50019 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday suggested the head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to appoint a woman as his deputy.In a letter to the OIC Secretary General, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Iranian president suggested him ...

50036 Afran The Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday called on the nuclear states to disarm in a bid to bring about an atmosphere of peace and security in the international community. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the call in a ceremony to inaugur...

50045 AfranTehran, April 10, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast on Saturday stressed that Tehran is trying to pave the way for global nuclear disarmament with the help of other independent states.Talking to IRNA, he said that the I...

50116Nigeria’s lower parliamentarians, the House of Representatives have concluded arrangements to reconstitute its 84 standing committees on resumption from its current recess.This was announced by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business...

50064 AfranIRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started a three-day official visit to Zimbabwe and Uganda on Thursday. He will be heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation.On the first leg of his two-nation tour, President Ahmadinejad is to arri...

50506Gideon Behar, the ambassador of Israel to The Gambia, has disclosed that the government of Israel has more projects and development plans to offer to the Gambia. He explained that these projects would be mainly in agriculture, health and the educa...

50519Reliable information stated that the following have been nominated in the diplomatic service: Mrs. Marie Saine-Firdaus, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has been nominated as The Gambia's ambassador to Cuba, replacing Mr. Pierre Ta...

50130National chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor yesterday was arraigned at an Abuja High Court over alleged N401 million fraud.He was however, granted a N5 million bail, with two sureties in like sum thereb...

505 33Farmers from the various farming organisations within the West Africa sub-region along with stakeholders in the agriculture sector has called on regional institutions such as West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) and the ECOWAS as well as the pr...

505 40One Ousman Jatta of Kombo Brufut who identified himself as a shop keeper has testified in the trial against Ibrahim Bun Sanneh and four other accused persons who are standing trial before Justice Emmanuel Amadi of the Banjul High Court on 30 coun...

501 53As Nigeria holds the next general elections come 2011, Nigerians have been told to demand for the full implementation of the Justice Muhammad Uwais Panel Report of Electoral Reforms as the only way to guarantee free, fair and credible polls.A pol...

506023 KampalaDr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of the Uganda Investment Authority, has asked Libyans to invest in oil exploration and drilling.While meeting the Libyan Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Abdalla Bujeldain and the visiting Chairman of Liby...

50212Nouakchott, Mauritanie (PANA)- La Coordination de l'opposition démocratique (COD), composée d'une dizaine de partis, condamne vivement la répression "sauvage" du mouvement de grève des dockers en Mauritanie.Dans une déclaration rendue publiqu...

50242La BNM a organisé aujourd’hui au palais international des conférences de Nouakchott, un forum international sur les finances islamiques en Mauritanie, hautement élevé à son plus haut rang, en raison de sa supervision conjointe par Cheikh Yo...

500101 AfranThe Zionist regime has still not released hundreds of peace activists detained in international waters while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.Tel Aviv arrested nearly 700 activists from 42 countries on board the Gaza Fre...

500109 AfranThe Academic Forum of the 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 University (ABU), Zaria. The programme comprises of lec...

500124 AfranVienna, June 15, IRNA – At 14th Session of UN Human Rights Council, Iran asked for immediate lifting of inhumane lingering Gaza siege and possibility of forwarding philanthropist contributions to oppressed Palestinians.According to IRN...

506043On April 16, 2007, MPs Hussein Kyanjo (JEEMA, Makindye West) and Beatrice Anywar (FDC, Kitgum) were arrested and locked up at the Central Police Station in Kampala. They spent the night in jail and were subsequently arraigned at the Buganda Road ...

500144 AfranPalestinian health experts studying the impact of the Zionist regime's blockade of the Gaza Strip say it threatens to cause long-term damage to Palestinians' health, with many children at risk of stunted growth or malnutrition, Reuters repo...