The Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Hannah Tetteh, has revealed that her ministry was making frantic efforts to partner the Central Region Development Commission and Regional Coordinating Council , to help rid the region of the poverty staring the majority of residents in the face.

Uganda hopes to improve local rice varieties to develop disease resistance and early maturity varieties as part of a wider program.

By Dorothy Nakaweesi Posted Thursday, September 2 2010 at 00:00 East Africa will between December 1 and 5 hold the Lake Victoria Basin Investment forum that is geared towards the development of one of the largest water body.

Malawi is quickly sliding into a dictatorship where it is a crime to hold dissenting views to government policy, leaders of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Livingstonia Synod, have warned - writes Frank Jomo .

It is an arid region and drought is one of the major problems facing residents of the region which is mostly inhibited by pastoralists.