'Govt Committed to Encouraging Private-Sector Led Economic Growth'
The permanent secretary at the Ministry of Trade, Integration and Employment has said that the government of the Gambia under the leadership of President Jammeh is clearly and fully committed to ...
View ArticleThe Global Fund's Approach to Community Systems Strengthening Is Flawed
"The Global Fund is still not getting its approach to CSS right," note Dr Josef Decosas and Dr David McCoy. The authors describe problems with the way that CSS is conceived; the way CSS is ...
View ArticlePrimary Education Boosts Publishing Industry
The introduction of Universal Primary Education (UPE) in 1997 opened doors for healthy competition among local publishing firms. This healthy competition gave rise to a liberalised policy thus ...
View ArticleMPs Set to Decide Bus Company's Fate
Members of parliament on the Public Service and Local Government committee today meet all interested parties in the petition against Pioneer Easy Bus, in effort to iron out the outstanding issues ...
View ArticleU.S. Congress Urged Not to Cut Global Health Funding
Washington - Proposed US cuts to funding for global health research and development could scupper gains made in tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, warns a report released ...
View ArticleCredit Reporting and Sharing Systems - IFC to Hold Briefing
In many countries in Africa, information about a business or individual's credit track record is simply unavailable. Most borrowing is done with collateral and interest rates are high to ...
View ArticleTime to Tackle 'Last Taboo' of Contraception and Climate - Experts
New York - Finding a way to put the environmental impact of population and women's reproductive health more prominently on the climate change agenda is increasingly urgent, experts said in ...
View ArticlePirates Attack Vessel, Kidnap Two in Port Harcourt
A cargo vessel on anchor in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been attacked by pirates who kidnapped two crew members on board. Following the incident, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) echoed ...
View ArticlePolice Budget Reveals Big Shift
Does hiring more police officers result in less crime? Or does more crime result in more police officers? The reasoning behind the first statement has guided South African policy makers for the ...
View ArticleChina to Finance Maputo Ring Road
Maputo - The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) is to provide 300 million US dollars for the construction of a ring road around Maputo. The agreement with the Exim Bank was signed on 17 ...
View ArticleArusha Hit By Baby Abductions
Arusha - A WAVE of baby abductions has hit Arusha. Two and a half-year old Collins Carlos Dionis is the latest baby to be abducted, the police have confirmed. The baby was abducted by unidentified ...
View ArticleMPs Threaten Court Action Over Salary Cuts
Swaziland MPs are threatening to take the Minister of Finance to court because he cut their salaries by 10 percent in a bid to control public spending. They say they were the only group to have the ...
View ArticleHighway Blocked As Police Fire Tear Gas in Luweero Protest
A demonstration in Luweero town council over the poor garbage disposal has turned violent after Police threw tear gas canisters at demonstrators. Traffic on Gulu-Kampala highway has ground to a halt ...
View ArticleAnother Cyclone Threatens Coast
Maputo - The Mozambican government is taking preventive measures to mitigate the possible impact of cyclone Irina, which is currently located in the Mozambique Channel, off the coast of northern ...
View ArticleOfficial Denies Hindering Voter Registration
Maputo - Mozambique's Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) on Wednesday denied press reports that its local representatives have been hindering the registration of voters in ...
View ArticleMore Policemen Arrested for Extortion
Maputo - Mozambique's Central Office for the Fight against Corruption (GCCC) has caught red-handed a further two municipal policemen who were extorting money from drivers of the minibus-taxis ...
View ArticleHostage Held by Rebel Group
Maputo - The Mozambican police in the northern Mozambican city of Nampula are trying to persuade the leadership of the former rebel movement Renamo to release a man who has been imprisoned at the ...
View ArticleAmla guides South Africa to ODI series win over NZ
NAPIER, New Zealand: Hashim Amla missed out on a 10th century but still guided South Africa to a comfortable six-wicket victory over New Zealand in their second One-Day International yesterday, ...
View ArticleEast Africa sees Internet woes as cable cut
CAIRO: Internet users in East Africa began to see a reduction in speeds on Tuesday after two undersea fiber optic cables delivering broadband service to the region were severed by ships' ...
View ArticleBotswana, Zambia agree to fiber link
CAIRO: Botswana and Zambia's telecom operators have agreed to establish a new fiber-optic cable through Kazungula. Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) and Zamtel in Zambia announced ...
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