Gaborone:  Labour unions in the country have called on the government to be accountable and press for the speedy introduction of the declaration of assets and liabilities legislation.

Dar es Salaam:  A lecturer of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has pointed at a number of pitfalls which frustrate the government's ambition to improve good governance. Dr Mohamed Bakari from the  Faculty of Arts and Social Science was presenting a paper at the African Peer Review Mechanism…

New York:  The problem now, almost, is to find a way to relive the peak of that economic crisis of September 2008. The current move back to business of old - on the face of it anyhow - could well turn out to be a longer-running difficulty than the crisis it supposedly left behind. A difficulty far…

Nairobi:  African countries should pump in more money in the educational field to boost the continent's education image.

Dhaka:  Proper budgetary allocation, monitoring and raising peoples' voice could ensure accountability and transparency in public and private organizations while decentralisaion is an effective way to curb corruption.

Windhoek:  Government faces the challenge of an effective and efficient method of doing things, and the starting point could be the inclusion of civil servants in the formulation of policy that they are required to implement.

Gaborone:  Members of Parliament issued an ultimatum on Friday to the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Lesego Motsumi to table a Bill on Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by national leaders before end of the year or they will back efforts by Gaborone Central MP Dumelang…

Parliamentarians in democratic societies play a crucial role in ensuring budgetary oversight, budgets that in developing countries often consist of a high proportion of international development aid. By ensuring aid funds are accounted for and transparently spent to benefit those who are most in need,…

Lusaka:  Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) executive director Goodwell Lungu yesterday stated that the fight against corruption and promotion of good governance in Zambia has reached a crossroad.

Washington:  An international initiative that seeks to promote more openness about how countries profit from their oil, gas, and mining resources should not weaken its modest membership standards because governments are unable or unwilling to meet them, Human Rights Watch said today.

Dar es Salaam:  The minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooporation, Mr Bernard Membe, is expected to open the national validation seminar on the country's self assessment report on governance issues organised by the Tanzania chapter of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).

Kampala:  The advent of a new Uganda Constitution in 1995 came with a bounty for women in the country. For the first time in generations, women would be invited to sit on the country's male-dominated political tables in what sparked Uganda's remarkable journey towards gender parity.

Dar es Salaam: Calls for women's emancipation echoed across the Tanzania yesterday as the country joined the rest of the world in marking International Women's Day.  Messages delivered during various occasions to mark the day had a similar tone - women were capable, and should not relent in their…

Harare:  Directors of Mbada Holdings, a firm in partnership with the Zimbabwean government to develop the highly controversial Marange diamond field, on Monday again failed to appear before Parliament's mines committee despite repeated requests by the panel.

Johannesburg: "We should not have to be dragooned into setting high standards in public life. We should willingly seek maximum openness about what our public representatives do, and receive." These words are as true today as they were in 1996, when senior African National Congress member Kader Asmal…

Dar es Salaam:  The Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr  Samuel Sitta, yesterday spoke of the need for Parliament to educate the public on its roles to avoid unnecessary blame or criticism directed to Members of Parliament.

Dar es Salaam:  Full implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategic Action Plan (NACSAP) would help reduce public discontent over corruption in public service delivery, it has been said.

The massacre of nearly 200 opposition demonstrators in Conakry, Guinea, in late September 2009 shocked Africa and the world. Beyond the sheer brutality of the crackdown, one feature was particularly stunning to many survivors and observers, although it has become a common one in most African conflicts:…

New Delhi:  For all the tokenism around International Women's Day, numbers tell a very different story. The government's per capita allocation for women-centric schemes is less than Rs 1,200 per woman per annum with a majority of allocations restricted to health and education, leaving areas like economic…

Nairobi:  Although women in Kenya would vote for female candidates for Parliament, the majority would still prefer a man to lead the country, according to a new opinion poll.