By Own Correspondent – The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) is currently awaiting a decision from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) regarding an application to increase electricity tariffs to 31% and cost recovery for water and sewerage services in Banjul. The move, according to justifications made available to PURA by NAWEC, is based on the fact that the company is currently under extreme financial difficulties due to the cost of inputs, the increasing cost of energy purchased from the IPP and high operational costs. The company’s revenue base is also said to be insufficient to sustain NAWEC’s operational... Continue Reading
Berlin, Germany and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Wyse, the global leader in cloud client computing, will be the major sponsor of this year’s eLearning Africa conference and exhibition. The sixth in the series of the Africa’s largest international events on technology for development, education and training, eLearning Africa will take place from May 25th to 27th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Wyse is committed to helping educational institutions in Africa use its advanced desktop virtualisation solutions better to enable schools and colleges to deliver teaching and learning based on reliable, affordable and greener classroom ICT. African clients and partners draw... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Correspondent – The Buduburam Refugee Camp has been home to refugees who fled the civil war in Liberia over two decades ago.One person has been confirmed dead in violent disturbances that broke out Sunday morning at the Buduburam camp for refugees. An unspecified number of people were injured in the incident as the police fired tear gas and gunshots to control angry stone-throwing residents.This started when the police picked up two person ahead of the morning ceremony these were the spokesperson for JOLREG called ‘Marshall’ and the intended women to sworn in name withheld . The residents were... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – TSAVO NATIONAL PARK, Kenya (AFP) – Kenya’s wildlife has recorded some increase in elephant population in its flagship park wildlife authorities announced Saturday. Despite increased poaching and a recent severe drought, Kenya has recorded Elephant population increase in the expansive Tsavo ecosystem in the south of the country rising to 12,572 from 11,696 three years ago according to the preliminary results of a census released Saturday. The figures, which represent an increase of around two percent, is however less than the four percent rise that has been recorded in previous counts. “This has happened in the... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – BLANTYRE, Malawi (AFP) – Rwanda’s refugees minister General Marcel Gatsinzi has called on some 2,000 refugees in Malawi to come home, saying the country had returned to peace and stability, local media said on Sunday. Malawi’s Sunday Times quoted Rwanda’s refugees minister saying.”Please return home. There is peace in Rwanda, there is security in Rwanda.” Gatsinzi told the refugees not to fear “wrong information” telling them they would be prosecuted for genocide if they returned home. He said such information was being spread by “fugitive Rwandans who committed crimes during the genocide and are on the... Continue Reading
