505 16 Workers Day observedThe Gambia Saturday joined the rest of the world to observe Workers Day also known as May Day at a ceremony held at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. About 58 companies/institutions took part in the event, which began with a...

50127The remains of late Nigeria’s President Umaru Musa Yar’adua is expected to reach his home town, Katsina, Katsina State in the North-Western part of the country for final burial at 2pm.Senior government officials, former leaders, traditional ru...

505 24Students of the Banjul American Embassy School in Fajara, Kanifing Municipality, recently visited the site of Solar Project ‘Tiloo’ a company making solar equipment in Kanifing South, off Kaiaraba Avenue, as the company celebrated a Solar D...

50138University teachers from across Africa have blamed politicians for the frequent power interruptions in the continent, especially in West African nations, pointing out that military putsch was a consequence of unresolved grumbling in the polity.The...

501 45In order to focus on consolidating the dividends of democracy to Nigerians, President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not to get involve in the race to 2011 presidency.The advice came from a former Nigerian Ambassador to Germany Prof. Tunde Ad...

50619Everyone sees the family business as a safety net. If you fail in the corporate world, you can always put your talent to work at the family business. But if your family doesn’t prepare, that safety net likely won’t be around for the next gener...

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...

50220Nous, agences et tours opérateurs mauritaniens (SoMaSert, Bontemps+ Voyages, AMST, TAYBA, Hôtel Halima, Mauritania Airways, Chemins de Sable, Tour opérateur français) avons fais venir 17 agences de voyages et 4 journalistes de la presse franç...

50277Des sources concordantes d’Alger affirment que les étudiants mauritaniens en Algérie ont investi les bâtiments de l’Ambassade et ont pris le staff de celle-ci en otage. Cela se serait produit hier jeudi, pendant les horaires d’ouverture o...

50294L'Agence Mauritanienne d'Information a appris, de sources du ministère des finances, que le département a introduit la langue arabe pour la première fois depuis l'indépendance dans les bulletins de salaire de l'Etat mauritanien, à côté du f...

500108 AfranTehran, June 2, IRNA – A delegation comprising four Majlis deputies is to join the peace flotilla which has been attacked by Israeli forces on Monday, it was announced here on Wednesday.Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash, a member of the Secretari...

500116 AfranTehran, June 10, IRNA – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said here Wednesday unfortunately Americans have staged a naïve game in New York nowadays, which we believe it is Zionist lobby pulling Obama’s leg from behind the scene.Accord...

500131 AfranSenegalese Foreign Minister, Madicke Niang in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki said the presence of the Senegalese high ranking officials in Iran during the current sensitive situation shows the nation's solidarity ...

500143 AfranTehran, June 28, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Monday that Iran is ready for talks on its nuclear program.“Iran will continue dialogue but it has its own conditions,” said President Ahmadinejad, adding that Iran...

500151 AfranLondon, July 14, IRNA -- The UK government is continuing to press Israel for the return of electronic and media equipment seized during its attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters six weeks ago, according to Foreign ...

5060672Researchers have cautioned Uganda against the continued existence of Non Tariff Barriers, in the Common Market, which affect the follow of trade between Uganda and East Africa member states.In a study conducted by Dr. Luke Okumu and Prof James N...

500160 AfranEgyptian interest section in Tehran has announced that visas for an Iranian delegation for a visit to the Gaza Strip will be issued by the next week, an IRI parliament representative, Mahmoud Ahmadi Biqash, told reporters Sunday.The member ...

5060104While Uganda tries to wring some money out of Heritage, the firm’s owners are laughing all the way to their offshore banks,Nasser reports,As far as investments go, this must be one of the most profitable ever.Anthony Leslie Rowland “Tony” ...

Batá drums (from left: Okónkolo, Iyá, Itótele)A Batá drum is a double-headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one cone larger than the other. The percussion instrument is used primarily for the use of religious or semi-religious purposes for the...

The 24 year old is the first Kenyan to win an Olympic gold medal in the men’s marathon eventKenyan long distance runner, Sammy Wanjiru, died on Monday morning after jumping from a balcony at his Rift Valley home, police said.As at the time of report...