IN MEMORY OF MARTA PAYNTER

By Geoff Paynter Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of my mother, Marta’s, passing. Having escaped Nazi repression, she went on to become a journalist, writing in English, a language she taught herself when she met my father. She was adventurous and fearless attending strikes, political rallies, riots and scenes of devastation and even joining mercenaries

Pakistan Parliament Ousts Prime Minister Khan

Pakistan’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted Prime Minister Imran Khan out of power Saturday, nearly four years after he took office. The voting on the opposition-launched, no-confidence resolution began after midnight local time, minutes after Speaker Asad Qaiser from Khan’s ruling party unexpectedly announced his resignation. Qaiser invited a senior opposition lawmaker,

A Top UN Envoy in Mali

A top United Nations envoy in Mali is pushing the country’s military leaders to allow UN forces to visit a village where Human Rights Watch claims the Malian army and foreign soldiers suspected of being Russian recently massacred an estimated 300 people. The executions in Moura, according to the rights group, were the biggest single

BOTSWANA OFFICIALLY OPEN NEW BOATLE ROAD PROJECT 🇧🇼

In March 2022 Botswana’s Ministry of Transport & Communications officially opened Boatle road project which consists of a dual carriageway & 2 Interchanges. The project, which is fully funded by the government also includes the construction of two bridges over the Tloane and Metsimaswaane rivers. The project is part of the government’s economic stimulus programme

Campoare Jailed

Former president of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaore has been sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of Thomas Sankara. Mr. Sankara, a Marxist revolutionary, was gunned down by a group of armed men in the capital, Ouagadougou in 1987.

Zambia -Rwanda in MoU Agreements

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Mutual Administrative Assistance. The MoU between the two Authorities is intended to serve common interests and contribute to the modernization of processes, legal frameworks, information technology and human capital development for efficient and effective execution of each Authority’s

Rebuilding the Zambian Economy

By Isaac Abel Mwaipopo It is not even a secret that in the coming days and years, Zambia will face a lot of difficulties in its efforts to rebuild the economy and get back to a path for growth. Anyone that is honest and understands where we are coming from and how deep the damage

GRACA MACHEL THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE WORLD WHO SAVED AS FIRST FOR TWO COUNTRIES.

Graca Machel, born 17 October 1945, is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the widow of former presidents of both Mozambique and South Africa and the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries; Mozambican president Samora Machel (1975- 1986) and South African president Nelson Mandela (1998 –

Tamale Interchange is finally completed

The President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to commission the Tamale Interchange Project tomorrow, Tuesday, 29th March 2022. The project involved the construction of about 1.1km of bridge and ramps Drainage works, Streetlights, and 10km of Asphalt Overlay around the interchange. The main objective of the project is

Small commissions Nelson Mandela Bridge

Senegalese President Macky Sall opened the Foundioungne bridge and named it after Nelson Mandela, the South African freedom fighter. The opening took place on Saturday 26 March 2022. He did to honor one of Africa’s best sons. The move by Macky Sall to name the bridge is great move as it is time Africa began