By Bai-Bai Sesay, Freetown – Forty three participants drawn mainly from West African countries recently ended a three days 2nd Regional Conference on the theme- Peacemaking in West Africa: Faith Communities and their role in conflict organized by the West Africa Research Association (WARA) and the West Africa Research Center (WARC) with financial support from the U.S State Department. The conference took place at the Taia Resort Hotel, Lumley Beach Road in the capital Freetown. Addressing participants, Prof. Osumane Sene of WARC said the peace initiative is a three years programme funded by the U.S State Department to promote peace... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa Breaking News – TSWANE – The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has condemned the recent disturbance of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students by COPE. NYDA said it is disappointed at the behaviour of the group who stormed the venue under false pretenses. The group of about 500 people forced their way into the venue and used equipment meant for the World Festival. The group has been violent towards delegates attending the World Festival. Alleged COPE leaders leading the group, Phillip Dexter, Smuts Ngonyama, Nosimo Balindlela, Willie Madisha and Leornard Ramatlakane were said to have failed to... Continue Reading
By Femi Peters – Rebel fighters at the Casamance which is a border town between Gambia and Senegal are alleged to be paid salaries by the President Abdoulie Wade’s government in Senegal. This was amongst other allegations levied against Senegal by the Head of Civil service and the Secretary General of the Government of the Gambia, DR Njogou L Bah. Dr Njogou went further to explain the issues that had arisen in the past where the Government of Senegal under the Leadership of President Wade had clearly shown hostility towards The Gambia like during a TV Interview where he was... Continue Reading
By Iftikhar Chaudri – Forty-two journalists were killed around the world this year and Pakistan was the deadliest country of all, a study by the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday. Pakistan led the list of fatalities with eight, followed by Iraq with four and three each in Honduras and Mexico, the New York-based CPJ said. The total number of reporters killed in connection with their profession was much lower than in 2009, when the record figure of 72 worldwide was skewed by a one-off massacre in the Philippines. In addition to the 42 known to have been killed... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – NAIROBI, KENYA -Raising funds to enable African education professionals to benefit from the networks and resources of the largest annual pan-African conference on ICT-supported learning is such a noble initiative. eLearning Africa today launched the Scholarship Trust EAST, a not for profit organisation designed to enhance knowledge sharing and to promote awareness of the benefits of technology-assisted learning and training across Africa. eLearning Africa is the largest pan-African conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, Education and Training. EAST builds on the previous eLearning Africa bursary programme. It offers scholarships to low-income, disadvantaged education... Continue Reading
