Archive For: The Crunch
8th April 2015 Due to the rise in poaching in South Africa, the Erindi private game reserve has dehorned all its rhinos in a desperate effort to discourage rhino poachers. It also totally enclosed by a two hundred kilometer electric fence and has a team of thirty five staff member anti-poaching units which are committed ... Read More
8th April 2015 The schedule for the annual Zone 4.2 Chess Championships has been announced. The tournament will take place in Kampala, Uganda from April 17 to 26, 2015 and will host some of the finest players of the game from around Africa. This year’s edition coincides with the World Team Chess Championships in Armenia ... Read More
7th April 2015 America’s number one man Barack Obama will visit Kenya later this year. This makes it the first time he will visit since becoming the president of the United States six years ago. Obama has visited Africa four times since his presidential appointment. According to the White House, Obama will visit in July, ... Read More
7th April 2015 And in a bold step against abuse of women’s human rights, top army commanders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a declaration to battle rape in war. The declaration has been signed in Kinshasa, the country’s capital and is part of a plan by the government which was adopted in ... Read More
7th April 2015 Sani Ahmed, head coach of Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, has told the media of his plans to pair both local and foreign based players, to strengthen the team ahead of the 2015 Afrobasket championship and the All-Africa Games for this year. He said the team’s players have been impressive in their ... Read More
6th April 2015 Accolades and congratulations continue to pour in from around the world following Nigeria’s successful presidential elections. The United States Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement on the election, saying “The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria and the Nigerian Government on historic and largely peaceful elections the weekend of ... Read More
6th April 2015 If you visit Egypt or you plan to, you should listen up. The country is toughening their visa laws because of security issues, according to them. Now Egypt wants independent travelers to obtain visas at embassies before traveling instead of paying for them when they reach the country. This new policy will affect ... Read More
6th April 2015 Over one hundred swimmers braved the cold temperature inside and out of the water to show the stuff they were made of in the 5th edition of the Bank Windhoek Long Course Gala and the Aqua Pentathlon, which happened at the spectacular Olympia swimming pool. The gala ran for about three hours ... Read More
2nd April 2015 A Ugandan traditional and cultural leader Sylvia Nagginda, has announced as part of her goals, the intention to encourage and mobilize communities to enhance social and economic development. The ruler who bears the title of the Nabagereka of Buganda, defended the role of traditional institutions in land reform issues saying that ‘‘women ... Read More
2nd April 2015 And Edward Bawa, Ghana’s Communications Consultant to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, has said that contrary to reports and speculations from some quarters, Nigeria has not cut gas supply to Ghana. Bawa in an interview with popular news site myjoyonline said Ghana’s power plants were running on gas supplied from Nigeria. ... Read More
