Diasporian News of Wednesday, 3 August 2011 Source: GNA Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (1) « Prev Next » Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretar= y General (DSRSG) of the United Nations Mission in Cote d’Ivoire [...]
Participants at the July edition of the Citizen Kofi Media Dialogue series have asked for a focus on issues in media discourse as Ghana heads for general elections in 2012. Drawing lessons from the media’s coverage of recent political primaries, participants warned that the focus on unimportant bickering and insults was a threat to the [...]
Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Nana Bediatuo Asante, Counsel for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, NPP Flagbearer for Election 2012 on Tuesday challenged those who claimed to have evidence that Nana Akufo-Addo was marijuana and or cocaine user and dealer, should either prosecute him or refrain from making such scurrilous allegations. “We wish to state [...]
Feature Article of Wednesday, 3 August 2011 Columnist: Mubarak, Ras Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (11) « Prev Next » The response of Government to comments made by former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings is far from the truth and at best [...]
President John Evans Atta Mills has challenged the scientific community to contribute more to enhance national development and the living conditions of Ghanaians. The president made this admonishment on Tuesday when he opened the first National Science Congress in Accra. “Nobody will build a better Ghana; we have to do it ourselves,” he said. While [...]
Feature Article of Monday, 1 August 2011 Columnist: Sidibe, Abdul Musah Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (94) « Prev Next » By Abdul Musah Sidibe The Ghanaian government has declared a war on gays, lesbians and transexual in Ghana. The hidden but [...]
A Commonsensical venture Bright Simons Security Analyst Dr. Kwesi Aning is also urging public support for the projects because he believes the private sector and the general public will be the greatest beneficiaries. He is of the view that the areas that the military intends to venture into are “practical, sensible, commonsensical day-to-day things [...]
President of the Zambian Football Association and former African best footballer, Kalusha Bwalya says Ghana will be the ultimate team to beat if Zambia is to realize their world cup dreams. In an interview on Asempa FM’s Sports Morning Show on Monday, Mr. Bwalya stated that Zambia had been lodged in a tough group. He [...]
Feature Article of Sunday, 31 July 2011 Columnist: Agbenyikey, Wil Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (8) « Prev Next » Finally, the long awaited tobacco bill sailed through the 1st reading on the floor of parliament in Ghana today. The bill was [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]