Nigeria hopes for better future as it marks independence anniversary
How hope was rekindled In and for this great vast blessed land The bride of African continent And untapped, non-exhaustive international transactions Still stumps the senile and sages More convinced I...
View ArticleLove Fun Club plans to go on Demo to force BoG to release assets
Members of the God is Love Fun Club in Sunyani, have planned to hit the streets of Sunyani to protest against the Bank of Ghana (BoG), and its Governor, Dr Kofi Wampah. According to the group,...
View ArticleCommunity Assistant impregnates JHS girl in Gornikope
A Community Assistant, only known as Allnice, teaching at Klokpe District Assembly Primary School in the Akatsi South District has allegedly impregnated a junior high school (JHS) three pupil at...
View ArticleLingering drought to reduce harvests of Botswana farmers
by Lesego Ngwenya These have formed an integral part of the community’s livelihoods, with crops cultivated at the lands, and livestock, mostly cattle reared at the cattle post. Despite sizeable...
View ArticleTwo German tourists died in car accident in Botswana
The accident happened on Tuesday morning around 11am on the highway along Pandamatenga when the two were travelling in a minibus to the resort village of Kasane from another tourist attraction area...
View ArticleUN rights expert due in Ghana to discuss key criminal justice areas
The UN Information Center said in a release received here Tuesday that Mendez will be in the country from October 4-7 to engage with key government decision- makers and civil society leaders. “I will...
View ArticleTanzania’s electoral body to employ over 8,000 people for October polls
Damian Lubuva, NEC chairman, said people to be employed will be returning officers, regional election coordinators, assistant returning officers, presiding officers and direction clerks. He said NEC...
View ArticleNigeria welcomes Ebola rescue team from Sierra Leone, Liberia
Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Linus Awute, while receiving the delegation in Abuja, the country’s capital city, welcomed the members of the teams and said the country was happy...
View ArticleUNDP official task Liberia on development
Kamil Kamaluddeen, the UNDP’s Country Director, believes that working together as a nation and people brings about rapid development in any country be it developed or developing. He spoke during the...
View ArticleKenya’s central bank vows to stabilize shilling
CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge told a media briefing in Nairobi that the value of the local currency has been declining partly due to indiscipline in the foreign exchange (forex) market. “We are trying...
View ArticleSix Kenyans died, 9 others missing after stampede in Saudi Arabia
Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) chairman Abdulghafur El-Busaidy told journalists in Nairobi that some of the more than 4,900 Kenyans who were attending the Hajj have already started returning...
View ArticleMigration of wildebeest from Kenya to be broadcast live
The movement of wildebeest will be available to view live from the famous Maasai Mara in northwest of Nairobi for a week from Tuesday, using Periscope, a live-streaming video app for Twitter, and...
View ArticleNigeria launches mobile classrooms for IDPs in restive Borno
The project was to provide children the opportunity to acquire basic education in a standard environment, Chairman of the Presidential Initiative for the North-East, Adesoji Adeleye, said in Maiduguri,...
View ArticleExperts hail role of media in Africa’s electoral processes
“Electoral periods are very complicated and journalists should be well trained to understand how to behave during such periods,” said Tidiane Dioh, the head of media programs at the International...
View ArticleChinese embassy in Nigeria celebrates national day
Gu Xiaojie, the Chinese ambassador in Nigeria, while welcoming guests to the embassy, said the event was partly to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sino-Nigeria strategic partnership. Coincidentally,...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s competitiveness rises in 2015 – report
South Africa’s biggest improvements come in the areas of infrastructure (up eight places), health and primary education (up six places), labour market efficiency (up six places), technological...
View ArticleSouth African president happy about improvement of competitiveness
“We are happy to learn that South Africa as a maturing democracy continues to make significant strides towards ensuring that we are a globally competitive destination,” Zuma said upon returning home...
View ArticleProf Lungu explains “entrapment” & why corrupt judges must face the law – Part 2
See Them At The Kangaroo Court! ACCRA: Ghana, we still have a problem! THE PALAVER: After more than 2 years of investigations, Mr. Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a Ghanaian journalist, provided evidence of...
View ArticleKenya’s overall inflation rate rises to 5.97 percent
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) computed using the geometric mean approach increased by 0.27 percent from 160.90 in August to 161.33 in September. “Between...
View ArticleNigeria’s foreign reserves fall by US$1 billion
The figure given by Nigeria’s apex bank represents 3.14 percent fall in the foreign exchange reserves and shows 23.03 percent depletion from the saving a year ago. Nigeria, which is Africa’s top...
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