Archive For: The Crunch
Today’s news ends on a bit of a low note because of the sad passing of Godfrey Kalimugogo, a renowned author and former career diplomat from Uganda. He was aged 72. According to the writer’s son Andrew, the late writer whose works were mostly inspired by personal experiences and society, had been ill for two ... Read More
29th Jan 2015 In his visit to Lagos ahead of next month’s polls, The United States Secretary of State, John Kerry has advised Nigeria against postponing the general elections which are expected to happen on the fourteenth of February. The secretary of state’s visit was to urge politicians and the electorate to respect the outcome ... Read More
29th Jan 2015 In Zambia, Edgar Lungu has been sworn in as Zambia’s 6th President. The new President who ran under the banner of the Patriotic Front won after a tightly contested battle with Hakainde Hichilema of opposition, United Party for National Development. The new president received 48.3 percent of the vote, while Hakainde Hichilema ... Read More
29th Jan 2015 In a first of its kind project in Ghana, a team of experts from the Technical University of Denmark, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research will cultivate seaweed for the production of biofuel and pharmaceutical products to impact the energy needs of ... Read More
29th Jan 2015 And in some slightly ironic news from Uganda, youths have been urged to shun gambling. The advice comes from National Lotteries Board chairman, Manzi Tumubweine who said gambling is for leisure and enjoyment and not a means to earn a livelihood or fight poverty, adding that gambling requires consideration, chance and prize. ... Read More
28th Jan 2015 People living in Kenya will enjoy steadier electricity supply in the next three years because of a new project by the Government expected to provide electricity to over 70 percent of Kenya. The good news was shared by the country’s Deputy President, William Ruto in Davos, Switzerland where he addressed all those ... Read More
28th Jan 2015 A sober World Health organization has acknowledged that the organization was unprepared in their response to Ebola and has begun reforms to improve the situation for future purposes. At an emergency session in Geneva, director-general Margaret Chan said Ebola had taught the world health organization and the world at large how we ... Read More
28th Jan 2015 Namibian soldiers will be housed by the Namibian Defence Force in a nationwide exercise which will provide living spaces for them. The NDF Chief Lieutenant-General John Mutwa issued a letter that homeless men and women of the armed forces of the country should be registered for possible housing, citing the increasing size ... Read More
27th Jan 2015 The chief executive officers from some of Africa’s most attractive mining companies will converge from the 9th till 12th of February this year, in Cape Town, South Africa, for the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba. The event is the world’s preferred destination for making deals in African mining and will this ... Read More
27th Jan 2015 The Nigeria’s Army has a new voice, so to speak; Colonel. S.K Usman has been appointed as the new spokesman for the service, taking over from Brigadier General Olajide Laleye who has been transferred to the 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin. Until his recent appointment, Colonel Usman was the spokesman ... Read More
