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As far as potential is concerned, Tanzania is both a regional and continental tourism giant. (AllAfrica)

The government's plan to invest Sh15 billion in a project to supply the southern regions of Lindi and Mtwara with reliable electricity should be immediately followed up with action. (AllAfrica)

Britain's ambassador to Rwanda, Nicholas Cannon, gave a revealing insight into British policy on Rwanda in his interview with the Rwandan News Agency (RNA) on 17 November. (AllAfrica)

FEDERAL Government's decision to probe the Local Organisation Committee (LOC) of the FIFA is a strong indication of government's dissatisfaction with the organisation of the competition that has drawn flaks from several areas. (AllAfrica)

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) top leadership is doing something that the party is hardly known for: admitting that its shoddy handling of internal elections in many states is responsible for the crisis rocking the party. In Anambra State, for example, the party's recent state congress to pick its governorship flag-bearer ended in a stalemate. That has triggered insinuations. (AllAfrica)

THE National Medical Stores has discovered over 100 non-existent health centres that have for years received drugs and funding from the Government. (AllAfrica)

Factionalism within one of Uganda's oldest political parties and street fights have reached embarrassing levels. The fights on Tuesday after a court hearing over the Democratic Party's delegates' conference and grassroots elections leave many would-be supporters wondering whether DP and its leadership know exactly where their party is headed or which direction they want to take it. (AllAfrica)

YESTERDAY'S march past and commemoration to kick off the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence was significant in many respects. (AllAfrica)

The news that the National University of Rwanda is securing premises in Kigali to relocate the School of Journalism and Communication could not have come at a better time, with the newly promulgated media law in force. (AllAfrica)

WARNINGS of the current rains continuing and causing floods should be taken seriously by those in areas prone to flooding. (AllAfrica)

Perhaps that is how it was meant to be. (AllAfrica)

ONE did not need the power of clairvoyance to see that the PDP primaries in Imo would hardly throw up the best candidate and that the party itself may implode before the general elections in 2007. (AllAfrica)

THE feud between the Senate and House of Reps, which thwarted the presentation of the 2010 Appropriation Bill by President Umaru Yar' Adua reminds us of the parable of the two foolish goats at the precipice. There was a narrow precipice, so narrow that only one animal could cross at a time. First, two lambs started crossing. (AllAfrica)

The other day, I switched on one of our TV channels in order to watch the news. And on came this footage about a prominent Nigerian who is currently standing trial for allegedly embezzling billions of Naira of public funds. The camera focused on him smiling broadly like a popular politician who has just been declared winner in a most keenly contested election that was free and fair. You would not think this was rather a potential candidate for jail. (AllAfrica)

Following the embracement of the amnesty offer by majority of the Niger-Delta militants, after years of hostility and destruction of oil facilities, the Federal Government has entered into various deals with the militants. Offer of money has been the major attraction for the militants who have submitted a major part of the massive arsenals in their possession. (AllAfrica)

We are disturbed by all this unending deregulation blues. This is where the government becomes everything to itself. It is the judge and the jury. The citizenry has no choice but to accept whatever judgment is handed down by government. (AllAfrica)

I had promised to conclude my discourse on the deregulation argument which started last Wednesday, today. I had wanted to use today's arguments to show that deregulation and globalization are simply tools of neo-colonialism. (AllAfrica)

For three days last week, the Nigerian Governors' Forum chose Abuja, to concentrate the minds of Nigerians on the desirability of taxation to improve the internally-generated revenue of Nigerian states. (AllAfrica)

Climate change is an inevitable and urgent global challenge with long-term implications for the sustainable development of all countries. The report of United Nations panel warns of changing weather patterns and rising sea levels due to accelerating GHG emissions from human activities. (AllAfrica)

Global trade contracted in 2009 at a rate not seen since the Great Depression, and those paying the heaviest price are those who can least afford it. (AllAfrica)

THE point I was making yesterday was that the aim in investing, whether in equities, gold bullion or gilts, is to achieve an absolute return. After all, what is the point of putting your hard- earned cash into an investment that earns a negative return? (AllAfrica)

I TAKE back what I said a year or two ago that the overseas-based Springboks should be overlooked for the national squad. (AllAfrica)

THE hype leading up to this year's presidential and National Assembly elections has been particularly fascinating to me. As a first-generation 'born-free', I am one of many young Namibians voting for the very first time. And I think it's this fact that makes our approach to the polling stations so unique. (AllAfrica)

Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV Omukama of Toro has come of age. Born on April 16, 1992, he will be 18 years old in April 2010. That means he will take the reins of power in his personal capacity because he will no longer be a minor. (AllAfrica)

I would like to suggest a change in the way we elect our representatives. Instead of voting for a person in a particular constituency, we should instead vote for a party. How would this new system work? (AllAfrica)

For the past month, police have been playing cat-and-mouse games with boda boda cyclists over road safety requirements and this has drawn mixed reactions from the public. These cyclists are increasingly being detested by almost all road users ranging from motorists to pedestrians. (AllAfrica)

I read with wonder and bemusement an article by Mr. Derek Ingram titled Should Rwanda be allowed to join the commonwealth? Mr Ingram ably articulates the justification for Rwanda joining the Commonwealth as being adjacent to Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and teaching English in its schools and playing cricket among others. (AllAfrica)

Millicom International Cellular, the global telecommunications company that operates under the Tigo brand has just launched its mobile phone services to the Rwandan market. (AllAfrica)

"WE are in Government to grab power" was what one MDC-T functionary said at a rally soon after the party entered into the power-sharing agreement with Zanu-PF and the MDC. (AllAfrica)

In 2001, the East Africa council of Ministers prepared the East Africa Double Tax Agreement, which Kenya was very fast in ratifying and passing into law. (AllAfrica)

The Kenyan Government lost a lot of time implementing the economic stimulus package announced in June by the Finance minister. (AllAfrica)