THE Zimbabwe government has drafted a comprehensive five-year recovery plan aimed at stimulating the country’s economy and restoring human rights and the rule of law. The 2010-2015 Medium Term Plan (MTP), submitted to the World Bank, United Nations and other high profile international governmental organisations recently, details
Former Governor of Alaska and John McCain’s running mate for the White House in 2008, Sarah Palin, has taken strong exception to a cover picture published by Newsweek last week.
The uproar over the picture is inspired by the conviction among critics that it is “untouched” meaning Newsweek did not push the picture through photoshop or [...]
Debate is raging over the fate of 215 terrorism suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay, further illustrating the devisive nature of terrorism.
Last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that five al-Qaida suspects would be brought to the US to stand trial in New York, igniting bitter reactions from mostly Republican lawmakers.
Swine flu vaccine runs out
By Tawanda Kanhema
Barely half a day into Adair County’s two-day H1N1 vaccination program, the health department ran out of doses on Monday after administering the vaccine to nearly 300 people between the ages of 18 and 24.
The arrival of the H1N1 vaccine was announced by the Student Health [...]
Missouri six places down
By Tawanda Kanhema
Missouri has fallen from position 31 in 2007 to a distant 36 in 2009 on the U.S. national health delivery rankings, according to the Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health Performance.
Hawaii, which ranked number one in 2007 for the best access, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use and costs, equity [...]
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is a graphic marvel, but an architectural failure. It runs seamlessly with sleek applications but is dogged by the same driver issues that plagued its predecessors (likely to be unusable after each update as it keeps missing key drivers).
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has ordered two state-of-the-art S600L Mercedes Benz costing taxpayers about N$10 million – equivalent to the annual salaries for 20 specialist doctors or Anti-retroviral drugs for 26,000 people per month, Informanté has unearthed.
By Tawanda Kanhema
U.S. Banks have started to sever the financial ties they held with schools for more than 40 years as a new student loan regime designed to cut private financiers out of the business of issuing loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program looms on the horizon.
The Student Aid and Fiscal [...]
After the guns, books and dollars
Government embarks on reforms, integrates women
Multi-billion dollar deals, integration of women into important government positions and safeguarding the new government against plots by reactionary forces from the Charles Taylor days are the major preoccupations of the new government in Liberia. The Liberian Ambassador to Zimbabwe and Special Advisor to [...]
Painted Dog Conservation, based at Hwange National Park, seeks to protect and increase the range and numbers of painted dogs through hands on conservation, education, community involvement and international support.
