The Acting President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday, dissolved the federal executive council (FEC) and directed the ministers to handover to the permanent secretaries in their respective ministry.It was gathered that Jonathan waited until the e...

50038 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Friday that there is no barrier to Iranian nuclear scientists today in the field of nuclear energy and they can meet related national requirements.Addressing National Nuclear Festival, President Ahmadi...

50047 AfranTehran, April 11, IRNA -- Minister of Defense Ahmad Vahidi inaugurated Iran’s first advanced medium-range air defense missile system in a ceremony held on Sunday.The system, called ‘Mersad’ (Ambush), would hit any modern aircraft flyin...

50118In order to promote access credit by manufacturers and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the establishment of a N200 billion Small and Medium Enterprises Credit Guarantee Scheme (SME...

50602KampalaUganda will today take a precarious wade into the murky waters of international diplomacy by playing host to a man Kampala’s friends in the West revile. Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, accused of seeking to possess a nuclea...

50508Us Embassy in Banjul is adopting online Visa application system starting from Monday 3rd May 2010, as it extends to do away with paper-based form, Embassy says. Meanwhile the Embassy would continue to accept the paper-based form for two weeks afte...

50083 AfranAhlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), The media shows Muslim terrorists with guns performing prayers but rarely associates terms like terrorist, fanatic and fundamentalist with any other religious group. For instance, the phrase “Hindu fana...

50521The Vice President and Minister of Women's Affairs, Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, has said that Africa's problems require an African solution to solve them, using our heritage as a people of common origins. Vice President Njie-Saidy, who was speaking at ...

50133There are strong attempts by the federal government of Nigeria would increase the electricity tariff per unit of electricity consumed from N4 to N22 by end of this month.This was disclosed by the General Secretary of the labor wing of the Power Ho...

50093 AfranTehran, May 17, IRNA – The 14th G15 summit, attended by almost seven presidents, has just opened in Tehran with a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The meeting is also attended by vice-presidents, deputy ministers or foreign minis...

505 42The goal of investment promotion in The Gambia will see accelerated push, even as The Gambia Investment Promotion & Free Zones Agency (GIPFZA), charged with this duty will now be known as Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA)....

501 55The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Samaila Danko Makama, has called on the states that have gone to census tribunal to be cautiousness of the need for the country to stabilize in order to face other national issues that hel...

50626 KampalaA new report on doing business in East Africa has indicated that in a year of fast-paced reform, the region’s economies have continued to improve performances.The report entitled: Doing Business in the East African Community 2010, was pr...

50214Selon le rapport économique sur l’Afrique (ERA-2010), présenté hier au siège de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) à Addis-Abeba (Ethiopie), Nouakchott se classe en 4e position en Afrique du Nord en termes de croissance du Pro...

50244Au rythme de ses verdicts et peines, tantôt cléments, tantôt lourds, la Cour Criminelle vient aujourd’hui de prononcer une sentence de 10 ans d’emprisonnement ferme contre l’activiste salafiste Dahoud Ould Sebty.L’amende prononcée cont...

50289Selon le capitaine Breyka Ould M’Bareck , les retraités des forces armées et de police soutiennent les efforts du président Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz face aux contraintes sécuritaires à l’instar de leurs homologues des pays avancés.Cette d...

500103 AfranIRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday strongly condemned the atrocities committed by the Zionist regime against the human rights activists on board Fleet of six aid ships and called for formation of a global front to lift Gaza siege....

500111 AfranTehran, June 5, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the May 17 Iran-Turkey-Brazil fuel swap declaration is a step in right direction to express demands of whole the world nations.“The declaration defends a fact and we should t...

500126 AfranTehran, June 15, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Tuesday that Tehran, despite all pressures, will continue its peaceful nuclear activities within the framework of the international and IAEA rules and regul...

500138 AfranDeputy IRI Foreign Minister in Arab Affairs Mohammad Reza Sheybani said that the plan to send a relief aid ship to Gaza Strip by governmental or non-governmental organizations is still on the agenda.According to Foreign Ministry Media Depar...