Most of the traffic lights that where installed less than five years ago to control traffic flow and ease on the jams in and around the city have been off for some time now, stretching the few traffic police personnel
Everyday, men, women and children embark on a perilous voyage across Lake Victoria - between Mbita Point in Suba district and Lwanda Kotieno in Bondo to do their routine chores.
The populations of Douala and some towns in Cameroon have always complained of high electricity bills since AES-SONEL took over to head the electricity corporation in Cameroon. Many reasons were advanced by the authorities of AES-SONEL to the increase in
Twenty-six years after the drilling of five oil wells, two of which produced positive results in the Matanda block, government has decided to revisit the potentially oil/gas rich area located in the Douala/Kribi-Campo basin.
Regional Electricity Regulators Association (RERA) of Southern Africa says consumers should brace for harsh times as electricity tariff increases become inevitable in a region plagued by massive power deficits.
THE Uganda Electricity Transmission Company (UETCL) has signed a $138.9m (about sh236.1b) contract with an Indian firm, Jyoti Structures Africa, to construct the Bujagali interconnection project.
Publish What You Pay (PWYP), the global civil society coalition campaigning for transparency in the extractive industries, welcomes the World Bank's effort to extend transparency in this sector beyond revenues through its new EITI++ initiative. EITI++ includes disclosure along the
An estimated 10 000 litres of engine oil illegally dumped at the Walvis Bay Municipal dumpsite recently have formed a large pool, raising concerns over the environmental impact.
SIMEO NSUBUGA is the Police spokesman for Kampala Extra Region and also the officer in charge of community affairs. He talked to Rachel Kabejja about his work
Two University of Botswana (UB) lecturers, Dr Dolly Ntseane of the Social Work department, and Dr Kholisani Solo of the Law department, recently launched a book they co-authored, titled, Social Security and Social Protection in Botswana.
Uganda is slowly moving towards pension sector reforms that will hopefully see National Social Security Fund and the Public Sector Pension Scheme cease to monopolize the savings of pensioners. In his 2007/08-budget speech, the finance minister reiterated the need for
Production capacity in the Pande and Temane gas fields, in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane, is to be expanded by 50 per cent as from 2010, to respond to the growing demand, both in Mozambique, and in the neighbouring
It was reported recently that a British firm had attempted and failed to register a trade mark for the kikoi fabric, an invention which we all know is distinguishably Kenyan.
