Archive for December 2008

Going nuclear: uranium strike boosts Zimbabwe's power hopes

The recent discovery of uranium in Zimbabwe will enable the country to start a nuclear power programme as a means of resolving its chronic e...

Dubai plans 20pc jump in budget expenditure

Dubai's government plans to increase public expenditure by around 20 per cent in 2009 to stimulate the service-based economy, the Financ...

Madagascar going Nuclear

The Madagascar I.N.S.T.N. was created in 1992, by extension of the Laboratory of Nuclear and Applied Physics (L.P.N.P.A.) which was created ...

Egypt dominates African football

Egypt confirmed their place among the giants of African football by winning the major national team and club competitions this year. The ...

Libya grounds flights to Tripoli

Libya has cancelled flights to Tripoli by the airline Swiss for "technical reasons," a company spokesman said Tuesday, amid tensio...

Zimbabwe to exploit nuclear science, technology

Zimbabwe will work with development partners and regional organizations to exploit nuclear science and technology in its bid to promote sust...

South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Program

South Africa’s quest for a nuclear deterrent began with research into peaceful nuclear explosives (PNEs) in 1969. Although Pretoria initiall...

Sudan reveals intention to pursue nuclear energy

A Sudanese official disclosed today that his country is contemplating developing a nuclear power programme for scientific research. Electric...

Jordan and Algeria poised to develop nuclear programs

Two Arab countries have recently unveiled their plans for the development of nuclear energy programs. King Abdallah II of Jordan announced t...

India Seeks Uranium from Namibia for Enhancing Nuke Energy

In its global search for fuel to enhance nuclear power generation, India on Thursday asked Namibia to supply uranium from its vast reserves.

Uranium rush gets under way in Zambia

Resurgent global interest in nuclear power has made Zambia, a country better known for its vast copper reserves, into a hotbed of uranium ex...

Zambia enacts uranium mining law

Zambia has enacted a law for mining, storage and export of uranium which bars the diversion of the mineral for use in making nuclear weapons...

Burundi: Govt Sets Sights On Oil

Burundi could become a leading oil and minerals exporter of the region following a protracted exploration and prospecting exercise kicked of...

NIGERIA: Sex in the slums

Ijora Badia in Lagos, Nigeria's former capital city and the country's economic hub is a community virtually without government servi...

COMOROS: Between the devil and the deep blue sea

Rehabilitating a neighbourhood bully is never an easy task, especially if it is a 2,360m active volcanic system that covers nearly two-...

Rwanda: Oil Exploration Goes Into Second Phase

The second phase of oil exploration in the Western Province is about to begin after the first phase was successfully completed. The area, kn...

Africa's pursuit of nuclear power

In Africa, nearly every aspect of human development (health, agricultural, educational, or industrial) depends upon reliable access to moder...

Ghana 'will be an African tiger'

Ghana's President John Kufuor says the discovery of the country's first major oil deposit could turn the West African country into a...

Namibia, Russia discuss nuclear cooperation

Namibia and Russia are discussing the possible use of Russian nuclear technology to make up for Namibia's energy deficit, Namibia's ...

Nuclear industry in Tanzania

I was the chairperson of the nuclear session at the African Power and Electricity Congress, held in Johannesburg recently. It was all most i...

Mauritania's ambassador in Cairo denies Israeli nuclear waste buried in Mauritania

Ould Baha, the Mauritanian ambassador in Cairo, before leaving Cairo to assume his new post as his countries ambassador in Saudi Arabia, ren...

Namibia Wants to Develop Nuclear Energy

The Namibian government is planning to exploit its rich uranium deposits to commercially generate electricity to achieve self-sustenance in ...

Uganda Turns to Nuclear Power Plant

Hamstrung by unpredictable climatic changes that have reduced the water levels in Lake Victoria and the amount of hydroelectricity generated...

Botswana going nuclear

frican Regional Cooperation Agreement for nuclear research and technology (AFRA) recently conducted a workshop to assess, guide and advise B...

Pakistan may make Nigeria a nuclear power

Pakistan yesterday offered to share military assistance, including "nuclear power" with Nigeria, in defiance of President George B...

Nigeria begins review of nuclear power plants legislation

Nigeria's quest to generate electricity from nuclear sources gained steam on Monday, with the inauguration of a committee to review the ...

Nigeria launches first nuclear reactor

Nigeria launched its first nuclear reactor for scientific research Thursday in the northern university city of Zaria, the research project d...

Tanzania turns to nuclear power

Tanzania is to start using nuclear power, after the country's parliament enacted a law last week permitting the use of uranium to produc...

Kenya exploring nuclear power

The Kenyan government has once again invited investors interested in setting up nuclear power plants through joint ventures to the country. ...

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