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Government has created the Minerals Development Commission (MDC) that will independently verify production figures submitted by mining companies (and presumably chase up those who never submit). It will be led by mining expert Pius Maambo.
Mines and Energy Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says the MDC comprises of officials from Bank of Zambia, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Mines, Chamber of Mines, UNZA and CBU.
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An al Qaeda-linked cell detained by Egyptian authorities earlier this week was allegedly planning to commit suicide attacks on the country's French and US embassies, state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday, citing investigators.
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Having cut short a trip to South Africa and annulled a planned state visit to Namibia, President Goodluck Jonathan has...
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My knowledge of European club football doesn't stretch much further beyond what gets posted here on Football is a Country and the odd link I come across on our Twitter feed (blame my wary interest on the historical underperformance of Belgian teams* and a time-consuming preference for all things music) so I was surprised to [...]
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Elsie Eyakuze's perceptions on the inadequacies of Nollywood:
About ten years ago, a particularly involved conversation with an African American about depictions of black people in popular culture prompted me to dedicate my senior thesis to exploring depictions of Africans by Hollywood between 1930 and 2001. The only good thing I can say about this exercise is that I met a man from New York with an excellent collection of African cinema. The rest was tears and horror.
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Government has partnered with the United States to set up the first forensic laboratory in Zambia. The overall value of the five-year Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is estimated at US$10m. The lab will be ready for use in August this year.
The PPP includes GRZ, US government, and the private sector partners Georgian Foundation, Sorensen Forensics, and Zambia Society for Child Protection. In the first year, the GRZ government will provide the largest contribution of nearly US$2m.
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President Goodluck Jonathan has refused to say whether he will run for the presidency in 2015, although many Nigerians expect...
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Karim Wade, the son of octogenarian ex-president Abdoulaye Wade, has been sitting in a central Dakar prison for nearly a month as he awaits trial for corruption charges. The younger Wade was arrested and formally charged with illicit enrichment after an investigation revealed that he amassed $1.4 billion in personal wealth. During his father's presidency [...]
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From the Rockefeller Foundation:
A partnership between Next City and Forum for the Future, Informal City Dialogues homes in six cities: Accra, Bangkok, Chennai, Lima, Manila and Nairobi. These are places of extraordinary energy. The informal realms, from single-chair barbershops to nine-passenger vans to sprawling settlements, are propelling the explosive growth of the urban Global South. They are the neighborhoods, economies and systems that exist beyond the reach of government: the slums, black-market industries and undocumented businesses that fuel these cities' growth. They're split off from the formal city, and often neglected or harassed by local authorities. In 2013, Next City will tell these people's stories through our online hub...[continue reading]
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