BP to ask David Cameron for help as rising Gulf oil spill costs raise takeover fears
BP wants Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene over the escalating cost of compensating US companies for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in 2010. BP has already agreed huge payouts in the wake of the spill BBC More...
Tanzania issues bird flu alert
The public has been warned against touching dead birds following a new threat of avian fever or bird flu. Bird flu is an illness caused by any of many different strains of influenza viruses. Defence and National More...
Nyagatare tragedy: Gov’t extends condolences, pledges action
Top Government Officials, including Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, yesterday vowed to get to the bottom of the reasons behind the fatal collapse of a four-storey building in Nyagatare District, Eastern More...
Six years requested for Berlusconi
Prosecutors have demanded a six-year sentence and lifetime ban from public office at the latest trial of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Silvio Berlusconi They allege he paid for sex with a 17-year-old More...
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu slammed for $127000 bed on plane
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will change his sleeping arrangements on flights after criticism over the cost of installing a special bedroom on a trip to the UK, his office says. Binyamin Netanyahu’s flight of More...
UK minister would vote for EU exit
Education Secretary Michael Gove would vote for Britain to leave the EU if there was a referendum today, he has said. Michael Gove plans to abstain in next week’s vote on a referendum He told the BBC’s More...
Women’s bank to raise capital from DSE
The Tanzania Women Bank (TWB) is currently in talks with the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) over the possibility to raise money through the capital market. Tanzania Women Bank This is to be done through a facility More...
Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan elected to parliament in Pakistan vote
Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is celebrating with his supporters, amid early signs that his party will be the largest after parliamentary elections. Head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif waves More...
Mbabazi appeals for support to halt school drop-out rate
Uganda could benefit from a UN pilot project where parents would receive cash incentives to keep children in school. Mbabazi (left) and Brown Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, now a UN special envoy on More...
Ministry of Home Affairs versus ‘Ministry of Police’
The National Assembly on Tuesday night passed the Ministry of Home Affairs’ 741bn/- budget for the 2013/14 financial year after a heated debate about the performance of the police force. Prime Minister Mr Mizengo More...
