Mrs. Agyemang Rawlings claims NDC party’s logo in Ghana
It is becoming increasingly clear that Mrs. Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, the wife of Flt. Leut. J.J. Rawlings, former military dictator turned president, is determined to wrench the NDC party of which John Evans Attah Mills is currently the leader from his hands and the hands of those whom her husband claims to be the greedy [...]
GHANA – Why state Attorney keep losing high profile court cases
Losing cases once in a while in court is normal in any legal practice but to consistently lose high profile cases especially when it relates to a sovereign State is a cause of worry to any serious country. This unfortunately seems to be the norm in Ghana over the three years that the Attah Mills’ [...]
Malawi to hold AU summit
The Malawi Minister of Information and Civic Education Moses Kunkuyu has said that the cabinet has decided to go ahead to host the African Union Summit in July in honor of the Union’s former head and Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika. Mutharika headed the Union in 2010. New Malawi president Joyce Banda was one of [...]
Government spokesperson feels betrayed to denounce President Banda in Malawi
Lilongwe – Minister of Information and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati has come out to say that she feels betrayed by cabinet colleagues who told her as government spokesperson to announce on Friday night that President Joyce Banda was not legally fit to take over the country’s leadership. Speaking on privately own Zodiak Broadcasting Station Sunday [...]
Mauritius worried about the impact of Diabetes
Ministry of Health has launched the “Type-2 Diabetes Prevention Project” and will spend at a cost of (MUR)Rupees 16 million or (USD) 560,420.33 over three years, in a national attempt to stem the predominance of diabetes in Mauritius. The Type 2 Diabetes Prevention project will be carried out in 23 locations around the country as the [...]
Ethiopia is making significant progress towards improving livelihoods
ADDIS ABABA, Mekonnen Teshome (IPS) – Ethiopia says that the double-digit economic growth the country has experienced over the last seven years has started benefitting its majority by boosting their income and productivity in agriculture and small-scale businesses. While the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank state that the country has registered 8.7 percent GDP growth, the government claims the [...]
Zomba up in protest demos
Lilongwe – Hundreds of people including lawyers, university lecturers students and sympathisers flocked to Zomba maximum security prison to offer support to jailed human rights lawyer and former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara as a team of heavily-armed para-military police surrounded to stave off the crowd Wielding a banner screaming RELEASE KASAMBARA NOW! the protesrs were [...]
Sierra Leone’s opposition SLPP party sinks into oblivion as massive defection sees ruling APC party gain momentum
The opposition SLPP party in Sierra Leone has become the new symbol of hopelessness and disunity as huge amount of its followers and top executives defect to the ruling party in an apparent showcase of disgust over the recent selection of a mass murderer, Julius Maada Bio, as flag-bearer of the party in the upcoming presidential elections in 2012. The party hierarchy is in complete [...]
The billions of dollars siphoned through corruption in Nigeria could have been used to maintain subsidy on fuel
KANO, Nigeria, (IPS) – As a nationwide strike and protests against the lifting of the fuel subsidy paralysed Nigeria for the third day in a row Wednesday, analysts say the billions of dollars a year lost to corruption in the oil industry could have been used to leave the subsidy in place. ”We know that because [...]
India joins the rush to grab African farmlands
New Delhi – Indian-owned companies have joined the race with China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Korea and the European Union in acquiring farmlands in Africa “at throwaway prices, indulging in environmental damage and exporting the food while locals continue to starve,” says a new research report. These atrocities . . . are shockingly similar to [...]
