February 2012

[Independent]

Since Jan. 22, when a Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) operation to demolish illegal structures in Port Bell Luzira left at least one person dead and several injured, an angry public has demanded tough action against the killers. Many say the killings are the latest by "untouchable" government operatives and a sign of a return to the dark days of Idi Amin when security operatives committed murder with impunity.

[Cameroon Tribune]

The Coordination and Follow-up Committee is preparing recommendations for government. The Coordination and Follow-up Committee of Priority Projects to be realized in the Bakassi zone is preparing recommendations to submit to government on more efficient ways of implementing priority projects and encouraging Cameroonians to live in the area. The committee members evaluated the level of execution of projects from January 30 to February 2, 2012.

[Leadership]

As the cost of accommodation in Abuja continues to escalate, coupled with the inability of potential house owners to secure plots of land, many of them have resorted to available hills and rocks in the capital city to erect their homes.

[Leadership]

As part of efforts to ensure that the housing deficit being experienced in the country is reduced to the barest minimum, the UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) has completed 44 housing units in Abuja.

[Leadership]

Nigeria is not all about insecurity and fuel subsidy fraud after all. From the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) comes the positive story of a scientific breakthrough. NBRRI's director-general, Prof. Danladi Mattawal, disclosed recently that scientists and engineers at the institute had successfully completed research on how to use waste nylon materials to produce ceiling and partition boards.

[Financial Gazette]

The recent outbreak of typhoid within the capital city, Harare, has brought with it immeasurable stress to both communities and the still-unwholesome public health delivery system, which is likely to be overwhelmed by a likely degeneration of the current crisis due to lack of urgency by government and local authorities in dealing with the scourge.

[Shabait]
Senafe -
The second phase of the construction of Senafe Hospital is in progress, according to the supervisors of the project.

[Daily Trust]
Katsina -
The Katsina state ultra-modern stadium with capacity of 35,000 spectators is to be commission by August this year, the state Commissioner Youth and Sports, Alhaji Mannir Ibrahim Talba has said.

[The Herald]

THE Development Bank of Southern Africa is committed to funding Harare's water demand management projects at a cost of US$39 million, the bank's water and sanitation specialist Engineer Godfrey Mwiinga has said.

[The Herald]

A PREACHER shouted messages of hope and deliverance on one end, while on the other a woman donning dingy and sun-baked clothes used her piercing voice to draw customers to her cellphone recharge cards and lines. Underneath, a baby crawled aimlessly with flies hovering all over its tender and innocent face.

[The Herald]
Chinhoyi -
GOVERNMENT says the typhoid outbreak is under control, but is worried that some of the cases could have evolved to carrier state, making prospects of further outbreaks imminent.

[SA Info]

Old Mutual Property is redeveloping and refurbishing several malls in previously disadvantaged areas as part of its contribution to sustainable community development and township upliftment in South Africa.

[Business Daily]

London-based private equity fund, Actis, plans to construct a multi-billion- shilling commercial and residential estate on a 32-acre piece of land on Thika Road.