The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E Ebrahim Raisi, hailed President Museveni for ignoring pressure from Western Countries and their Imperialism to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Law. President Rais said that Western states are putting pressure on independent states by attacking the family foundation using human rights as a tool. He said he appreciated […]
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Nairobi — Iran has agreed to setup a vehicle assembly plant in Mombasa after signing an agreement with the Kenyan Government. The Coastal facility will manufacture Iranian-made vehicles dubbed Kifaru. Kenya and Iran early today inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the areas of fisheries, agriculture, ICT and housing. “I express our appreciation of […]
Nairobi — Kenyan nurses and midwives will soon be able to work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) through a new deal. The Kenyan Government and KSA have collaborated to enhance safe, regular, and productive labor migration between the two countries. In an announcement, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has requested that […]
Nairobi — The Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, arrived in the country on Wednesday on his official State visit. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua welcomed President Raisi at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The visiting Head of State subsequently proceeded directly to State House, Nairobi, where he was accorded a 21-gun salute. President William […]
Nairobi — The visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Kenya has been rescheduled, State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed has said. It was not immediately clear why the visit was scheduled at the last minute even as Nairobi had already prepared in anticipation of Raisi’s visit with the media already in place. President William Ruto […]
Miffed with the high number of pregnant women to Saudi Arabia for the just concluded 2023 Hajj exercise, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has threatened to sanction the State Pilgrim Welfare Boards, agencies and commissions that allowed pregnant pilgrims to travel to the Holy Land for pilgrimage. The commissioner in charge of planning, […]
Some Nigerian pilgrims who performed various rites at the three religious sites (Mashã’ir)–Muna, Arafat and Muzdalifah – Friday, started trooping back to Makkah. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pilgrims, who had gone through some intensive hajj rituals over the last five days, will continue with the remaining aspects of the hajj […]
Nigerian Hajj officials say 30 pilgrims for the 2023 Hajj are undergoing treatment while another was delivered a baby. Six Nigerian pilgrims participating in the 2023 Hajj have died in the course of the exercise, an official of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disclosed. The head of the NAHCON 2023 Hajj medical […]
GOVERNMENT on Saturday reiterated benefits that Tanzanians will get from its partnership with Dubai in the operation of the Port of Dar es Salaam. The benefits include improvements of efficiency of operations among other at the Port of Dar es Salaam that will lead to an increase of its annual revenue collection from 7.7tri/- to […]
Head of the Egyptian Commercial Service (ECS) Yehia El Wathiq Bellah discussed in a meeting with CEO of the Saudi Export Development Authority Abdulrahman Althukair ways of fostering cooperation in boosting exports. In a statement released on Friday 23/06/2023, the ECS said the two sides probed the possibility of attracting Saudi investments in a number […]
Egypt welcomed the announcement of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar on the restoration of diplomatic representation between them by resuming the work at the Embassy of the UAE in Doha, and at the Embassy of Qatar in Abu Dhabi and its consulate in Dubai as of Monday. In a statement released by the Foreign […]
South Africa’s most successful coach has been unveiled as the new manager of UAE Pro League side Al Wahda FC. Following a difficult departure from Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli, the former Mamelodi Sundowns boss is all set for his fifth venture as a head coach. His new side are prominent in the Arab world, […]
Dodoma — THE government has highlighted a number of benefits to be obtained after the Parliament endorsed the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focusing on social-economic partnership for developing and improving performance of ports in the country. Minister for Works and Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa, on Saturday outlined 14 […]
Riyadh — Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, the defense minister of Somalia is on an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as bilateral relations warm up. The Somali minister held a fruitful meeting with His Excellency the Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia, Khalid Bin Salman in Riyadh, the Gulf nation’s capital on Wednesday. During […]
A total of 95, 000 Nigerian pilgrims are set to perform this year’s Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia. Out of the 95,000, 32, 781 are already transported safely to the holy land and others waiting at the various Hajj camps in the country to board flights to Kingdom. This is even as the National Hajj […]
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia today, Tuesday, for talks on global security and economic issues, as the conflict in Sudan enters its eighth week. Blinken will “discuss US-Saudi strategic cooperation on regional and global issues and a range of bilateral issues including economic and security cooperation”, […]
Jeddah — The USA/Saudi Arabian joint facilitators of the suspended Jeddah talks between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), say they stand ready to resume formal talks and remind the parties that they must implement their obligations under the May 11 Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians […]
Jeddah — The joint USA/Saudi Arabian facilitators of the Jeddah talks between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which resulted in the May 20 Short-Term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Arrangement have announced that the talks are to be suspended “as a result of repeated serious violations of the short-term ceasefire […]