Parliament has approved a €140 million loan facility for the design and construction of phase I of the Suame Interchange and ancillary work project, in Kumasi. The approval comes on the back of expression of anger by constituents of Suame, who ‘chased out’ their representative and Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who had gone to inspect […]
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Note: This is the third article in a multi-part series reviewing Eritrea’s participation at the 2022 High-Level Political Forum and the country’s presentation of its Voluntary National Review re-port. Part III highlights some of the progress achieved on Sustain-able Development Goals 3 (good health and well-being) and 13 (climate action). In September 2000, world lead-ers […]
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Eritrea: From Nakfa to Sawa
In 1994, the center of gravity of Eritrea was shifted from Nakfa during the struggle to Sawa after independence. Why? Simply, to continue the already started nation-building process! To make the future better than the present! What else? In order to ensure the security and stability of the nation. Ultimately, the list of possible answers […]
New York — Surveillance, Smear Campaigns, Intimidation, Prison After Unfair Trial Moroccan authorities are using indirect and underhanded tactics to silence critical activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. The moves aim to preserve Morocco’s coveted image as a “moderate,” rights-respecting country while it grows ever-more repressive. In the 129-page […]
As CDC – COP counters SUP Liberia’s 175th Independence Day celebration turned bloody on Tuesday, 26 July 2022 when government supporters countered student protesters. The ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) supporters calling themselves CDC Council of Patriots (CDC-COP) attacked and wounded several students of the campus – based Vanguard Students Unification Party (SUP) of […]
Lottery grant was meant to rebuild a Limpopo school that burned down during protests Money from the National Lottery was intended to rebuild a Limpopo school which had been gutted by fire. Instead the money was used to buy a R3.6-million house in a golf estate near Hartbeespoort Dam for the Commissioner of the National […]
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it is committed to investigating credible allegations of corruption “without fear or favour”. This after media reports that the unit is allegedly being used for nefarious political acts following proclamations authorising the SIU to investigate at least 14 state departments and entities. SIU spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago, said reports that […]
Cape Town — Eskom In Talks With SADC Nations on Surplus Electricity Struggling energy giant Eskom is in the process of approaching SADC countries to buy their surplus electricity, Eye Witness News reports. This follows the electricity action plan unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his “family meeting” with the nation on July 25, 2022, […]
Kaduna State government has renamed some public buildings and roads in honour of former Vice President Namadi Sambo, the late former deputy governor, Yusuf Bala Bantex, former chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais (rtd) among others. At the ceremony which was held in Kaduna on Tuesday, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, said the state […]
Rising above partisan politics or personal relationships, over 80 senators across political parties and a majority of House of Representatives members, yesterday, agreed to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, if the growing insecurity across the nation persisted beyond six weeks, being the ultimatum handed the government before the legislature shut down till September 20. The decision […]
The federal government has assured of its willingness to partner the World Bank on projects to build watersheds in 2,800 communities of the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu gave the promise during a high-level discussion with the World Bank and the AGRO-Climatic Resilience in […]
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said yesterday the nation’s economy was doing well under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration than previous governments. She also explained the depletion of Excess Crude Account, ECA, saying it had not been funded for sometime. Mrs. Ahmed stated this after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, […]
Nairobi — The High Court has nullified the candidature of Mohamed Gedi, an aspirant for the Fafi parliamentary seat for holding citizenship in three countries. Gedi holds the citizenship of America, Kenya, and Somalia. The electoral agency had already cleared Gedi who is vying under the Amani National Congress (ANC) party ticket to contest for […]
Smallholder horticulture farmers in Honde Valley, the Manicaland Province, have bemoaned high costs of inputs, which they say are preventing them from realising their full potential. Honde Valley is a vast communal land, about 95km north of Mutare where production of coffee, bananas, sugar beans, avocados, yams and sugar cane is the major source of […]
Sifelani Tsiko — Farirai Masocha, a 21-year-old University of Zimbabwe Computer Science student has come up with a livestock tracking application that can work as a digital defence to help prevent stock theft and alert farmers to the condition of animals. The young innovator said the livestock application takes the traditional animal ear tag commonly […]
Poor sanitation accounts for 52 percent of the total disease burden in Malawi, with diarrhoea alone accounting for seven per cent of under-five deaths, latest statistics have shown. Acting Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Joseph Magwira, has since called upon stakeholders in the water sector to scale up efforts to […]
Erratic power supply in the country may come to an end by December when operations of Kapichira Hydro Power Station will be restored. The station which generates 130 megawatts was crippled after a wave of Cyclone Anna that affected the place earlier this year. This resulted in frequent blackouts throughout the country. There is now […]
Government does not have the capacity to pay civil servants in foreign currency but will make periodic reviews on the current Zimbabwe dollar wage in recognition of the current inflationary environment. Public Service Minister Paul Mavima told Parliamentarians Wednesday that the government would continue to push for negotiations with unions to stop industrial action but […]