By Own Correspondent – Confirmed reports reaching this paper have revealed that Commissioner Pa Baboucarr Mboob has been appointed the new Deputy Director-General of the Gambia Immigration Department. Mboob, whose rotation from one section of the Gambia Police Force and Gambia Immigration Department to another has made him a seasoned officer, was until his appointment as Deputy Director, the Commissioner of Administration and Gambis matters at the Immigration department. Described as very strategic and honest in duty, Mboob has come a long way. He started his civil service career in the Gambia Police Force in 1979, serving in the Criminal... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – When Facebook eventually surfaced after a wonder named Google, we all applauded the re-birth of a free digital world messiah, but alas it seems there were just small moments of brilliance. It is now time to pay our school fees. We now face a beast that wants to control the global cyberspace, and true we are now all under a real danger of losing all the dictionary words that were preserved for our daily use. These common words have been used freely, each and everyday, since time immemorial. Facebook, the social networking platform which has about... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa SADC Desk – HARARE – Zimbabwean journalists have begun signing up a Media Institute Of Southern Africa (MISA) petition demanding the release of incarcerated journalist Nqobani Ndlovu, the petition will be presented to SADC Mediator Jacob Zuma tomorrow, for details call +27-772266430 to sign.
To paraphrase Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda, African countries give ‘aid’ to western nations and not the other way around. By Sunny Ntayombya, Rwanda Times* That might sound wacky but the man has a point. We send them our raw materials, they process them into various goods and then they export them back to us. We buy them and the cycle continues. At the end of the day, we become poorer and poorer, and they become richer and richer. And because they don’t want us to become so totally financially crippled, they give us ‘aid’. This aid is killing... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Dar Es Salaam – President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania appointed a new cabinet on Wednesday, with most senior ministers retaining their positions from the previous government after winning an October 31 general election overshadowed by a record low turnout and allegations of rigging. In his speech to reporters, Kikwete ,said “We reviewed the structure of the government and were generally pleased with the performance of the previous cabinet appointed in 2008, hence there are no major changes in the new cabinet set up.” According to Reuters, the ministers who retained their posts include Mustafa Mkulo at... Continue Reading
