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...

506054Cocoa growing is one of the cash crops that can earn Uganda a lot of foreign exchange, a cocoa investor in Uganda, Mr Philip Betts has said.“Uganda has a lot of advantages over other countries of the world in cocoa production because of its fer...

500155 ?AfranTehran, July 21, IRNA -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday held the US, Britain and the Zionist regime responsible for raising terrorists to escalate sectarian Shia-Sunni tension in Iran....

5060676Social networking may sound fluffy, until you begin to realise that it can actually boost your company’s profits. Aside from the light hearted moments people share with each other on social networking sites, many companies today rake in billio...

500164 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he is ready to confer with his US counterpart President Barack Obama on global developments at the upcoming UN General Assembly.President Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian nat...

In the 1968 Mexico City Olympic games, a young African runner from Tanzania, named John Stephen Akhwari, would compete in the last event of the games - the 26 mile, 385 yard marathon. Although he would ultimately finish last, nearly an hour behind t...

This past Sunday I preached on the 10 plagues of Egypt during the reign of history’s most ego-maniacal pharaoh; Ramses II. It will air in a few weeks and I predict it will have you saying, “Oh my”, “Oh ya” or “Oh no.” I specifically ...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="http://www.afranblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1.jpg"][/caption]

Anyone keen to round off their African holiday in style should consider a short break in Zanzibar for the final leg of their trip, particularly if they are looking for rest and relaxation. Zanzibar is an excellent place to unwind if you have tak...

  27th Rajab is that Blissful and Auspicious Day on which the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) was appointed to the Prophetic Mission and his prophethood commenced from the same day. When Muhammad (S.A.W.) was 38 years of age, he sp...

Out of the over 180 million Nigerians in the country, 146 million of them are active subscribers and they spend about N212 billion on calls every month, LEADERSHIP investigations have revealed.