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...

50111The bill prohibiting the operation of commercial motorcycles also known as “Okada” within Jos-Bukuru metropolis of the crisis-ridden Plateau state was signed into law by the state Governor Jonah Jang at government house yesterday.The signing o...

50051 AfranIn a meeting with members of the IRI parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, Rabbi Mashallah Golestaninejad said, "I have repeatedly declared that we are against pro-Zionism rabbis and the books containing their decrees ...

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 ...

50073 AfranIRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni discussed expansion of cooperation in regional and international arenas.The two presidents urged for using current capabilities for consolidation of...

505 09 Taiwanese Ambassador, ONBE executive meet VP Njie-SaidyHer Excellency, the vice president and minister of Women's Affairs Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy on Wednesday April 29th received in her office the Taiwanese ambassador to The Gambia, Richard ...

50121Nigeria’s federal civil servants have vowed to go ahead with their planned five day warning strike starting if the federal government fails to announce their demand for salary increament.The warning strike will begin today despite pleas from Act...

50608 NasserOn her way to Dar es Salaam early this week for the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa, the World Bank Vice President for Africa, Ms Obiageli Ezekwesili, paid a courtesy visit to Uganda. She spoke to FREDRICK MASIGA about specific issues o...

505 27Gambian youths have been urged to desist from all practices that might prove endanger the environment as The Gambia joins the rest of the world to mark the World Earth Day. Scores of Gambian youths had gathered at the Brufut Beach Sunday to cele...

505 36Addressing the gathering, The Gambia’s vice president, Dr Aja Isatou Njie Saidy underscored the importance of the tourism industry to the national economy, saying for this reason, The Gambia government attaches prominence to tourism development...

501 46 Parliamentarians in the Federal House of Representatives yesterday have rejected the proposal to reduce the number of registered political parties in nigeria from 54 to only 2 parties. Th...

501 58The meeting of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Board of Trustees (BOT) scheduled to hold yesterday was indefinitely suspended due to a serious battle for the control of the soul of the party between the different interest groups wit...

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 ...

50236New-Delhi et Paris viennent de décider séparément, la poursuite de leur assistance économique et humanitaire de Nouakchott.Pour la circonstance, l’Inde mobilise 23 millions de dollars destinés au financement de projets de développement et ...

50280Les dockers de ville continuent de vivre le calvaire d’une répression dont tous les Mauritaniens (partis politiques, société civile, citoyens…) sont les témoins indignés : des dizaines d’arrestations, de nombreux blessés.Malgré les ex...

50286Le président de la République, Monsieur Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz a quitté Nouakchott dimanche matin à destination de Nice pour prendre part au sommet Afrique/France qui aura lieu le 31 mai courant et le 1er juin prochain.Le Président de la Ré...

505 47 ADWAC trains out-of-school youths on HIV/AIDS prevention, behavioural changeThe Agency for the Development of Women and Children (ADWAC) recently organized two days training workshop for 14 out of school youths on HIV/AIDS prevention in Kerewan,...

500119 AfranBerlin, June 11, IRNA -- European Union foreign ministers will look into the possibility of easing the Israeli siege of Gaza when they meet in Luxembourg on Monday, German foreign ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke told media representat...

500134 AfranThe second phase of Iran Khodro car-making factory to be launched in Senegal, French-language Le Soleil newspaper of Senegal wrote on its website.In order to boost cooperation between Iran and Senegal, the fourth common committee of coopera...