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Ghana I Will Sue Vanderpuije
The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ahafo Ano South, Mr. Balado Manu, has threatened to sue the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, Dr. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, if he goes ahead to construct a modern market at the burnt Kantamanto Market, as he has been preaching. According to the former MP, any move to turn Kantamanto into modern market would mean that the idea to modernize the railways ...
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Uganda Govt Plans Fuel Tax Hike
The Government has ruled out the possibility of dropping the taxes it has proposed in the forthcoming 2013/2014 budget. Ever since the release of the budget framework paper last month which contains the draft budget that will be read in June, various sectors have protested the taxes, saying they will be an added burden to them. In an exclusive interview with New Vision, Matia Kasaija, the ...
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Uganda Investors Asked to Focus On Agriculture
The Government has asked investors to stop branding the agricultural sector as a risky area to invest in. The call was made by Bright Rwamirama the minister of state for animal husbandry, while officiating at a workshop on agricultural risk management at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. He said many investors have been avoiding the sector which employs the largest population of Ugandans, ...
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Nigeria Nigeria First Bank Targets 10 Percent Loan Growth This Year - CEO
Nigeria's FBN Holdings Plc aims to grow loans 10 percent this year for its banking unit, down from 23 percent growth in 2012, as it tries to balance its capital needs with creating risk assets, the head of the banking unit said on Friday. The CEO of First Bank, Bisi Onasanya, told a conference call the lender had a capital adequacy ratio of 21 percent and it wanted to balance its capital ...
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Nigeria DBanj Now Face of Bank of Industry
Award-winning artist, D'banj, has been appointed as the face of the Bank of Industry (BOI). The G.O.O.D Music artiste is the first musician to be appointed ambassador of the Bank headed by Ms. Evelyn Oputu. The unveiling/media presentation took place earlier in the week and was performed by the BOI boss herself. The value of the contract is unknown but it's speculated to mean more ...
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Uganda Entebbe Express Way Diverted Over Compensation
Parts of the proposed Kampala-Entebbe expressway route have been diverted to avoid paying off expensive property owners and ease the weight on a constrained compensation budget. The affected areas are between 6km to 11km (Katale-Bukwenda and Katale-Busawula) and 14km to 19km (Lumuli and Kiryamuli/Ssekiwunga) The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) says the realignments in these areas were ...
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Uganda Shilling Up On Inflows From Exporters Charities
Kampala - The Uganda shilling strengthened on Friday due to dollar inflows from commodity exporters, charities and sell-offs by offshore investors betting on a weaker greenback. At 0932 GMT commercial banks in Kampala quoted the currency of east Africa's third-largest economy at 2,560/2,570, stronger than Thursday's close of 2,575/2,585. "The market has inflows from the usual ...
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China’s Premier to Visit India
NEW DELHI -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ...
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Politics bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil
KAMPALA, Uganda -; Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in legal fees, and the alleged interference of a president whose firm control of the sector worries transparency ...
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Zambia police arrest 31 students protesting over food subsidies
"We have so far apprehended 31 students and they have not yet been charged," Lusaka provincial police chief Joyce Kasosa told Agence France-Presse on Saturday. Hundreds of students from the University of Zambia marched to President Michael Sata's office on Friday, demanding an audience with him. But Sata, who was away from the capital, ordered the police to arrest them. He also ...
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Ghana Names Beach Soccer Team
Yaw Ampofo Ankrah A squad of 15 players has been announced by the Ghana Beach Soccer Association (GBSA) for the upcoming beach soccer World Cup qualifiers in Morocco. Ghana will attempt to qualify for the2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Tahiti later this year by aiming for a spectacular first time entrance onto the beach soccer stagenext week. The team commenced non-residential training in ...
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Somalia President Madobe Nominates Gen. Fartaag As Jubaland Vice President
Kismayo - The newly elected president of Jubaland state in southern Somalia has nominated Gen. Abdullahi Ismail Fartaag as the state's new Vice President in accordance with the adopted State Charter, Garowe Online reports. Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe) nominated Gen. Fartaag as Jubaland Vice President after consultations with community elders, politicians and ...
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Somalia Five Killed in Clash Between Govt Forces and Militants in Bakool Region
Baidoa - At least 5 persons were killed during clashes on Thursday night in Bakool region, of southwestern Somalia, Garowe Online reports. The fighting erupted Thursday night around 11:30pm local time in El Barde town of Bakool region, near the Somali-Ethiopian border, witnesses said. All the dead and wounded were fighters, according to local reports. Al Shabaab militants attacked Somali ...
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South Africa Prof Karabus Thanks South Africa
Professor Cyril Karabus, who arrived at Cape Town International Airport on Friday following eight months' detention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on charges of which he was finally acquitted, thanked South Africa for its support during his ordeal. "I really must thank everybody. Your support has just been fantastic," the 78-year-old, a specialist paediatric oncologist who is ...
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Nigeria Akwa Ibom Orders Closure of Illegal Motor-Parks
Uyo - The Akwa Ibom Government has directed operators of commercial vehicles and tricycles to relocate to government- owned motor-parks across Uyo so as to check criminal activities. The Commissioner for Transport, Mr Bassey Abia gave the directive while interacting with newsmen in Uyo on Thursday. Abia said that the relocation should be carried out immediately. "A tax force committee ...
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Africa The Diaspora Can Help Fuel Rwandas Technology and Digital Ambitions
As Rwanda day 2013 comes to London for the first time, let me take this opportunity to talk about the role that the Rwandan business community in the diaspora can playing by embracing the creation of Rwanda startup culture and make a difference in creating much needed jobs at the same time benefiting from the growth of the ICT sector. Rwanda Day is a periodical event that is held in different ...
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Africa Press Release Following CAF Exco May 2013 Meetings
The Confederation of African Football's Executive Committee, in its meeting in Cairo on May 15th and 16th 2013, has approved the appointments of the new members for CAF Standing Committees for 2013-2015, following a new system of selection. The full lists will be published soon. The CAF Executive Committee also congratulated the Football Associations of Algeria and Morocco for the ...
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Nigeria enforces 24-hour curfew as offensive presses on
Nigeria's offensive is targeting all three states put under emergency decree, including Adamawa and Yobe, but the Boko Haram's traditional base of Borno is expected to see the most intense fighting. ...
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African Union Don’t Let Them In
On May 19, African countries will kick off a special summit to celebrate 50 years of unity, first under the Organisation of African Unity and, since 2000, under the African Union. This is an opportune time for the AU to set the record straight on its support for accountability, especially the atrocities during Kenya’s 2007-08 post-election violence. Indeed, Kenyan government sources ...
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Adelaides African community is thriving
FROM business to sport and beyond - Adelaide's African community is thriving, writes Callie Watson. --------- THEY are a new breed of footballers - a group of teenage girls who escaped from lives ofheartache and despair half aworld away to embrace our indigenous game. Two teams of mostly African refugees made their debut in the North Eastern Metro Junior Football Association's ...
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Orb is Favorite Colt at Preakness Stakes
The colt will face eight rivals at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday. If the horse wins, he gets a shot on June 9 to try for the first Triple Crown win since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes. Orb will break from the one post during the race. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Friday he was pleased with the horse and does not see any problems ahead of the race. Eleven horses have won the ...
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Zim lecturer jailed for labelling Mugabe rotten old donkey
Chenjerai Pamhiri (38), a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe State University in Masvingo city, was convicted and jailed on Friday by a magistrate, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said on Saturday. Prosecutors alleged that Pamhiri, while doing his shopping at a local supermarket last week, shouted that Mugabe was "dirt which should be discarded, a rotten old donkey". He is also said to have ...
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Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban
Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of Kairouan where the Salafists have vowed to hold Sunday's gathering, AFP correspondents reported.Police were singling out for checks the private minibuses that ply between Tunisian towns.Ansar al-Sharia had urged ...
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Liberia Liberias Legislative Branch Urged to Summon EPS Boss Over Terrorists Journalists
The Plenary of Liberia's House of Representatives have been asked to invite the Director of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) to answer to questions of terroristic threat against Journalists. Two separate communications were written by Representatives Munah Pelham Youngblood (CDC-District #9 Montserrado County) and Richmond Anderson (LP-District #12 Montserrado County). Defending ...
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Gambia A Fruitful Relationship
Gambia and Senegal share a lot in common. The two countries are without doubt one people, speaking the same language; brothers and sisters, sharing the same cultural norms and values and located within the same geographical area called Senegambia. The two countries are therefore bound to co-exist in the spirit of brotherhood at all times. This is precisely the reason President Jammeh has always ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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