Despite the global economic downturn the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is moving to increase the salaries pad to its employees in a bid to improve its “operational efficiency” The tax body which has the some of the highest paid employees on the government payroll submitted a proposal to the Ugandan parliament last week in which […]
Africa: Gay and lesbian voices in African blogosphere
Homosexuality is perceived as a new phenomenon in Africa and a taboo. It is outlawed in many African countries. Many African leaders have condemned homosexuality as being un-African. The Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe once described gays as worse than dogs and pigs. Former Namibia’s President, Sam Nujoma, once stated that “Homosexuals must be condemned and […]
Women Empowerment and Digital Bangladesh
Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote- the Good done by the civilization, half created by man and rests by the women. This is an eternal statement about the development of human civilization. From the dawn of the civilization women and men worked together to make the future brighter. In a certain point of the […]
Fiji: Bloggers debate media censorship
As reported here last week, Fiji’s government extended for another 30 days its “emergency regulations” that, among other things, controls public gatherings and forbids the media from printing stories that “undermine the Government and the State of Fiji.” These rules allow the Permanent Secretary of Information the ability to place censors in newsrooms, accompanied by […]
Financial crisis: IMF urges African countries to draw-down on reserves
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF), has advised African countries to maintain spending from their reserves through the current crisis period, to avoid a debt trap. Nigeria has already fallen back on its reserve, which rose to 67 billion dollars last year, but dropped to 48 billion dollars in April, due to falling prices of oil […]
National Dementia Strategy Consultative Meeting of Experts ‘Western India’
A National Dementia Strategy Consultative Meeting of Experts ‘Western India’ was held at the YMCA International, Mumbai Central on 25th & 26th April 2009. The Theme of this meeting was : “INTEGRATED DEMENTIA CARE “ .This meeting of experts was Organized by Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) National Office and Mumbai Chapter […]
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