Fire guts portions of Buipe Central Market
Buipe (NR), Feb. 21, GNA – Portions of the Buipe Central Market was gutted last Thursday with more than 20 stalls razed to the ground, while rendering many market women out of business. The cause of the fire is not yet known but personnel from the Central Gonja District Command of the Ghana National…
Ugandan elections: what you need to know
Who are the main runners and riders? Uganda’s national and local elections on Thursday see the long-term incumbent president, Yoweri Museveni, (National Resistance Movement) pitted against two leading opposition candidates – Kizza Besigye (Forum for Democratic Change) and Amama Mbabazi (GoForward). This is the fourth attempt by Besigye, the president’s former personal doctor, to win…
South Africa President Zuma survives no-confidence vote
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence in parliament, while a court is hearing a case to reinstate 738 corruption charges against him. Governing party MPs defeated the motion by a big margin, while Mr Zuma’s office said he would oppose the court case. The opposition was behind both actions, accusing him of…
