Malawi News

Privately owned FM radio station Capital Radio is upgrading its studios. Kondwani Kalambule, head of the station's technical department, explains that the project began in the on-air studio where the station installed a modular Soundcraft RM100 on-air console.

KIGALI: UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged Thursday that UN troops will be in place within "one or two months" to battle armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, as he toured the flashpoint city of Goma.

By Vision reporter President Yoweri Museveni has called on the Japanese government to partner with Uganda and investment in priority areas such as electricity; roads and agro processing of raw materials especially shear butter in northern Uganda to spur economic development.

Zambia's decision to cut subsidies on maize and remove a fuel subsidy is likely to hamper output of the staple grain, raise prices and dash its goal of becoming a regional breadbasket.

All the bank notes that were in circulation prior to the introduction of new Malawi Kwacha currency series May 23 last year have been officially ceased to be legal tender in Malawi, NewsTime Africa can report.

Uganda is a landlocked independent republic with a democratic government which lies between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya and forms part of the East African Region.

The Ruling National Resistance Movement has petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the legality of the ruling by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga that the four MPs who were expelled from the party retain their seats.

By Joel Ogwang The government is seeking sh200b in supplementary budget for on-going road works, the works state minister, Eng.

Embattled Iryn Namubiru's manager, Thadeus Mubiru, is being accused by the singer's family of setting her up by packing drugs in her luggage.

Until World Environment Day, June 5, in a campaign, Save Lake Victoria, Vision Group media platforms is running investigative articles, programmes and commentaries highlighting the irresponsible human activities threatening the world's largest fresh water lake.

By Noah Jagwe The Government has called for massive investment in the beef industry as a way of eradicating poverty.

President Museveni has this afternoon called the NRM caucus at State House Entebbe to discus the KCCA report which was tabled before parliament last week .

The project executive director, Dr. Hannah Kibuuka, told journalists during a media dialogue at their offices in Kampala that the trials would involve 120 participants.

The posters, which bore the words "The return of the Hero, Gen. David Sejusa", were pinned in the city centre, Namuwongo, Entebbe Road and in Kawempe.

The Customs at the airport should target working for 24 hours at Entebbe airport with the introduction of a new standalone bank at the airport.

By Brian Mayanja Pioneer bus company is seeking a concession to be allocated eight major city roads with special lanes.

By Andante Okanya A group of 492 railway workers under the umbrella trade union Uganda Railway Workers' Union has sued Rift Valley Railways demanding sh2b for salary and damages, claiming the latter cheated them by breaching agreements signed that spelt out the mode of payment.

Residents of Kanyogoga throw plastic bags containing faeces onto the roofs of their neighbours' houses at night, from which water is harvested In Chinua Achebe's book, Things Fall Apart, during one harvest, Okonkwo asked for seedlings from Nwakibie, a great man of the village.

"Global Environment Facility has invested a lot in the African region, bringing together different themes of environmental governance into integrated strategies that cross local, national and regional boundaries while meeting and respecting our respective development agenda, national policies and programs," said Minister of Natural Resources, ... (more)

By Vision Reporter President Yoweri Museveni has called on South Korean investors to tap into Uganda's abundant resources, saying Uganda is a rich country with many resources that need to be exploited for development.