Author: Johnson Thembo
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has called for greater economic integration among African countries with the aim of creating a union of African States, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports . Speaking at the African Economic Platform summit in Mauritius, Mr Mugabe added that regional groupings should work towards forming “a much more united African Union, call it if you want, Union of African States, with perhaps an authority called Government of African Union States and those other authorities being subordinate to that authority”. Mr Mugabe, 93, added: When will that day come? We hope it will come in the lives of…
Doctors are the only cadre of professionals that are still posted directly to hospitals from college, State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu has said. Debunking the misguided notion that some 1,400 doctors who have graduated from public universities were still hanging without jobs, Mr. Esipisu said doctors are absorbed into service first as interns and after a year confirmed as medical officers once they finish their studies. “Some do leave to expend all their energies in private practice while others stick in Government while still committing large chunks of their time to private practice,” Mr. Esipisu said. The State House Spokesperson…
The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) will in May start a massive registration project to capture data of school pupils aged between 5 and 16. This exercise is a move by government intended to develop a National Identification Register for both citizens and legal residents and register births and deaths in the country. According to Gilbert Kadilo, the NIRA Public Relations and Corporate Affairs Manager said that the registration is aimed at capturing the data of the age bracket (5-16) which the authority is missing in its national registry data bank and will run for the entire secondary and primary…
Uganda – France Friendship Week Celebrations: Football match: Saturday, 25th March 2017 At Nelson Mandela National Stadium A contingent of 20 French players arrived on Monday Night The French team will train at Namboole on Tuesday evening (4pm). Saturday’s match will be graced by top musicians in the country including Uganda Cranes ambassador, Bebe Cool Match will be broadcast live on 102.1 FUFA f.m, the football radio Preparations to have successful Uganda – France week celebrations have yielded fruitful dividends. Already, a couple of activities are underway that will climax with a football match between the Uganda Cranes and the…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took a group of journalists on a tour of Kawumu Presidential Farm in Makulubita Sub-county, Luweero District. It is at this farm that in October 2016, President Museveni demonstrated how simple drip irrigation could work amidst concerns from farmers countrywide about the then prolonged dry season. The President took journalist to show how much progress he has made on the 24-acre farm where fruits (mangoes, pineapples, passion fruits, pawpaws) coffee, mushrooms, matooke and vegetables are grown, in addition to practicing zero grazing. During the tour, President Museveni demonstrated how mulching can be done. He encouraged…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC), said the number of South Sudanese fleeing their homes is “alarming”, adding that about 1.6 million people have either been displaced or fled to neighbouring countries over the past eight months. “A famine produced by the vicious combination of fighting and drought is now driving the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis,” the spokesperson for the UNHCR office, Babar Baloch, said in a statement on Friday. Baloch further said the rate of new displacement was alarming, representing an impossible burden on a region that is significantly poorer and which was fast running short of…
South Sudan’s government has rejected allegations in a confidential UN report accusing it of buying weapons to fight rebellion instead of using it to help people facing starvation. The report by a panel of experts calls for an arms embargo on South Sudan, a measure rejected by the UN Security Council in December last year. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Sunday, Ateny Wek Ateny, South Sudan’s presidential spokesman, said the report undermines sovereignty of South Sudan. He added that the government had the right to buy weapons. However, Ateny said they have not bought guns since 2013. The spokesman further rejected…
The SPLA-IO faction allied to former first vice president Riek Machar said dozens of government forces led by Cap. Lam Yuol Jok defected and joined its forces in Raja area in Western Bahr al Ghazal on Friday. In a statement seen by Radio Tamazuj, the armed opposition deputy spokesperson, Lt. Col. Lam Paul Gabriel, claimed 16 government soldiers abandoned their position and joined the SPLA-IO faction led by Riek Machar. He claimed that the soldiers defected after allegedly witnessing atrocities that include gang rape, killings and torture in Raja.” We respect their patriotic spirit to work with us and bring…
Tanzania’s Information Minister Nape Nnauye has announced an investigation into an alleged raid of a TV station by a government official. CCTV footage shows Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda (in the cap), escorted by armed police officers, entering the studios of Clouds Media Group (CMG) on Friday night. Reacting on social media, people have been calling for the commissioner to be disciplined. Reports say that Mr Makonda was unhappy that the TV station had failed to run a story that would have portrayed a local cleric in a bad light. Mr Makonda and the religious leader have had…
Some 200 demonstrators have protested in Luanda against a draft law criminalising all abortions, to be voted on next week. Angola has one of the world’s worst health care systems. The proposed new penal code has been sharply criticised, including by Isabel dos Santos, reported to be the richest woman in Africa and the daughter of veteran President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.