President Museveni has met Kampala Capital City Authority leaders and some of the market representatives over the leadership and management of markets in Kampala and the metropolitan areas. During the meeting held at State House Nakasero, the president guided that these markets should be owned and managed by the low-income earners instead of being taken […]
Police have announced a major crackdown on errant boda boda cyclists in a bid to bring sanity on Ugandan roads. In a statement by the Traffic Police spokesperson, ASP Faridah Nampiima, boda boda cyclists account for the biggest number of accidents on Ugandan roads and this has necessitated the move to reign in on them. […]
African countries want a discussion on clean water and sanitation to be high on the agenda the UN Climate Summit scheduled to begin on November 6 in Sharm El Sheik in Egypt. Access to clean water is a major problem in developing countries. ADVERTISEMENT In Uganda, the largest water body, Lake Victoria, surrounded by several […]
Kampala, Uganda — The Finance State Minister, Henry Musasizi has asked Members of Parliament to approve up to Shs3.5 trillion to finance the Shs48.1 trillion budget. The first loan request which is up to US$464 million translating to about Shs1.7 trillion, is to be sourced from the Standard Chartered Bank. In documents which now stand […]
Addax has ceased to be the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) contractor for the Oil Mining Leases (OML) 123/124 and OMLs 126/137. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Tuesday announced it has signed a settlement and exit agreement with Sinopec’s Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) to exit its four major oil mining blocks in the […]
Cape Town — Passport Costs Goes Up It’s official. South Africans will have to pay more passport applications – that’s now R400 to R600 for a standard passport. Replacing a lost or damaged passport will now cost R1,200, The Department of Home Affairs announced in September that, for the first time since 2011, it would be […]
Wad El Mahi / El Roseires — There is currently a “relative though tense calm” in the Blue Nile region but, amidst the chaos and uncertainty, not all bodies have been buried yet. The humanitarian situation has also deteriorated as displaced are about to run out of food. Mohamed Mousa Ibrahim, head of the Hausa* […]
At least 42 health facilities out of about 1040 in Lagos were shut down by the state Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, between January to September 2022, over illegal operations and other related offenses. Executive Secretary, Agency, HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu, disclosed this yesterday, at Ikeja, while reviewing the activities of the agency […]
Bahn — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has handed over 15 Spotlight Initiative-funded durable shelters to women-headed households and vulnerable persons at the Bahn Settlement in Bahn, Nimba County. The Bahn Settlement, formerly Bahn Refugees Camp, is home to several Ivoirian refugees who […]
Nairobi — When Mara Siana Conservancy came into operation in 2016, there was a single zebra and a topi (antelope) in the valley just outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The valley was also host to fewer than 150 elephants and 200 buffalos. The elephant population is now well over 300 individuals, and […]
Bangui — On October 31, the Bangui-based Special Criminal Court issued its first verdict. It found three former members of a Central African armed group guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 2019. One of the convicts received a life sentence, while the other two got 20 years in prison. During hearings […]
Washington — The United States is trying to curb the flow of weapons to the Islamic State terror group’s affiliate in Somalia, taking aim at a smuggling operation that is also helping to arm its al-Qaida-linked rival, al-Shabab, with weapons from Iran. The U.S. Treasury Department Tuesday announced sanctions against eight individuals and one company […]
Digital agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade. Most are services that work on mobile phones, although more advanced technologies are in use too – like satellite images, sensors, blockchains and big data analytics. The services offer access to information, markets and financial products. Kenya is at the forefront of this development […]
Addis Abeba — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the federal government is “trying to convince [the] TPLF to respect the law of the land, to respect the constitution, to act as one state in Ethiopia.” Speaking to CGTN, PM Abiy said that peace was a “foundation for prosperity,” and that his government is “working […]
Team Nigeria’s delegation to the just concluded African Open Para-Powerliting Championship held in Egypt, returned to the country on Monday via an ASKY Airline that landed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at exactly 4.55 pm Nigeria time. The all-conquering Nigerian Para-Powerlifters won a total of 43 gold, 14 Silver and 2 bronze medals plus additional […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said the country needs an experienced president after 2023, noting that electing an inexperienced leader may lead to the collapse of the country. Addressing journalists at the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja on Tuesday, the Director of Strategic Communication of the campaign, Dele Momodu, […]
Mr Kwankwaso promised to make all entry examinations into tertiary institutions free for Nigerian citizens. The presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has unveiled his manifesto ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Kwankwaso, at the unveiling ceremony of the 152-page document titled “My Pledges To You” on Tuesday, promised to […]
While many students have returned to the campuses, those living in private hostels are unhappy that eight months of their rent have been wasted. Following the suspension of the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the authorities of the concerned universities have in the past two weeks announced the resumption of […]