By Ron Muvevererwa – Since the signing of the historic Global Political Agreement of September 15 2008 as it became to be known, bringing some form of parity between the warring political parties following the disputed elections of 2008, the coalition government has been dogged into a serious quagmire, wondering in the wilderness about the execution of its mandate. It is doomed by an engulfing crisis of assuming an identity and throughout its fragile life span this has been the Achilles hills threatening its existence. Analysts have coined expressions to describe the coalition government with some calling it a ‘marriage... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba Two surviving relatives of apartheid victims have filed an application to intervene in the Constitutional Court case of The Citizen v. McBride as amici curiae. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in its ruling against the Citizen newspaper, had earlier held that the granting of amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) removes the conviction “for all purposes” so that anyone who describes such acts as ‘murder’ and any statements referring to an amnesty applicant as a ‘murderer’ would now be considered false and a ground for defamation. The amicus applicants are Joyce Sibanyoni Mbizana and... Continue Reading
By James Kokulo Fasuekoi – I was born in a relatively small and secluded town in northern Liberia where until the civil war that spurred a mass exodus, only a few ever made it to the outside world. This is because foreign travel is the least thing on the minds of traditional Lorma people, a tribe whose livelihood for generations centered on farming, fishing, hunting and handy work such as the manufacturing of farming implements. Their settlement begins from the Zorzor-Gizema area and stretches hundreds of kilometres north into upland Voinjama Lofa County; and then hundreds more northeast into the... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – NEW YORK — On West Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) says that the UN Humanitarian Aid Service will cease all flights into Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia starting tomorrow. And this is due to a $2.5 million funding shortage. Without the air service, WFP says many of its operations in the region will not run as efficiently as required. One of the smaller services of the UN air service, the West African Coastal Service has been providing air transport for an average of 500 UN aid workers, among others, every month.
By Ronald Murevererwi – Zimbabwe joins the rest of the African continent in commemorating the day of the African in light of the innocent children who were brutally killed in Soweto during the apartheid in defence of their right to education through protest. This year’s commemorations come at a time when Africa stands as the continent with the highest number of children who are out of school at the backdrop of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aiming to achieve free education for all children in Africa by 2015. As the continent is taking the centre stage culminated with the hosting of... Continue Reading
