Finally credible elections for Nigeria
Will the upcoming general elections in Nigeria become a repetition of the 2007 sham, or can the country finally organise a credible poll? There are both good and bad ...
View ArticleGhaddafi row in The Gambia
Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh has issued a surprise call for his old ally Moammar Ghaddafi to stop betraying his people and step down immediately. A shocked opposition thinks Mr Jammeh is desperate ...
View ArticleNigeria farmers double cassava yields
Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to new varieties and a little bit of "juju" delivered to the Oyo state after a food crisis in ...
View ArticleNo money to stop Ghana child trafficking
The sad new was announced by the Accra office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) today. The IOM has been the key coordinator in rescue operations freeing Ghanaian children from ...
View ArticleLibya, Chad row over "mercenaries"
Libyan revolutionaries and human rights group insist "mercenaries" from Chad are playing a vital role in the fighting. Chadian sources vehemently deny this, pointing to "naturalised ...
View ArticleIn the Continent, We Had No Street Kids
At the time of writing this, my girlfriend had just terminated our conversation on account that her SMS's were up (100 sms's? Who does she SMS even?). I then went to pick up an old copy of ...
View ArticleBanks Target Continent's Diaspora Remittances
Kampala - United Bank for Africa and Ecobank have started new accounts, Target Saving and African Diaspora respectively aimed at widening their customer base and encouraging a saving culture. ...
View ArticleInformal Trade Talks Continue
Maputo - The Mayor of Maputo, David Simango, meeting on Wednesday with a large number of informal traders, declared that the City Council is not opposed to the informal sector, and that the measures ...
View ArticleNairobi Set for Revolution With IBM Expertise
Nairobi, Kenya - American multinational technology and consulting corporation IBM is partnering with the Kenyan government in an ambitious initiative to transform Nairobi into a smarter, more ...
View ArticleGambia to Host Sustainable Green Africa Confab
The Gambia will play host to an international conference on environment dubbed 'Green Africa Sustainability Conference'. The confab is slated for April 12-15 at Sandele Eco-Retreat, Kombo ...
View ArticleSocial Media Piles Pressure On Mainstream Press
Nairobi, Kenya - The growth of social media has brought with it challenges that have forced media organisations to change their operations. Local and international media houses have now rushed to ...
View ArticleNo Problem With China Loans - WB
Kampala - The World Bank says it is not scared with China lending despite the fact that the country has penetrated the industry strongly monopolized on the African continent by the bank. Mr. ...
View ArticleDar es Salaam Hospitals Turn Away Patients As Doctors 'Strike'
SOME medical doctors in government hospitals on Wednesday started a go-slow to press for a demand they have persistently wanted fulfilled. Surveys by the 'Daily News' across the country ...
View ArticleAfrica - A Continent On the Margin or a Lion Ready to Pounce
"..we shall no more go back to sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world, that new African is ready to fight his own battle and show that after all the black man ...
View ArticleIncubation Centre to Train Mechanics
The Private Sector Federation (PSF) plans to set up a mechanical incubation to narrow or close the skills gap in the automobiles repair business. Gerald Mukubu, Director of Advocacy at PSF, ...
View ArticleDonald Payne Contributed to Improved U.S. Policies Towards Africa - Johnnie...
Malaria Policy Center ) Congressman Donald Payne will be remembered for generating "greater understanding of Africa" and stronger ties between the United States and "the many ...
View ArticleU.S.$200m City Project Stalls
The construction of the long-awaited public commuter terminal and commercial complex in the capital Kigali have been delayed further, weeks after work had been scheduled to start. Developers had ...
View ArticleMiners Return to Work
Maputo - Almost all the Mozambican miners employed by the Impala Platinum Mine at Rustenburg, in South Africa's North-West Province, are now back at work following the end of a strike that ...
View ArticleThousands of Workers Protest in Cape Town
Leader of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Zwelinzima Vavi, described the march - one of several across the country - by thousands ...
View ArticleA Successful Development Strategy - Need for Sustenance
The next generation of our development agenda EDPRS II, will as pointed out in earlier articles, require national efforts of business unusual. Business unusual in the manner and volumes of financing ...
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