Talks in Washington about Ethiopia's construction of a dam on the River Nile are not negotiations, the Ethiopian government says. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have all been invited to the meeting hosted by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, being built on the Blue Nile tributary
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Africa Oil Week got off to a high profile start with a prestigious Ministerial and VIP Symposium on the 28th floor of First National Bank’s corporate headquarters in Cape Town’s Waterfront district. Over 200 senior executives from IOC and NOCs along with ministerial delegations from leading African nations joined to
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Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has been attacked severally over his leadership style. Some MPs last week said he is running Makerere University like a kindergarten. However, Nawangwe sees himself differently. To him, he is the best leader Makerere University has ever had. Contrary to criticism, he says
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Sam Mangusho Cheptoris, the Cabinet Minister of Water and Environment has called for establishment of forests in urban centres as opposed to limiting them in only rural areas. Cheptoris made the call today while appearing together with officials from National Forest Authority before the Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee to give
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Members of Parliament have spoken out on the manner in which Police mistreated the former President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party, Dr. Kizza Besigye, calling on government to stop excessive use of force in Police operations. The Police was on Monday, 4 November 2019 captured by the
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Irene Muloni, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, in the Republic of Uganda is leading a delegation of private and public sector players from Uganda’s oil and gas sector at Africa Oil Week 2019, 4th to 8th November 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. Minister Muloni said “Uganda will
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Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University found hard when he appeared before the Parliamentary Education Committee to answer queries regarding the recent violent students strike at the institution. Students have recently been striking over the 15% tuition increment. Appearing before the Committee today, Prof. Nawangwe was tasked
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Six British politicians have written to the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, calling for two former military officers to be released from prison. Frank Rusagara - who was once defence attaché to the UK - and Tom Byabagamba, were arrested five years ago. Former presidential guard chief and serving colonel, Tom
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The government of Zimbabwe has fired 77 doctors who have been taking part in a strike since September over pay. Last month a court ruled that the strike was illegal and ordered them back to work but they defied the ruling. Hundreds of doctors, who are also on strike, are
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By Edward Israel-Ayide The rapid advancement of mechanization from the mid-1700s to the early 1800s which is now considered as the Industrial Revolution, resulted in job losses for many skilled workers across Europe. The knock-on effect of this development was a significant rise in poverty. With a reduction of earnings
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