A five-day regional workshop aimed at identifying tangible ways of bailing out Africa’s chronic energy problems is under way in the Gambian capital Banjul. The seminar, organized by the African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR), which began on Monday, seeks to inform participants of electric power market structure and models. It has, among others, the [...]

Senegal and South Korea, over the weekend, reached a landmark deal for the construction of a coal power plant. The agreement is part of a memorandum of understanding signed by the Senegalese Minister of Energy, Samuel Sarr and vice-chairman of Korea Engineering Company, INC. (KOPEC), Bae Soo-Lee. Mr Bae is part of a visiting Korean [...]

By Chancy Namadzunda in Zomba The visiting United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for more support to developing countries in Africa to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Ki-moon told reporters in Malawi’s southern region district of Zomba when he visited the Millennium Village Project (MVP) in Mwandama Village, a part and parcel of [...]

In the 2010/11 financial year, government has set aside K11.7 billion to combat HIV/AIDS pandemic. Finance Minister Ken Kandodo, during his budget presentation in parliament said the allocation is under National Aids Commission (NAC). “An allocation of K9.2billion has been made to district hospitals in order to run the various district level health programmes,” he [...]

Malawi’s president and African Union chair Bingu wa Mutharika has ordered immediate release of the gay couple, Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, and Steven Monjeza, 26, who were sentenced to 14 years in jail for buggery and gross indecency. Mutharika made the order at the press briefing in Lilongwe he conducted with the visiting UN Secretary General [...]

Togo has a new government After three weeks of dealings and hesitation, the Togolese Prime Minister Gilbert Fossoun HOUNGBO renewed on May 7 he managed finally composed his government team which the president Faure Gnassingbe has given his final discharge May 28 in accordance with Article 66 of the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of [...]

Togo has a new government After three weeks of dealings and hesitation, the Togolese Prime Minister Gilbert Fossoun HOUNGBO renewed on May 7 he managed finally composed his government team which the president Faure Gnassingbe has given his final discharge May 28 in accordance with Article 66 of the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of [...]

President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has reacted strongly to remarks by US ambassador to the country, calling on the Senegalese government to tackle corruption in the country or risk forfeiting future aids. The president told the US representative in Dakar, at a meeting at his office, on Friday, that he was distressed by persistent comments [...]

L’hôtel Mercure Sarakawa a abrité une cérémonie de lancement officiel du projet « Sauvons la vie humaine ». Ce projet qui est une seconde initiative d’envergure internationale de l’Association Togolaise pour la Protection des Bénéficiaires d’Assurance Automobile (ATPB2A) ayant vu le jour en 2007 vise essentiellement en cas d’accident, la protection et le secours d’urgence [...]