506051If you are a teacher looking for a job, a trader ready to do business or a citizen looking for residence, you can freely enter any of the five East African countries because the ground rules have been levelled, at least on paper.Yesterday, the fi...

500152 AfranHezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah called on Friday to execute the death sentences against the spies without delay, praising in this context the stance of President Michel Sleiman who expressed readiness to sign any death se...

The International Trade Centre has partnered with Africa’s trade consultants to increase the exporters’ competitiveness at the international market.Ms Aicha Pouye, the ITC director of business and institutional support, said in Entebbe on Tuesday t...

500161 AfranTehran, Aug 1, IRNA – An Iranian expert here on Sunday warned that if the Zionist regime attacks Iran, the regime will be targeted by short-range and mid-range missiles of Hezbollah.A trategic affairs expert, Reza Sadrolhosseini, told ...

Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious “bearded” antelope. While one expert suggests the animal might only be suffering from hypertrichosis, a cond...

HTML clipboardDuring World War II, Madagascar was aligned with Vichy France until 1942, when it was conquered by the British; in 1943 the Free French regime assumed control. From 1947 to 1948 there was a major uprising against the French, who crushe...

A female northern wheatear with a light level geolocator attached to its back, in a picture by Heiko Schmaljohann of the Institute of Avian Research Wilhelmshaven, Germany, released on February 15. The tiny songbird -- weighing just two tablespoons of ...

Guinea police seize 800 pieces of ivory in bust Guinea police seized over 800 pieces of ivory, including sculptures and elephant tusks, in the capital Conakry during a raid that led to six arrests, police said Friday. The arrests were made ...

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...

50203 MauritaniaLe ministre malien des Affaires étrangères, Moctar Wane, est arrivé dimanche à Nouakchott pour une visite de travail de quelques jours en Mauritanie, a-t-on appris de source officielle. Cette visite survient dans un contexte marqué...

50314 18032010A planned groundbreaking ceremony for a Sh27.3 billion hotel at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been put off.According to impeccable sources, Kenya Airports Authority Board of Directors has put off the function, which was to b...

50028 AfranLibreville, April 3, IRNA – Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki departed Libreville, capital of Gabon, for Dakar, capital of Senegal on Friday.Mottaki is to attend the 50th anniversary of Senegal independence as the special envo...

50315The local oil industry has yet again been hit by a confidence crisis after oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc finally admitted it was exiting the country.In a press statement, the firm said it planned to quit the downstream business in 21 African cou...

50110Hundreds of Nigerian people have been reported to have died of food borne disease according to the country’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC) report.Director General of the Council Mrs. Ify Umenyi has said that already a total of 559 people die...

50324 -13042010Manufacturers are projecting improved growth in 2010 on the back of improvements in the economies of east African community member states and Comesa countries. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) say economic growth projections ...

50326 - 19042010Cancellation of flights by Kenya Airways (KQ) from the City Nairobi to destinations in Europe entered another day as flower farms continued to count losses, running into million of shillings. The most affected are daily flights to Londo...