by Hope Media | Dec 16, 2016 | news
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy has indicated that it will move to court on Monday to challenge the award of a contract to KPMG for auditing the voters register. CORD’S Secretariat Chief Executive Officer Norman Magaya argues that IEBC did not set audit rules...
by Hope Media | Dec 16, 2016 | news
EU leaders have agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six more months. Earlier, France and Germany complained that the Minsk peace deal for Ukraine was still not being fulfilled. Russia’s military interventions, first in Ukraine, then in Syria,...
by Hope Media | Dec 16, 2016 | news
A white supremacist has been convicted of killing nine black worshippers in a church in South Carolina in a racially motivated attack. It took the 12 jurors just over two hours to convict 22-year-old Dylann Roof on all 33 counts he faced, including federal hate...
by Hope Media | Dec 16, 2016 | news
Residents of a Texas city have been warned by officials not to drink or bathe in the tap water because of a chemical contamination. Wednesday’s advisory applies to more than 300,000 people in Corpus Christi on the Gulf of Mexico coast. Boiling, freezing,...
by Hope Media | Dec 16, 2016 | news
The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has told the BBC he will declare himself president on 18 January despite incumbent Yahya Jammeh’s rejection of the election result. He said his team was preparing for his inauguration and he urged Mr Jammeh to...
by Hope Media | Dec 16, 2016 | news
There was joy and celebration in Webuye town Thursday as President Uhuru Kenyatta oversaw the switching back to life of the PanAfrican Paper Mills, which has not been in operation for more than 11 years. The factory, which has been the lifeline of the economy of the...
