Alwaght - Since the rise to power of Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey in 2002, Africa came into focus of the Turkish foreign policy makers. Since then, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey paid more than 30 visits to the African states, and in 2016 raised the Turkish embassies in Africa to 39. Ankara under a variety of aid plans between ...

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will pay visits to Kazakhstan, New York, and some African countries, according to the presidential office chief of staff. Mahmoud Vaezi said on Wednesday, 'We are planning the president's trip to New York to participate the United Nations General Assembly meetings.' UN General Assembly annual meetings are ...

American Herald Tribune - Thomas C. Mountain: Emmanuel Macron wears the crown of Caesar in France today, withPresidential powers of Imperial proportions with his vision for PaxFrancais in Africa pointing towards more of Hollandism, hispredecessors practice of putting more boots on the ground to insureFrench access to Africas natural resources. Africa ...

MNA Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari underlined that terrorism is an international problem and a common threat to the West Asia and Africa. Jaberi Ansari made the remarks in a meeting with African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui in Tehran on Mondaywho hashas been invited by Jaberi Ansari to hold talks ...

Tasnim Irans representative at a meeting of the International Criminal Court (ICC) called on the tribunal to address the concerns of a number of African nations that have decided to withdraw from the court, describing it as sign of discontent with the organizations conduct. Addressing the 15th session of the ICCs Assembly of States Parties, ...

IFP- Gholam Hossein Shafei, the Chairman of Irans Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Industries, told IRNA that Iran can increase its economic presence in Africa through Lebanon. Shafei, who has traveled to Beirut along with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, said the trade meeting between Iranian and Lebanese businesspersons is to be ...

At least 12 people have reportedly been killed after two explosions rocked an area outside the African Union (AU) peacekeeping base in Somalias capital, Mogadishu. According to Somali police, a bomber fist set off an explosives-laden car at the entrance of the AU base near the international airport in Mogadishu on Tuesday morning. A second bomber ...

Alwaght- The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in 30 years on Monday July 4 made a 5-day visit to the East African countries including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. The trip aims at boosting Tel Avivs political, economic, and security influence in Africa. During the trip, the Israeli PM in a meeting in Kenya ...

Alwaght- Saudi Arabia under King Salman has heightened its hostility to Iran, and it no longer solely relies on its Western allies support to contain Tehran. Since the time King Salman ascended to the throne, Riyadh has gone to great lengths to curb the increasing Iranian influence in Africa, Asia, and even the Latin America. Using networks ...

Alwaght- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is clearly working on strategy to expand his country's influence across Africa, as part of his bid to emerge as a major global player. Over the past six months Erdogan has visited eight African countries. In February, Erdogan traveled to Senegal and later in March he went to the Ivory Coast, Ghana,...

NEW YORK, May 25 (MNA) Iranian UN envoy and head of NAM has highlighted the groups support for AU peacekeeping programs and has welcomed cooperation with the African Union. Iranian Ambassador and Charge d'Affaires to the UN Mr. Gholamhossein Dehghani communicated on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement a statement to the Security Council Open Debate ...

National Iranian mens para-taekwondoteamhasexhibited awe-inspiring displays at the first edition of AfricanPara TaekwondoChampionships in Egypt, and been crowned as the champion of theinternational sporting event. On Sunday, Iran stood on top of the podium with a total of eight (five gold, two silver and one bronze) medals, having racked up ...

TEHRAN, April 05 (Shana) - An Iranian oil tanker has called at an African port for the first time since the removal of US-led sanctions on Tehran's nuclear program, an official said. Nasrollah Sardashti, director of commerce at National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), said NITC's first tanker has berthed in Africa and the company is prepared to enter ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) American political scientist said Obama is a functionary of the United States government upon whom the African-American community placed unrealistic expectations. Dr. Wilmer Leon underlined that President Obama has never been an African-American leader, 'he is a president who is African-American.' Criticizing the justice ...

Tehran ishosting several African American activists in the third edition of the New Horizon conference, which deals this yearwith police brutality against African Americans and other people of color in the United States. The three-day conference, which kicked off Tuesday,hosted 30 black activists includingsenior journalists, authors, anti-US musicians,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- President of Iran's largest car-maker, the Iran-Khodro Company, said Tunisia can serve as a desirable gate for his company to access the African market. "Tunisia has a special position in the North Africa and it can play as a bridge between IKCO and North African countries," Hashem Yekehzare said during a meeting with Tunisian Minister ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that Tehran attaches special importance to the progress and enduring security of the African continent. "Iran supports development and sustainable security in East Africa," Amir Abdollahian said in a meeting with visiting Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental ...

[caption id="attachment_118558" align="alignright" width="222"] Obama speaks on Ebola. Right now everybody has the best intentions, but people are not putting in the resources that are necessary. Photograph: Behar Anthony/EPA[/caption] President says world cannot expect US to combat the virus alone, and expresses frustration at inaction from other ...

[caption id="attachment_116606" align="alignright" width="253"] A child looks at a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus, while holding his hand over his nose, in a main street and busy part in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. A Western Kentucky University student has developed a way to track the Ebola virus outbreak. Armin Smailhodzic ...

[caption id="attachment_111695" align="alignright" width="223"] Doctors Without Borders' (MSF) medical workers disinfect the body bag of an Ebola victim at the MSF facility in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, on August 14, 2014.[/caption] Vaccine trials under way as experts fear disease could become endemic in worst-hit areas of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia Experimental ...