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Kenya contributes two percent of global carbon emissions but has suffered devastating impacts of climate change due to activities in the developed world.
Robert Mugabe arrived in the Italian capital Rome on Saturday, for a United Nations food summit. Despite European Union targeted sanctions that restrict his travel Mugabe is allowed to travel to meetings that are under the auspices of the UN.
The vice president and minister of Women's Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, on Saturday, 14th November, presided over the official opening ceremony of the fourth edition of The Gambia Trade Fair, spearheaded by the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, has reiterated his profound gratitude and sincere appreciation to the Khalif General of Mourid in Touba, Senegal, Alhaji Muhammed Lamin Barra Mbackeh, for his solidarity by giving directives for all Mourids in the country to harvest his farms, at a time when his crops needed urgent intervention to rescue them from ...
Business activities throughout human history keep the world moving on its feet. The private sector and governments of the world are active stakeholders and partners towards achieving sustainable development in any given country. Business activities continue to play an important position in our countries and communities. To a great extent it serves as a catalyst in the progress of economies - both ...
The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) have issued a warning to the general public to stop using or selling military equipment and items that can be used for impersonation or any other illegal act. Below we reproduce the full text of the press release sent to the Daily Observer.
It is just 10 months since the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government took office, but already the politicking to the next election has begun both nationally, and within the various parties.
WE have been treated to pictures of the Tooro princess looking so lean, she would make soccer star David Beckham's anorexic wife Victoria die of nugu. She also has a blazing song called Haturudi Nyuma (Let's not retreat). It features a hitherto unknown Burundian vocalist, Kidum, a continuation of Juliana's professed preference for collabos with male artistes ever since she broke the I-Jay ...
I SHOULD not be the one writing about this because well, I literally make a living off reminiscing about campus life. But then I have never been the one to resist doing what I shouldn't do. I wonder why we never seem to get over the fact that we went to university?
WHAT are the views of the NRM and the opposition on the topic of the week? Sunday Vision pits opposition columnist Wafula Oguttu against NRM representative Ofwono Opondo.
TO be or not to be, that is no longer the question. It is no longer if, but when this "dreaded nightmare" will land on hapless Nigerians, making life just a little more miserable. So, after all the vacillation; the undiplomatic double-speak; after all the postulation and grandstanding by senior government officials; the "plague" is now upon us.
I always knew I would one day be forced into making a comment or two about sports although I had decided to reserve any expression of my feelings, exciting or depressing, to myself. I was sure that I would mostly be assailed by the latter anyway, so why bother.
East Africans welcomed the undersea fiber optic cables with much excitement and great expectations. When it comes to on line business transactions, concerns about cyber security, legal and ethical issues start to come up. The question of privacy must be addressed. Constitutions, legislations and past court decisions have however indicated that the right to privacy is not absolute and that privacy ...
Found at nearly every casino in East Africa are the popular card games known as Pontoon, Blackjack aka "21", and Poker as well as roulette tables and electronic slot machines.
'The Amanze Obi Phenomenon is Not an Attempt At Myth making or at praise-singing, but a realistic effort to present an otherwise misunderstood personality, Amanze Obi." This was how my friend, William Amanze Obi, and I used to rhapsodise about an article I was supposed to write on him more than 20 years ago.
When Losikalwame 'Six' Keatlholetswe was appointed Botswana Football Association (BFA) technical director, I was probably one of only a few who felt that his ascendancy to that position was premature. Yes he was Botswana's most qualified and probably most successful coach then, looking at his achievement with BDF XI. But I was convinced then that he was not a fully finished product. I wanted him ...
President Ian Khama will this morning address the nation after a year full of action.
Have you ever experienced how money makes you feel? Due to either bad spending habits or some unforeseen situation, upon receiving money most of us lose our cool and spend a major part of it, even during the first few days of receiving our checks. Then for the majority of the month we find ourselves either eking our way through or borrowing just to stay afloat till the next check.
My slow paced stroll at the Gaborone bus rank, which is always a bustle, is greeted by a quick motion of the hands by one of the white-clad women as she rubs two fingers of her left hand together. A double take and she confirms my suspicions with a question of whether I need to change any foreign currency.
The calmness with which Senators reacted to some disquieting developments at the Senate retreat that ended in Enugu yesterday may have reflected the maturity of the David Mark Senate. Or perhaps it suggested the grip Senator Mark has over the Senate.
WHEN Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as the Prime Minister of a loose coalition with Robert Mugabe, there was hope that his presence could influence reform in the country. This government is only a few months old but it has become clearer that Zanu PF is not willing to give up its hold on power. There is substantial evidence that MDC-T holds minimal power in the current set-up. Examples that ...
AFRICA'S natural and mineral resources place it in a position where it should not be entirely dependent on foreign aid inflows for its salvation. Blame for the continent's condition should rest squarely on its leadership's failure to negotiate investment ventures and trade agreements that serve the interests of their countries.
I JUST finished reading The Law, The Lawyers & The Lawless', a fascinating book by Dele Ogun, a solicitor based in the UK. In one of the chapters, he describes an encounter with the 'masters of the universe.' He was on tour of the stately home of George Washington, the founding president of America, with Donald Easum, a former US ambassador to Nigeria during the first reign of Olusegun ...
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and the Iyasele of Esan land, Chief Tony Akahon Anenih, struck the right note as he addressed a rally of Edo people at the NTA pavilion, Benin City, to mark his party's sensitization and unity rally. The welfare of the people, he said, constitutes about 70 percent of the responsibility of any government and that their development should be accorded great ...
THERE is nothing wrong in visioning. Good leaders often have a vision of how they intend to leave the country different from how they met it. But there is a catch here; visions have to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound. I will leave you to conclude if our vision 20, 2020 conforms to some or all of the above. I will dwell on one aspect of visioning; the area that says it ...
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