By Fylla reporter – The first in the series of a national program designed in Ghana to aid government efforts and advocate for the sensitization of the youth and people of Liberia about the country’s arts and culture has ended in Ghana at the Liberian refugee settlement in Ghana. The event came off on Saturday 21st May ,2011 at the Auditorium of the Buduburam Community J.H.S in the Central Region, the much anticipated event is brought together 35 participants drawn representing various sectors of the community including student, civil society leaders, I/NGO’s as well CBO’s in the Buduburam community to... Continue Reading
Story and Photos by Fredrick Mugira – Uganda, – The smell of fresh water and vegetation filled the air. It was a smell reminiscent of a cool feminine perfume in an air conditioned room. The sun had veiled itself under the clouds in a hazy sky. To our right side, leaves strewed the path beneath short trees where four monkeys sat evenly watching us. About twenty meters ahead of us, lay a motorised boat. It had been arranged evidently for eight people. It did not take long before we boarded it clad in orange life jackets. But not all of... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent with support from DSTV – Sunday night’s Big Brother Amplified, live eviction show was full of suspense but when the dire was cast, Namibia’s Jossy became the first casualty in the exciting sixth season of the TV reality series. The surprises on the night started with Zeus breaking it to other house-mates that as Head of House, he saved himself from eviction and replaced himself with Vimbai. A shocked Vimbai smiled when she realized that Zeus had saved himself and put her in danger of being the first Big Brother Amplified Housemate to be evicted. Zeus said... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, reporting from Accra – Togo has been crowned champions of the WAFU 2011 in Nigeria. In the first match Liberia beat Ghana 2 -1 to secure the team’s first win in recent times. For this win Togo took home US $ 25,000 whilst second place Nigeria took US$15,000. Atakora Lalawele claimed two goals and one assist as Togo stunned hosts Nigeria 3-2 to win the second edition of the WAFU Cup tournament in Abeokuta. Lalawele opened the scoring with a header inside 2 minutes, then set up Wome Senome for a simple tap-in on 20 minutes with... Continue Reading
By Katongole Kiwanuka – While there is certainly cause for concern when it comes to what is going on with Uganda’s age category football, the whole arrangement is not lost. Only some people are. Just last week when I was attending the Copa Coca-Cola Youth Championships in Arua, I realised that Uganda’s budding potential is only undermined by reckless talent identification. “Most people in Uganda prefer fighting for players in Kampala rather than spending a few hundred shillings to come here,” pondered youth coach Mike Mutebi in an interview. During my ten-day stay in the darkroom lodges of Arua,... Continue Reading
