By Cameroon Shout-Africa Correspondent – Inadequate flow of traffic and secondary roads in Douala are in some places caused by street markets, but consumers talk of the proximity advantage. Recurrent controversies on collecting taxes and certain council dues from business men and women selling in unauthorized marketplaces such as along the streets in Douala, termed by city council officials as “spontaneous markets” is in itself an issue that should be trashed out completely. Hawkers at Congo Market recently complained against Douala City Council (DCC) consideration of a stretch of the market as “unauthorized”, wants them to quit, but yet collecting... Continue Reading
Further strengthening ties with Ghana and the West Africa region, The CWC Group last week made a significant donation straight to the Drifting Angels orphanage for schooling and other essentials. The donation – which has been gifted from the recent CWC Ghana Summit in Accra, Ghana – means that every child at the orphanage has had their school fees paid for all of the next school year, alongside 600 exercise and note books, 35 Maths and English books for the kinder garden and colouring books for the nursery. 250kg of rice, 50L of cooking oil, milk, tomato puree, sugar and soap was also purchased providing required consumables for at least... Continue Reading
The announcement by one of the main armed factions in Somalia, Al Shabaab, that foreign relief organisations would be welcomed in territories under their control has raised hopes for a desperately-needed scale-up of assistance inside the country. “MSF has been working continuously in Somalia for over two decades running large-scale medical programs,” said Joe Belliveau, MSF operational manager. “We have managed to maintain our programmes under Al-Shabaab, but restrictions on supplies and international support staff have prevented us from scaling up further. We hope that the Al-Shabaab statement leads to a lifting of these restrictions.” Refugees MSF teams are fully... Continue Reading
…As Political Campaign Opens – By: Augustine N. Myers – As part of the official start of Presidential and Legislative campaign activities across the Country, the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia has announced the launch of an interactive dialogue Named and Styled, “WASH Media Forum” beginning July to October, 2011. A release from the WASH R&E says, the WASH Media Forum will on a weekly basis bring together Representative, Senatorial and Presidential candidates to speak about their interest in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and priorities given to the WASH sector in their respective platforms and manifestos. The WASH... Continue Reading
By Augustine N. Myers – Continuous heavy rainfall across Liberia due to the on-going rainy season, is indeed becoming a serious problem, especially to those residing around low land areas. The latest is the GSA Road Community in Paynesville, a sub burg of Monrovia in Montserrado County. Thousands of the residents are forced to leave their respective homes for safety because of the heavy down pour of rain, due to an on-going local road construction by a Company known as SSF. The Company was hired by the Liberian government through the Public Works Ministry to carry out the pavement of... Continue Reading
