Nigeria undoubtedly has a large presence and shadow in Africa and particularly West Africa where on several occasions she has had cause to lend helping hands to less endowed neighbours in times of difficulties. Such help had come in times of drought, famine, political and economic crises, forceful take-over of friendly governments and indeed full [...]
04 Aug 2011 12:19 Source: Content partner // IRIN ZWEDRU, 4 August 2011 (IRIN) – As refugees look set to stay in eastern Liberia for some time to come, they are starting to lay the foundations of new lives in their temporary home, while aid agencies and donors try to revamp their aid responses to [...]
Corruption Crackdown Dominates Liberian Presidential Campaign Scott Stearns | Monrovia, Liberia Fighting corruption in Liberia is a big issue in the presidential campaign. The head of Liberia’s anti-corruption commission is asking for direct prosecutorial powers to go after government officials misusing public funds. Campaigning for re-election, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her government’s fight against [...]
Liberian Opposition Party Challenges Electoral Commission’s Neutrality Scott Stearns | Monrovia In Liberia, the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change party is boycotting this month’s constitutional referendum, in part, because it questions the neutrality of Electoral Commission chairman James Fromayan, a long-time supporter of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Fromayan says he set aside party affiliation [...]
3 August 2011 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has often argued that delays in prosecuting corruption cases are unrelated to the lack of political will or to mediocre institutional capacity, as critics are fond of claiming. She believes that the natural thoroughness of the justice system is to blame. However, observers say while that might be true, [...]
3 August 2011 The Nigerian Charge d’Affairs in Monrovia, Mike Omotosho, told the Lagos Daily Independent newspaper in a recent interview that President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Liberia has heightened Liberia-Nigeria bilateral relations. He said it has also paved the way for the consummation of collaborative efforts, upon which both nations had agreed, and challenged [...]
1 August 2011 The cell phone giant, Cellcom, has introduced a life insurance policy, noting that the policy is the first-ever such communication incentive the world has known. “Welcome to CelLife. CelLife affords all Cellcom subscribers a better chance of living today for the future,” said a Cellcom management statement issued over the weekend. The [...]
MONROVIA, Liberia — The pregnant woman was found dead in the shallows of Lake Shepherd. The fetus had been removed. A candidate for Liberia’s Senate and a former county attorney are among those standing trial for the 2009 murder, the latest in a long history of ritual sacrifices performed for political power in Liberia. In [...]
The Governor of Turkey’s Fatih District in Istanbul, Mustafa Demir, has extended his warmest congratulations to the Government and people of Liberia, on the occasion of Liberia’s 164th Independence celebration. The governor who could not attend the program owing to other pressing engagements. His message was contained in a telegraph sent to organizers of Liberia’s [...]
*Our people want a new path to greatness By Jide Ajani, Deputy editor Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Coalition, NDC, of Liberia, Professor Ambassador Dew Tuan Wreh Mayson, says October presidential election in the country would be a golden opportunity for the people to define a new path to greatness and unity. Mayson also [...]
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Gryphon Minerals (GRY) Broker Calls Credit Suisse – BUY Deutsche – BUY RBC – BUY RBS Morgans – BUY Argonaut – BUY Eagle Research – BUY Alpha Broking – BUY Chart: Share price over the year to 04/08/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) Gryphon Minerals (GRY), a West African focussed Gold exploration company with projects [...]
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 [...]