50031 AfranTEHRAN (FNA)- The secretary general of Iran's National Olympic Committee on Saturday urged the world Muslim states to protest at a FIFA ban on Islamic code of dressing for women in the First Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore this s...

50035 AfranTehran, April 6, IRNA – The Foreign Ministry spokesman invited Tuesday the countries which advocate nuclear disarmament to attend Tehran’s nuclear disarmament meeting on April 17-18.Ramin Mihman-Parast made the remarks at his first weekl...

50113The head of Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Maurice Iwu insisted that he would continue with his assignment given to him by the federal government until the end of his tenure expected to rou...

50053 AfranBrazil, India and South Africa agreed in a trilateral summit Thursday that more diplomacy was required in the international standoff with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its controversial nuclear program.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lul...

50119The creation of Sovereign Wealth Fund by the Nigeria’s government is underway to carter for some of the earnings from the foreign transactions to serve as another reserve for the country for future needs.Already, the Nigeria’s National Economi...

50075 AfranThe dark era of the materialistic thought is over now and the world is on the verge of great developments, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Uganda Saturday.The president made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian businessmen residing in...

505 11 :President Jammeh launches book "kairaba" by former President JawaraThe President Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh on Saturday presided over the launch of a book entitled "KAIRABA", authored by the former President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawa...

50606 KampalaThe Ugandan 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, has today announced that the volume of inter East African Community trade has more than doubles in the region since 2004.Kategaya revealed tha...

50610 NasserThere were snap calls for Africa’s youth to embrace hope ahead of doubt, and have the self-belief that only they can shape their destiny, as the World Economic Forum on Africa came to an end in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The calls were prov...

505 29 World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the leading...

505 35The Gambia’s minister for Information and Communication Infrastructure, Alhaji A. Cham has restated The Gambia government’s continued and unflinching commitment to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the count...

501 48The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said it will start the process to enforce operational standards to aim at reviewing the country's electricity grid code and distribution code to meet present realities.Administrator of NERC, M...

50620Uganda has urged India and other countries to invest in the fast-growing communications sector in Uganda. Addressing delegates at the ongoing World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2010, Uganda’s High Commissioner to India, His Ex...

50208Alain Joyandet, secrétaire d’Etat français à la Coopération et à la Francophonie, en visite à Nouakchott, a estimé que la coopération entre la France et la Mauritanie "se déroule très bien"." Nous avons fait le tour des dossiers de la ...

50240Un rapport de la Direction générale de la sécurité nationale (DGSN), daté du 24 janvier 2008, consigne les auditions des trois Mauritaniens condamnés, mardi 25 mai, à la peine de mort pour l’assassinat, en 2007, de quatre Français.Ces au...

50282Le président sud-africain a invité tous les chefs d’Etat africains à honorer par leur présence, les cérémonies du coup d’envoi et de la finale du Mondial 2010. Le président de la république Ould Abdel Aziz sera-t-il aux abonnés absent...

50097 AfranAhlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), The Academic Forum of the African Shia 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 Universit...

505 49 (64th Ecowas Council of Ministers Session opens)The 64th Ordinary Session of the Ecowas Council of Ministers opened Monday at the conference hall of the sub-regional body headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.The two-day meeting brings to...

500136 AfranA ship carrying Iranian humanitarian aid will set sail for the besieged Gaza Strip next Sunday, an IRI Red Crescent Society spokesman said Tuesday.Abdora'uf Adibzadeh said the ship ferries a 1100-ton load of aid, including 50 tons of medici...