By Honourable Saka – “Bad leadership is Africa’s major problem”, -J.A Kuffuor, former President of Ghana. The above problem as observed by the former president will NEVER change for as long as the African people do not understand why this problem exists and how the system can be defeated. Fortunately, everybody knows very well that the corruption which the West often accuse African leaders of, is the right environment that they need for their resource-control colonialism to thrive. Liberian oil and the Looting of Africa The looting of African oil has begun in Grand Style, this time not in Nigeria... Continue Reading
March 22 ever year is observed as World Water Day. Liberia is joining other countries around the world to celebrate the Day with series of activities.
WaterAid calls on the Liberian Government to support bold development target of all Africans having access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030; Achieving universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene could help save over 4,000 lives in Liberia per year. WaterAid report ‘Everyone Everywhere’ states that for the first time in history this longstanding goal is within reach for African governments. Today, on the 20th anniversary of World Water Day, WaterAid Liberia is calling on the Government to support an ambitious target for providing access to water, sanitation and hygiene to all by 2030. To mark... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – The emergence of new global economic forces will never go on without new philosophies and interpretations of world affairs. And this will happen whether there is mutual acceptance or not. To support this theory is the advent of Indian intellectualism which was propagated by a number of distinguished scholars from the Diasporas who discussed a range of issues at the Protea Hotel in Dar es Salaam on Friday and Saturday last week. These scholars propagated that it was high time that Tanzania developed its own economic model rather than import those from its ‘partners in development’... Continue Reading
Fresh from being nominated for two awards by the prestigious Women4Africa Awards 2013, the award-winning and internationally renowned makeup artist Funmi Odegbami – sister of Afrobeats queen May7ven and daughter of Nigerian football legend Segun Odegbami – has recently been honoured as one of the 100 Most Inspirational Women in the World. Funmi Odegbami, who is the CEO of MiNK London, founder of Makeup Show Live and a member of the Black Women in Europe Power list, was honoured and placed at #25 on the list of 100 Most Inspirational Woman in the World which also included the likes of the First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, Uche Eze – the founder... Continue Reading
