The bureaucratic complications involved in planning and running the electoral process form the greatest obstacle to holding twice-delayed presidential elections in Côte d'Ivoire on schedule by their new date of 29 November this year, the top United Nations official to

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Patrick Kalemera accepted an offer to patrol Nakalanga forest reserve in Mukono district hoping to earn good money to look after his family.

There has been a lot of criticism in the media about what some people perceive as poor performance by works and transport minister Eng. John Nasasira, who oversees the roads sector.

The European Union (EU)-Africa Business Forum has announced that it will meet in Nairobi, Kenya from the 28th to 29th of September, 2009, to discuss ways of improving the investment and business climate in Africa.

RDB-IT has entered a partnership with Cisco Networking Academy to empower community telecentres as local academies to provide IT skills to communities in the countryside.

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President Umaru Yar'Adua on Thursday declared the intention of the Federal Government to establish more development funds, upgrade Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to stimulate growth in the nation's manufacturing sector.

THE Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) spends more than sh2.5b on rent in Kampala every year, commissioner general Allen Kagina has revealed.

The restoration of Forodhani Park in Zanzibar's historic stone town has been completed, thanks to a $2.4 million (over Sh3 billion) funding by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)).

A new station for water treatment in Luanda will be built at Bita zone in Viana in an initiative of the State Department for Water aiming at improving water supply to population in the capital city.

The State secretary for Waters, Luís Filipe da Silva, Thursday in Luanda revealed that his department and the United Nations (UN) created a system which comprises the development of water and sanitary services.

Phone manufacturers are urging the Government to scrap the 18% VAT on mobile phones in order to increase the number of people using mobile phones.

A two-day workshop to drill stakeholders began at the Yaounde Mont Febe Hotel yesterday.

ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe will not be launching its 3G service this year but the good news is early next year subscribers can look forward to the service, CEO Douglas Mboweni said.

THE introduction of tollgates on all trunk roads to raise revenue for Zimbabwe's bankrupt inclusive government has been thrown off the rails as the country's road network needs rehabilitation first before the project could commence.

Safaricom has supported recent presidential directive requiring all mobile phone subscribers to be registered as a way of combating crime.

Subscribers of Africell Lintel Sierra Leone, the leading mobile company in the country have described the 'him and for her' promotion as transparent and real.

Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs said on Thursday that the N230 billion contracts for East West Road projects in the Niger Delta region were awarded without design.