By Collins Mwai The current mismatch between capital seeking profitable ventures and the chronic deficit of large-scale investments in Africa can be addressed through closer collaboration with institutions such as the World Bank Group. This was said by President Paul Kagame on Tuesday during the opening of a two-day Development Finance Forum hosted by the World Bank Group in Kigali…. Read more »
By Stanley Opara Failure on the part of industry regulators in Nigeria has relegated Nigeria to the background among the comity of nations, thus making it a destination for dirty fuels. Petroleum products that are not accepted in other parts of the globe including most African nations, have continued to flood the country’s product space, leaving Nigerians, the environment and… Read more »
MDC president Nelson Chamisa is scheduling his own mock inauguration weekend according to his spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda. Nelson Chamisa also is making a “presidential cabinet” appointing leaders in the MDC party. Chamisa lost the Zimbabwean presidential election to Emmerson Mnangagwa on July 30th, 2018, Which according to Temba Mliswa has thrown him into a depressed state going as far as saying he needs… Read more »
Zimbabwe’s opposition has charged the ruling party with rigging the first election since the historic departure of autocrat Robert Mugabe, sparking a deadly crackdown on protesters by troops in Harare. While the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) insists the election was fair, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has raised an array of fraud allegations.
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has appointed Welshman Ncube and Morgen Komichi as his co-deputies as he begins presiding over the much-anticipated MDC reunification process which also co-opted Tendai Biti as deputy national chair.
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says Nelson Chamisa’s loss to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the July 30 elections has thrown the MDC leader into depression which could be healed through psychiatric help.
New cases of Ebola found in urban areas over the last few days show the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not yet under control and the next few weeks will be critical to contain the virus, Oxfam warned today. Despite a strong response, not enough is being done to help communities overcome their understandable fears and… Read more »
The International Committee of the Red Cross reports some positive signs indicate South Sudan’s recent peace agreement is holding and may lead to a sustainable end to years of conflict. The ICRC global director of operations, Dominik Stillhart, has just returned from a week-long mission to South Sudan. He says the impact of five years of war is widespread, palpable… Read more »
Nnewi — THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused Swiss government and it’s Embassy in Abuja of aiding and abating the unlawful disappearance of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, also accused the government of Switzerland of collaborating with the Nigerian government in the continued disappearance of its… Read more »
By Farirai Machivenyika Zanu — PF Politburo member Advocate Jacob Mudenda was yesterday voted as Speaker of the National Assembly to retain the post after beating MDC-Alliance’s Ms Paurina Mpariwa. Adv Mudenda garnered 179 votes to Ms Mpariwa’s 79. He will be deputised by Cde Tsitsi Gezi, who beat MDC-Alliance’s Mr Murisi Zwizwai with 174 votes to 79. The elections… Read more »