The Minister for Health, Major (Rtd.) Courage Quashigah has condemned the rate at which women and girls die during pregnancy and child birth and said it poses a threat to the country's socio-economic development.
A wedza man -- Enock "Giant" Ngano -- has found a way of taming snakes into harmless friends, leaving the community shell-shocked as local people regard this as taboo in their culture.
A ROW has erupted between investors in the tourism sector and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) over the allocation of exclusive gorilla tracking permits to Nkuringo Conservation Development Foundation.
On the face of it, Nairobi residents are a hard-working lot. They wake up early to go work. And they go home, late - very late. Their working day starts between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. At this time, most
In a rather surprising move today, The Gambia Police Force promoted over 540 men and women of the Force, the Freedom Newspaper can reveal. A majority of the police officers promoted were said to be from the Jolla ethnic group.
The Catholic church and the workers' umbrella organisation on Saturday called for an immediate resettlement of the people displaced during the post-election violence.
Ugandans who want a career in the United States military, can sign up at the annual convention of the Uganda North American Association, organisers say.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has given Botswana the go-ahead to sell 43.6 tonnes of ivory by the end of this year.
Out of the estimated 720 mountain gorillas left in the world, 340 can be found in the jungles of Bwindi Forest National Park that has over 32 families. A family of gorillas is made up of between 10 and 30
THE Police have impounded over 150 vehicles in an operation to crack down on motorists violating traffic regulations. Motorists who had not fastened seat belts, had vehicles in dangerous mechanical condition and without third party insurance did not survive the
THEY can be found walking briskly up and down hospital corridors, attending to the many needs of their patients, but who is attending to theirs? Elizabeth Agiro writes that some nurses have to work up to 15 hours a day
There is every likelihood that former Health Minister Professor Sheila Tlou could return to her University of Botswana (UB) job at the end of the current political term. Speculation became rife after President Ian Khama's decision to drop Tlou and
Mr Richard W. Anane, Minister for Transportation, on Wednesday said the failure of road agencies to prioritize road projects and keep to the approved budgets had resulted in the Government currently owing contractors GH85, 000,000.00 for work executed in 2007.
The Federal Government and members of the organised labour will meet today in Bauchi to iron out areas of disagreement over the implementation of the 2.5 percent National Housing Fund (NHF) in the country.
The influx of foreign investors in the retail sector has in recent years been conspicuous and a remarkable achievement for a country allegedly buried in irretrievable economic ruin.
Aimed at enhancing the use of information technology for all processes among its workforce, the Bayelsa State government has commenced the training of over 11, 000 civil servants on the use of computer for their daily operations.
The National Organising Committee of the National Collective Bargaining Labour Forum will today hold peaceful demonstrations across the country against the 15 percent salary increase for government workers.
