February 2012

[Citizen]

The Governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal State Rizik Zakaria Hassan will open new payams and bomas in the State soon a move appreciated by the citizens. The Payams already constructed and awaiting opening include, Wau South, Wudisi, Kwajin and Bazia. After inauguration of these payams others which are in the pipeline to be opened include Rorodo, Tarerhoi, Dam Zuberi Raja payam including the house of the commissioner.

[Nairobi Star]

THE government is finalising plans to begin relocating some of the evictees from Mau Forest for resettlement in Eldoret. About 200 families among the Mau evictees will be allocated land at Chemusian in Eldoret which the government bought for the resettlement evictees and squatters. Special Programmes PS Andrew Mondoh confirmed that they were finalising the process of relocating the Mau evictees to their new homes. They have been allocated two and half acres per family.

[Daily Trust]

The Chinese government has built four model primary schools in four states of the country worth N308million. The states are Kaduna, Katsina, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Each school has a block of six classrooms, one administrative block, seven toilets, a borehole, furniture, car park and fence.

[Monitor]

Bugoma Forest in Hoima District, one of the few remaining natural forests in Uganda, is facing extinction by a group of encroachers.

[Unicef]

More than half of the world's 7 billion people now live in urban areas. What does this mean for children? UNICEF has dedicated the 2012 edition of its flagship report, The State of the World's Children, to the situation of children growing up in urban settings. Cities are known to generate economic growth - but, as the report reveals, not all children are benefiting from urban expansion. In this increasingly urban world, the absence of a sustained focus on child rights means that some children are being le

[ANGOP]
Luanda -
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Maria Cândida Teixeira, is paying on Thursday a few-hour working to Kuando Kubango province, to lay the first stone for the construction of the university centre of the region.

[ANGOP]

A total of 150 medium and low-income houses were formally delivered to National Police officers Wednesday in Luanda, under a project called "Vila-Azul", Angop learned.

[Nairobi Star]

About 30 families from the Ziwa la Ng'om besettlement scheme are living in fear of being evicted from a 2acre piece of land they paid for in the early 90s. The families accuse the Lands office in Mombasa of illegally giving away a section of the scheme to a private developer, who has not appeared to claim it. Speaking to the Star yesterday morning, the families now want the Commissioner of Lands to explain how the private developer acquired the piece of land. "We registered for this scheme and were told to

[The Herald]

The committee appointed by Government to investigate the sale of stands in Hatcliffe by Mr Justine Zvandasara has spared the nearly 1 000 affected families from eviction. This follows an agreement between Harare North Housing Co-operative Union and the owner of the land.

[The Herald]

Chitungwiza Municipality is set to retrench 391 employees while contracts for 264 others who have overstayed their employment will be terminated. A recommendation to suspend town clerk Mr Godfrey Tanyanyiwa and director of housing and community services, Ms Jemina Gumbo has been made to council by the ministerial team appointed to resuscitate operations.

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[Leadership]

Minister of sports and chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Abdullahi Bolaji has unveiled the building plan for the corporate headquarters for the Nigeria Football Association (NFA). The building which will be constructed for a whopping sum of three hundred and thirty six million, three hundred and twenty one thousand, one hundred and eleven naira only (N336, 321, 111.00), is a three storey building and will be sited at the Package B of the Abuja National Stadium, Abuja.

[UN News]

A Japanese engineering contingent has arrived in South Sudan to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the young country and help build roads and bridges in areas with very little basic infrastructure.

[Daily Trust]

Owelle Rochas Okorocha was elected Governor of Imo State on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance Party (APGA). Since his emergence as governor, his actions have drawn both commendations and criticisms from the people. In this interview with a group of journalists, Okorocha, who recently declared free education in the state at all levels, bared his mind on issues pertaining to the development of the state.