1,347 ViewsIvory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a second five-year term with nearly 84% of the vote, electoral commission officials say. His previous victory was rejected by the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, sparking a civil war which killed 3,000 people. Mr Ouattara’s closest challenger, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, got 9%. He is an ally of Mr […]
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5,384 ViewsThousands of British students are funding their way through university on so-called “sugar daddy” websites. The sites advertise themselves as a way for “beautiful, ambitious people to graduate debt free” through “arrangements” with older “sponsors”. One site, SeekingArrangement.com, claims 12,600 UK students have signed up with proof of university enrolment. A 20-year-old student on […]
Continue reading …1,296 ViewsDubai – UAE: 26 October 2015 – The 4th International Off-Grid Lighting Conference and Exhibition commenced today at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Organized under the patronage of Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of International Cooperation and Development, the four day event brings together over 450 delegates from around the world. Since the first […]
Continue reading …1,275 ViewsPRESS RELEASE – GOVTECH’S LANDMARK 10TH CONFERENCE KICKS OFF IN DURBAN 26 OCTOBER 2015 – GovTech’s landmark 10th conference kicks into high gear in Durban today with an opening keynote address from the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Dr Siyabonga Cwele (MP). GovTech is being held at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban and is […]
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1,391 ViewsTurnout has been high in Tanzania’s most competitive general elections, officials say, as a new opposition coalition tries to end the governing party’s 54-year grip on power. In some areas, voting was extended to allow those still in queues to cast their ballots, officials added. Opinion polls have put the governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) […]
Continue reading …1,597 ViewsOpposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says people should not take independence-day celebrations lightly but with the seriousness it deserves. The UPND leader who celebrated independence day at Kumbaya Community School in Chaisa area of Mandevu constituency which houses over 400 orphans and less privileged children, says Zambia must now strive to achieve economic independence. […]
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1,178 ViewsHillary Clinton has said she took responsibility after an attack on a US consulate in Libya in 2012 that killed four Americans. She told a Congressional committee that as secretary of state she introduced reforms to protect diplomatic staff after the attack. Committee chairman Trey Gowdy said: “We owe them [the victims] the truth.” […]
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2,186 Views I am a Nigerian. I am a Muslim. And I am angry… Almost a month has elapsed since the calamitous stampede at the Hajj in Mecca and we are no closer to any concrete answers about what really happened. The Nigerian death toll in the incident is creeping alarmingly higher – […]
Continue reading …UK acting like a panting puppy towards China as Pres Xi receives Royal welcome
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1,241 ViewsMembers of the Royal Family and politicians have lined up to greet China’s President Xi Jinping as he begins his four-day state visit to the UK. Mr Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, will take part in a procession along The Mall to Buckingham Palace, ahead of a state banquet held by the Queen […]
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