Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP |  The floor is dusty, the walls filthy and the furniture decrepit, but for two weeks last month a tiny flat in a Harare township was transformed into a maternity clinic where scores of babies were born. Its owner, 69-year-old Esther Gwena, says she helped to deliver …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Gulu Archdiocese has embarked on a joint partnership with Operation Wealth Creation – OWC to rally farmers in Acholi region to undertake large scale cassava growing. OWC is a countrywide government-led poverty eradication and sustainable wealth creation programme aimed at raising the household incomes of …

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP |  Early each morning, a crowd gathers outside Ahmad Isah’s radio studio in Nigeria’s capital Abuja hoping to share their problems over the airwaves. For those waiting — men and women, young and old — Isah’s Brekete (very big in Pidgin English) Family show offers a rare …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the national coordinator of the Alliance for National Transformation, Uganda’s youngest political party has urged the people of Karamoja to elect leaders of good character who can deliver the region out of poverty. According to Gen. Muntu, the poverty in Karamoja is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Transport within Kampala city centre was on Wednesday paralysed following the anti-corruption walk. The walk is aimed at intensifying the fight against corruption.      The walk being led by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni started at around 8:30 am from the Constitutional Square to Kololo Ceremonial Grounds where the …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The future of Masaka Elder’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited hangs in balance because of unresolved management disputes threatening its stability.  The SACCO, which started in 2006, is meant to attend to the emerging financial needs of elderly persons in greater Masaka sub region. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Celebrations commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities-PWDs in Iganga district on Tuesday turnedpolitical as various speakers took turns to scorn at the opposition. This year’s celebrations under the theme “promoting inclusive programming for accessible future,” were aimed at sensitizing the country on the …

Will Bemanya’s removal save or ruin the company?   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Bickering among government officials on who should take over the management of Uganda telecom as provisional administrator could scare away prospective investors, experts say. UTL needs around Shs255bn to clear some of its Shs536bn debt …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Justice Musa Ssekaana has merged two suits seeking to force the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama out of office for alleged failure to resign from the Court of Appeal. According to Justice Ssekaana, he will jointly hear the suits filed by City Lawyer, Male …

Mar Menor, Spain | AFP |  “I am in love with this sea. I live for it and I live off it. If they took it away from me, I would die,” says Pedro Martinez-Banos, gazing out across the sparkling waters of Spain’s Mar Menor. A fisherman all his life, this …