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Uganda Spends $15.4 Million On Apartments For Its Police Officers
For the past few years, the police units in Uganda have faced a growing housing challenge, leading to the near homelessness of a good number of police officers in the country. According to state-sourced data, over 52,000 personnel live in deplorable conditions in police barracks across the country, while about 12,000 have to find shelter…
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Is Nigeria’s Oil Sector Experiencing More Growth In 2022?
According to new data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Nigeria surpassed its 1 million BPD quota for November and October, a welcome development from August when the commission announced the country was unable to meet its OPEC quota owing largely to oil theft and vandalism. The report details that oil production output in…
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What Is China’s Debt Relief Plan For Heavily Indebted African Countries?
China has revealed it has kickstarted its plan to cancel outstanding interest-free loans to indebted African countries and Rwanda has become one of the countries to benefit from this agreement, following the Apex lender’s recent forfeiture of an outstanding debt of $7.1 million. According to a statement by Rwandan Minister for Finance and Economic Planning,…
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Here Is What You Do Not Know About AIDS In 2022
Did you know that every week about 4,900 young women aged between 15 and 24 become infected with HIV? While in 2021, UNAIDS shared that some 1.5 million people became newly infected with HIV, bringing the total number of people living with HIV to 38.4 million. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic and…
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Africa To Receive First Batch Of Monkeypox Vaccine From South Korea
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the continent has received its first donation of monkeypox vaccine from South Korea. The first batch of 50,000 doses would be given to health workers and people living in the hardest-hit areas like Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. There have been…
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Has The Ebola Outbreak Come To An End In Uganda?
Health officials in Uganda have confirmed that the last known Ebola patient in Uganda has been discharged from the hospital, raising hope that the outbreak could end sooner than previously thought. Uganda’s latest outbreak has recorded 142 infections and 56 deaths since it first made news in September 2022. The Ebola outbreak was first confirmed…
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What You Need To Know About Egypt’s New Capital City Construction Plan
Egypt has announced its new plan to build several cities that will span some 580,000 acres and accommodate 30 million dwellers. Egypt also plans to create a new administrative capital away from Cairo, expected to accommodate 18 million people to 40 million people by 2050. The brand-new constructed city “New Administrative Capital” would create opportunities…
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Here Is Why Uganda Would Need More Skilled Wielders In The Coming Years
Uganda has started the process of preparing some of its citizens for an economic boom, following plans to intensify oil production by 2025. Last week, Sinopec Uganda started the screening process to provide qualified candidates with hands-on training in advanced fabrication and recruitment on the Tilenga project in Nwoya District. The corporation said there were…
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Alimosho: The Hub Of Electoral Malpractice In Lagos State
It is a sunny afternoon in Lagos, Nigeria, with no power supply in days as usual. 32-year-old Tobi is sitting outside his father’s two-bedroom apartment in Gowon Estate, in the heart of Alimosho local government area of Lagos. He knows he is not sure where his afternoon meal would come from, but he does not…
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Here Is Why India Is Holding On To $3.47 Million Worth Of Tanzanian Gold
In a single contraband bust, Indian authorities have sized 6KG of gold worth $3.942 million at the Mumbai International Airport. They seized 53KG worth of gold from 4 Indians on their way back from Tanzania, while the remaining 8KG gold was confiscated from 3 travellers from Dubai. The suspects were confirmed to be smugglers from…