[Inquirer]Montserrado County District # 6 Representative, Edwin Melvin Snowe, has accused the Chairman of the Board of the National Oil Company and son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Mr.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Kenya: High Court Blocks the Removal of Four Judges
[The Star]PRESIDENT Mwai Kibaki was yesterday prevented from de-gazetting four judges rejected by the Vetting Board.
Kenya: Police Seek Help in Politician’s Murder Probe
[The Star]Nyanza CID boss Joseph Mugwanja said yesterday the police want wananchi’s help in tracking down Shem Kwega’s killers. Mugwanja said they have asked all the hospitals to be on the lookout for a patient who comes for treatment with gunshot wounds.
South Sudan: Ethnic Tensions on the Rise
[IPS]Yuai -The huge Russian-made helicopter descended slowly towards conical mud huts clustered together and surrounded by endless grassland, lush and green with the season’s rains here in the South Sudanese village of Yuai.
South Africa: Census Findings On Health
[Health-e]Government’s HIV/AIDS programme is bearing fruit, with fewer deaths now than in 2006. And older people are now dying, not young people in the prime of their lives, according to the Census released yesterday.
Kenya: Police Thwart Al-Shabaab Jailbreak Plot
[The Star]A plot by al Shabaab militants to forcefully free their colleagues detained in Kenyan prisons has been thwarted by the police.
Kenya: Disquiet Over Lamu Port Project
[IRIN]Lamu -A fledgling project to build a huge new port, oil refinery and transport hub on Kenya’s northern coastline promises to deliver thousands of jobs and is a pillar of the government’s long-term development agenda.
Africa: Cooperatives Crucial Allies in Fight Against Hunger
[FAO]Rome -One of the only chances small-scale food producers have to gain competitive access to local and global markets is by banding together in cooperatives, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told a meeting of the World Cooperatives Congress in Manchester today.
Kenya: 13 Killed, 205 Animals Stolen in Raid
[The Star]Thirteen people have been killed and three others are nursing serious gunshot injuries after two communities clashed in Samburu county. Heavily armed raiders invaded Nachola village at 3am and made away with 205 camels and two donkeys.
Kenya: Don’t Give Mining Shares to Big Shots
[The Star]A gazette notice has made it mandatory to have a minimum of 35 per cent local shareholding for a mining license. The Commissioner of Mining has said that the new rule is intended to assist local communities.