…Amidst Calls By Him for The President To Give Way To A New Leadership – By: Augustine N. Myers – Ahead of the general and presidential elections scheduled for next year, 2011, many Liberians especially those residing abroad have become returning home to prepare to participate in the pending elections. One of such is Mr. T.Q. Harris, a politician who was one of those that contested the elections in 1997 and lost to Mr. Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former President now facing trail in the Hague. Mr. Harris who has since be residing in the United States, has returned home to... Continue Reading
By Nawa Mutumweno – The fifth review of Zambia’s economic performance under a programme supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) has been completed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board. This finalization facilitates the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 18.395 million (about $28.3 million), bringing the total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR 201.7 million (about $310.3 million). SDRs are international foreign exchange reserve assets In completing the review, the executive board also granted a waiver for the non-observance of a performance criterion on non-concessional external debt at end-December 2009 and approved the modification of... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – Doha, QATAR – Doha International Airport (DIA) today announced its dedicated new Doha Arrivals terminal will open to passengers on Sunday 19th December 2010. The last flight operating through the existing arrivals area in the airport’s main terminal will be Emirates flight EK841 from Dubai, scheduled to land at DIA at 0830 hrs local time. Passengers on subsequent flights arriving at DIA will be directed to the new terminal where all arrival formalities, including immigration and baggage collection will be conducted. The first flight operating through the new Doha Arrivals terminal will be Qatar Airways flight... Continue Reading
By AfriForum Youth – AfriForum Youth today sent a letter to the President of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), Mr Tiago Vieira, explaining why AfriForum Youth does not participate in the 17th Word Festival of Youth and Students, which is taking place in Pretoria, South Africa this year. In the letter, Ernst Roets, National Chairperson of AfriForum Youth states: “About 40% of our population lives in abject poverty and about 70% of the unemployed in this country are people below the age of 35. Because of this, only about 10% of our country can afford to pay the... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – London, UNITED KINGDOM – Qatar Airways once again supported the UK-based Foreign Press Association’s prestigious annual awards function in which the airline sponsored the main award of the night – Journalist of the Year. The lavish gathering of leading UK and international journalists took place at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in central London. Guest speaker Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, addressed the audience in his accustomed hilarious way before the awards were announced. Qatar Airways, which sponsored the event for the third year running, hosted select media during the night, which attracted more than 400... Continue Reading
