THIS year, World Kiswahili Language Day will be celebrated on July 5 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The event, chaired by the Permanent Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Congo, will be themed Kiswahili: education and culture of peace. Kiswahili is…
UGANDA has raised the import duty on fully electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and electric motorcycles from zero to 25 percent in the current financial year. This change has significantly increased the cost of these vehicles. For instance, the price of…
IN a tragic case of mistaken revenge, a house fire in Denver, Colorado in the US, claimed the lives of Hassan Diol, her infant daughter Hawa, and three other family members in 2020. The fire, set in the middle of…
Apostle Victor Sorokwu (Ugo-Anioma) The continued fiddling and meddling politics that have greeted the bold and visionary advocacy of Senator Ned Nwoko to resuscitate the creation of Anioma State as the sixth state of the South East region of Nigeria,…
THE World Bank has sanctioned a $208 million grant to assist Zambia in alleviating the severe social and economic repercussions of a prolonged drought that has gripped the southern African nation. This announcement was made by Zambia’s finance ministry on…
MALAWI, a country highly vulnerable to climate shocks and widespread hunger, is taking a crucial step to improve food security for its citizens. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government have launched a $53 million agricultural development…
IN the wake of ongoing protests against proposed tax increases, families in Kenya are visiting morgues to collect the bodies of loved ones killed during last week’s demonstrations. The protests, which have turned violent, highlight deep-seated frustrations with the government.…
Introduction THE judiciary is popularly referred to as the last hope of the common man. Yet, to maintain the attributes that qualify it for this populist appellation, the independence and integrity of the judiciary must be jealously guarded and sustained…
THE Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has welcomed new graduate interns to the July edition of its internship program, aimed at promoting waste management education among the younger generation. Managing Director and CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, speaking about the…
PRIVATE South African hospital group Busamed has successfully consolidated seven on-premise data centres into one central, hosted private cloud environment, with the organisation seeing power consumption savings that have covered around 80 percent of the project costs, as well as a…
