A Nigerian based Saudi cleric, Dr Ahmad Gummi has been arrested by the Saudi authorities at his house in Mecca.Dr Gummi who is widely seen as a controversial Islamic preacher was arrested Thursday last week by the Saudi Arabian secret police although b...

50009 AfranIn the meeting, Mottaki lauded the struggles of the Zimbabwean people with global arrogance and their efforts to attain independence.At the meeting, Mottaki congratulated the Zimbabwean envoy on anniversary of their revolution and said exist...

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Communications Prof Dora Akuniyli yesterday insisted those aides close to President Umaru Yar’adua should be honest about his state of health if he remains unable to address government after his return from a S...

50010 AfranDeputy Foreign Minister of Myanmar, Maung Myint on Tuesday met and conferred with IRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran.In the meeting Mottaki referred to the two countries stance in rejection of arrogance and injustice, as well ...

Ramadan in 2013 will start on Tuesday, the 9th of July and will continue for 30 days until Wednesday, the 7th of August. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Deemed the most holy month of the year, it represents the revelation o...

50002 AfranContemporary world politics make it necessary for nations to integrate into international unions in the interest of their own national security and economy. In these international unions, which are usually based upon geographic location, suc...

50011 AfranIRI parliament speaker Ali Larijani Tuesday in separate statements to his counterparts worldwide congratulated the advent of Nowruz, the auspicious New Iranian Year Day to all enthusiasts of civilization, literature and human morality.The st...

Ahmadinejad's trip to Africa at a Glance

SENEGAL-50408Fermeture de la base militaire française de DakarAprès quatre siècles de présence, la France annonce le retrait de sa base militaire du Sénégal. Les ¾ des effectifs, soit 900 hommes, vont être redéployés à Libreville, au Gabon q...

50012 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the unfair materialistic system in the world is on verge of collapse and the world needs a new humanistic and just order.According to the report of Presidential Office website on Tuesday, President Ahmadine...

Nigeria is an amazing country which has many natural wonders, historical and cultural reasons to visit. But, it delivers on the wild side with variety of wonders of nature that must be experienced on any visit to a certain country. Nigeri...

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...

Children playing in Bangui monastery is a rare sight of joy as hundreds of thousands have been displaced by fighting.

a Révolution Islamique a marqué le début d’une évolution fondamentale et essentielle dans les principes et les valeurs régissant la société iranienne. Doté d’une culture brillante, riche, et ancienne, et après une période de stagnation du...

Sénégal-50410GENOCIDE RWANDAISLe Sénégal va accueillir des anciens génocidairesLes anciens génocidaires rwandais vont passer le reste de leurs séjours au Sénégal. Dakar a, en effet, accepté d’accueillir les condamnés qui ne peuvent plus re...

Somali pirates have taken hostage 10 Kenyan sailors aboard a Spanish owned fishing vessel in the latest series of pirate attacks in the Indian Ocean. According to the Seafarers Assistance Programme co-ordinator Andrew Mwangura the pirates seized the ve...

INTERVIEW

As health experts hail the VSV-EBOV vaccine study a turning point, MSF's medical director Bertrand Draguez calls for accelerated use of the vaccine in the affected countries. The vaccine was found to be 100 percent effective in a study of about 4000 people in Guinea.

Journalists from African Nations gathered recently in Tehran in the Islamic Republic of Iran for a Three (3) days course. The session was organized by the AFRAN Institute for Study and Research to assist Iranian Investors to go and invest in Africa nat...