Archive For: The Crunch
20th Jan 2015 Timbuktu, a film set in Mauritania, about the everyday lives of people, has received an Oscar nomination. It is the first African film to receive a nomination in The Academy awards for the best foreign film category. The Franco-Mauritanian film will vie for the award alongside “Leviathan”, ... Read More
20th Jan 2015 And in Uganda, Kyambogo University’s administration will use the sum of 2.55 billion Ugandan Shillings to build a central teaching facility which will seat 6,000 persons at a time. The project estimated to cost sixteen point five billion at its completion will house computer labs, lecture theatres, and offices. The announcement was ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 In Nigeria, the presidential candidates from the PDP and APC political groups, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Muhammad Buhari, together with those from other parties contending for the post of Nigeria’s president, signed an agreement to be peaceful before, during and after the coming elections on February fourteenth. The peaceful agenda was recorded ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 Still on news about Nigeria, according to the foreign aid minister of Denmark, Mogens Jensen, the Danish government will assist victims of the Boko haram insurgency with the sum of two million dollars. He said the activities of the terrorist sect have caused many people to be displaced from rural areas to ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 A special project, has been designed to invest in the early stages of development of power projects in Africa. The vehicle called Access Infra Africa, is the biggest privately funded of its kind and has an interesting ambition; it intends to develop a plan which realizes a portfolio of power assets in ... Read More
16th Jan 2015 The Tanzanian Albinism Society has commended the government for a recent ban on witchdoctors, as part of its fight against persistent attacks and abuse on people with albinism. The ban is just the first step in the process, and more strict measures will be put in place to punish defaulters and secure ... Read More
16th Jan 2015 There is good news for avid film and cinema lovers in Nigeria due to a new initiative by Multi Kulti films, founded by Ayo Osinibi, a lover of African and world cinema. The organization has created a platform that engages the public with an Alternative Cinema program of Independent and Experimental films, ... Read More
16th Jan 2015 And from TimesLive SA, a first time author is making the right kind of waves. Rob Boffard, is a 30 year old former Johannesburg man who has just been listed as a “rising star” by online book retailer Amazon. Rob’s name was one of 61 highlighted by Amazon as authors whose books ... Read More
15th Jan 2015 A call, encouraging women to be more assertive and bold in electoral practices has been put out by Mrs. Charlotte Osei, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education. She has challenged women to put themselves up for election into the district assemblies and unit committees in the country. Mrs. Osei ... Read More
15th Jan 2015 Internet giant, Google recently had a really special honour for one unique person. They decided to honour the man who is the Guinness world’s book of records holder for being the oldest man to sign up for primary school. And they did this by creating a doodle on their homepage in his ... Read More
