Archive For: The Crunch
6th Jan 2015 Hooliganism is an issue, and in few sports more than in football. The issue has had some unexpected consequences in Uganda though, as due to some rather, ermm, passionate fans, SC Villa of Uganda been awarded three points and three goals by Uganda’s Premier League following an aborted game against Sadolin Paints ... Read More
26th Nov 2014 Social media in West Africa is alive with a movement by some Africans on several online portals calling for massive support for a song released recently by some West African musicians as an alternative to Band Aid. Despite his reaching number one in the UK charts, Bob Geldof’s “Do They Know It’s ... Read More
26th Nov 2014 The government of Ondo state in the South-west of Nigeria has revealed that a specialized medical science university will be built in the state to actualize their input and achievement in the health sector, and to also stop their professionals from the state, leaving to other places in search of better working ... Read More
26th Nov 2014 It was an unexpected surprise for South Africa’s rugby and a shock to fans when Bakkies Botha , the seventh most-capped Springbok of all time, a three-time South Africa rugby player of the year nominee and holder of the world record for the most Tests as a lock combination in the starting ... Read More
25th Nov 2014 Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged the youths of his country to embrace entrepreneurism in order to fight unemployment, adding that entrepreneurship could eliminate unemployment in Kenya, one of the most serious problems faced by the country and its youths. The President was speaking during the tenth graduation ceremony of Kabarak university, ... Read More
25th Nov 2014 Professor Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu, who is the Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy in Ghana, has been appointed by The United nation’s secretary General, Ban Ki-moon as a member of a fourteen member high level independent panel on United Nations Peace operations. The Panel will work in partnership with ... Read More
25th Nov 2014 There is good news in the DRC as the United Nations health agency has declared the Democratic republic of Congo free from the Ebola virus after the mandatory forty two days elapsed with no new cases of the disease. This comes after tests performed on the last person who had the disease ... Read More
25th Nov 2014 Despite the qualification for the nations cup in 2015, it seems like South African side Bafana Bafana might still have a lot of work to do to ensure that they don’t run into trouble when the tournament kicks off next year. According to TimesLive SA, Bafana Bafana’s man of the moment, Tokelo ... Read More
24th Nov 2014 When you think of Beach football, you probably think of Miami or Brazil, both places famous for the game. However, in much the same way as it colonized Jollof rice (yes, I went there), Nigeria is taking hold of the game and giving it a uniquely green-white-green identity. COPA Lagos, the name ... Read More
24th Nov 2014 And Kenya is trying to step up its response to the power situation with a report from Ventures Africa that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $133 million loan to fund a power project that will connect at least 314,200 new customers in Kenya’s rural areas. The project is estimated ... Read More
