(NEC/Monrovia, September 22, 2011) The visiting special envoys of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) have urged all peace loving Liberians to help maintain the peace already achieved in Liberia. Former Nigerian President General Abdu salami Abubakar who spoke for the visiting team, said ECOWAS is interested in maintaining the peace already achieved in Liberia. He said the maintenance of the peace made it necessary for their visit to give what so ever assistance to the 2011 Presidential and Legislative electoral process. General Abubakar made the statement today during a brief welcome ceremony held in their honor by... Continue Reading
(NEC/Monrovia, September 21, 2011) A Special High Power Delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrives in the country tomorrow as guest of the National Elections Commission (NEC) and the people of Liberia. The delegation which comprises former Nigerian President, General Abdu Salami Abubakar and former Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor is expected to arrive at mid-day tomorrow at the Robert International Airport in Margibi County. Th ECOWAS Envoys are coming ahead of the Presidential and Legislative elections to enhance ongoing efforts of the NEC to conduct the pending elections in a credible and non-violent manner. According... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – In what appears as a big setback to the efforts by the opposition camp in the country to form a united front ahead of forthcoming presidential elections in November, Hamat Bah, leader of the opposition National Reconciliation Party, has stressed that his party will not subscribe to a United Democratic Party (UDP)-led alliance or a PDOIS proposed candidate. Bah, who threw his weight behind a UDP-led alliance in the 2006 elections, after having lost to incumbent President Yahya Jammeh on two occasions (in 1996 and 2001), made this pronouncement in an interview with this reporter... Continue Reading
Ministers responsible for promoting Africa’s regional integration agenda assembled in Nairobi, Kenya last week for the 5th Conference of African Ministers in Charge of Integration (COMAI V) on the theme – Integration and Sovereignty. In his remarks at the conference, Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said that countries have expressed legitimate fears and concerns with respect to entering into collective regional agreements, which translate into “a state ceding its rights to adopt alternative policies or change track as it deems fit.” He highlighted the fear of being locked into policy regimes... Continue Reading
Terrorist activities have been on the upswing in Nigeria, a country that has been in the throes of daring suicide bombers masquerading as Islamic adherents. By the day, the Nigerian economy wobbles under the attendant weight of terrorism, which has punctured investors’ confidence and left the economy on the downward slope. Correspondent, EMEKA UMEJEI, takes a critical look at the recent wave of terrorist activities in the country and what the trend holds for its economy. Boko Haram attacks in the country reached threatening dimensions with adoption of suicide bombing by the group. Though the group is said to have... Continue Reading
