etra Foundation, Mehboob Jafferal Somji, said as for...

506051If you are a teacher looking for a job, a trader ready to do business or a citizen looking for residence, you can freely enter any of the five East African countries because the ground rules have been levelled, at least on paper.Yesterday, the fi...

500152 AfranHezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah called on Friday to execute the death sentences against the spies without delay, praising in this context the stance of President Michel Sleiman who expressed readiness to sign any death se...

The International Trade Centre has partnered with Africa’s trade consultants to increase the exporters’ competitiveness at the international market.Ms Aicha Pouye, the ITC director of business and institutional support, said in Entebbe on Tuesday t...

500161 AfranTehran, Aug 1, IRNA – An Iranian expert here on Sunday warned that if the Zionist regime attacks Iran, the regime will be targeted by short-range and mid-range missiles of Hezbollah.A trategic affairs expert, Reza Sadrolhosseini, told ...

Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious “bearded” antelope. While one expert suggests the animal might only be suffering from hypertrichosis, a cond...

HTML clipboardDuring World War II, Madagascar was aligned with Vichy France until 1942, when it was conquered by the British; in 1943 the Free French regime assumed control. From 1947 to 1948 there was a major uprising against the French, who crushe...

A female northern wheatear with a light level geolocator attached to its back, in a picture by Heiko Schmaljohann of the Institute of Avian Research Wilhelmshaven, Germany, released on February 15. The tiny songbird -- weighing just two tablespoons of ...

The man suspected to mastermind the 1998 terrorist attacks on US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam is believed to have taken over the leadership of al-Shabaab in war-torn Somalia, Kenyan counter-terrorism officials say.Ahmed Al Fazul took charge o...

Sénégal-50420La corruption discrète hypothèque l’avenir du continentLa corruption discrète constitue un frein au développement socio-économique de l’Afrique. C’est du moins la conclusion d’un rapport que vient de publier la Banque mondia...

50029 AfranDakar, April 3, IRNA – Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Dakar, capital of Senegal, Friday evening and was received by his Senegalese counterpart at the airport.Mottaki is scheduled to hold meetings with a number of...

50034 AfranIslamic Republic of Iran's Naval Force has foiled a Somali pirates' attack on an Iranian oil tanker.The IRI's Naval Force announced on Tuesday that the Somali pirates attacked on the Iranian oil tanker at 5:45 local time in Aden Gulf by four...