WB deplores decade-long poor project implementation in Nigeria
Unhappy with the slow pace of project implementation in Nigeria in the last 10 years, the World Bank deplored the situation, saying the "very bad habit" inhibited speedy execution of its programmes.Ms Verena Fritz, a Senior Governance Specialist at the bank, expressed the view on Tuesday when she led a more...
Assurances on Bouteflika’s health fail to convince
Official assurances about the improving health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France in April, have failed to convince many Algerians, as analysts warn that hiding such details is harder than it was. On Tuesday, France's defence ministry said Bouteflika was moved from the Val-de-Grace more...
EAC students union urged to take integration opportunities
The East African Community has challenged students in the region to take advantage of the opportunities created through EAC integration to better their communities and lives, APA learns in a release issued in Kampala.Addressing students meeting at the EAC headquarters for the three-day East African Community more...
Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president
Iran said Tuesday the moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was among those barred from standing in next month's presidential election, provoking a sharp reaction from Washington. Rafsanjani and a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been ruled unsuitable, the interior ministry more...
Ugandan wins international medical award
The government of Japan has awarded the Second Hideyo Noguchi Prize for Africa to Dr. Alex Godwin Coutinho of Uganda for his outstanding contributions in the medical services. Dr. Coutinho, a renowned Ugandan physician won the Prize for Medical Services for his pioneering efforts to expand access to more...
