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...

506067Somalia seems to be suffering on account of a confluence of three factors:A failed government under Siad Barre that could not defeat or keep under check the various rebel groups; incapable resistance groups to that government of Siad Barre; and, ...

505 39Honorable Mohammed B. Daramy, ECOWAS commissioner for Trade, Custom, Industry and Mines and Free Movement of Persons and Goods and Tourism has said that the implementation of the West Africa Quality Programme would result in an increase in the ex...

50079 AfranJakarta, Indonesia, April 27, IRNA -- Supreme Leader’s advisor Ali-Akbar Velayati said here on Tuesday that sanctions against Iran are ineffective and that the country will continue its peaceful nuclear activities.In a joint press confe...

50078 AfranLondon, April 26, IRNA -- A veteran British journalist says some media are “peddling lies and black propaganda war” against Iran under the financial support of the US administration.Yvonne Ridley told IRNA that such media as VOA Persian,...

505-08 US$14M Agric project launched in LRRThe Livestock and Horticulture Development Project (LHDP) under the Ministry of Agriculture amounting to US$14 million was launched Saturday April 10th at the Agricultural Rural Farmers Training Centre in Je...

505 34His Excellency Mr. Barry L Wells, the ambassador of the United States to The Gambia has saluted The Gambia government under the dynamic leadership of Sheikh Prof. Dr. Alh. Yahya AJJ Jammeh for demonstrating the political will necessary in the fig...

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...

50108The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Sokoto State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have jointly come into agreement by committing N210 million for the enrolment of girls into schools.The two organizations said the gesture i...

50207Nouakchott (PANA via Mauritanie-web) - Une table des bailleurs de fonds et des partenaires au développement sur la Mauritanie aura lieu les 22 et 23 juin à Bruxelles, la capitale de la Belgique, indique un communiqué publié mercredi à Nouakch...

50237Une jeune femme de 20 ans, violement battue et brulée par des présumes proches de son mari, non loin d’Aioun, a été admise hier, aux urgences de l’hôpital régional de cette ville dans le Hodh El Gharbi.Selon alakhbar, secourue par certai...

50246Une délégation du Rassemblement National pour la Reforme et le Développement (Tawassoul) a rendu visite du 13 au 16 Mai 2010, dans la Moughattaa de Maghaama, situé dans la wilaya de Gorgol.Cette délégation présidée par Oumar Mahmoud Ba est...

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50018 AfranTehran, March 17, IRNA — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent a message on the occasion of the first International Day of Nowruz, March 21, 2010. According to a press release issued by the UN Inforamtion Center (UNIC) here on Wednesd...

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...

50058 AfranTehran, April 17, IRNA – Ugandan minister of state for international relations, Henry Okello Oryem said on Saturday that it is among legitimate rights of every nation to make use of peaceful nuclear energy.He made the remarks in the Intern...

50628 KampalaPresident Yoweri Museveni has instructed the Ministry of Finance to come up with a policy on the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) within two months.The PPP is where a government project is largely funded by the private sector. In many cas...

505041The International Monetary Fund has asked Uganda to exercise fiscal discipline in managing its 2010/2011 budget allocations. This, the IMF says will minimise the country’s exposure to the growing debt crisis in the European Union, Uganda’s ke...

50057 AfranTehran, April 18, IRNA – Uganda Minister of State for International Cooperation underlined all countries' rights for access to nuclear technology.In a meeting with Secretary of Supreme National Security Council ( SNSC) Saeed Jalili, Henry ...