By Mark Oloo in East Africa – Uneasy calm has returned to Kenya’s coastal district of Tana Delta after tribal skirmishes left 41 people dead at the weekend. Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo visited the troubled district together with the country’s security top brass and spoke tough, warning that merchants of impunity would be subjected to the full force of the law. The area has been tense as fighting between the Pokomo and Orma tribes continue over what many have attributed to conflicts over scarce resources. On Saturday, 41 people, including children, were hacked to death as the rivals... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – The Nigerian media have been challenged to investigate people called to leadership positions in the country. This is the only way the most populous black nation in the world can ensure that better leaders are found in positions of authority. A Human Rights Lawyer and former President of the West African Bar Association, Mr. Femi Falana made the point while fielding questions at this year’s Press Week of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Lagos Chapter at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja in Lagos, South-West Nigeria. Mr Falana urged the NUJ to monitor their colleagues in... Continue Reading
By Morkporkpor Anku (Accra) – Ghana’s Electoral Commission has declared the incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama as the new president in the West African state in the Friday December 7 elections. Mahama, who replaced the late president John Atta Mills after his death in July, pulled 5,574,761 votes representing 50.70 percent of the ballots cast as against his closest contender Nana Akufo-Addo who to 5,248,898 votes representing 47.74 per cent. Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan Chairman of Ghana’s Electoral Commission based on the results, declare President Dramani Mahama president elect at a news conference in the capital Accra. This year’s election was... Continue Reading
By Aroun Rashid Deen (NYC) – The only opposition party in Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), has reversed its decision that had ordered its lawmakers and local councilors to “stay away” from parliamentary and council proceedings. The decision to reverse the call for a boycott was announced Thursday, December 6, following a meeting earlier in the week at State House between President Koroma and leaders of the SLPP, including Mr. Julius Bio, the party’s presidential candidate for the November 17, 2012, elections. An umbrella body of different denominations of the Christian faith, in Sierra Leone, the Body... Continue Reading
The Sierra Leone People’s Party, whose candidate, Julius Maada Bio, came in a distant second to the incumbent President in a crowded field in the just-concluded Sierra Leone presidential election, has called on its members of parliament and other elected officials, to “stay away” from parliamentary and all other local council proceedings. A statement from the party’s secretariat issued Tuesday, just four days after the National Electoral Commission NEC of Sierra Leone declared incumbent President Ernest Koroma, of the All People’s Congress, the winner of the presidential election held on November 17, stated that its National Executive Committee strongly “condemns the... Continue Reading
