By Elias Mhegera, Dar es Salaam – THE trend whereby research findings remain unused by Government policymakers is counterproductive, and could discourage researchers from working conscientiously in their field. Such was the claim made on Wednesday 18 April, by Senorine Libena, main spokesperson for the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) pavilion at the 7th Higher Education Exhibitions, at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam. Libena said that currently it is mainly students and a few researchers who take their time to read research findings, for their various assignments, but it is on very few occasions that policymakers,... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com bureau Chief in Banjul – President Yahya Jammeh has again condemned the idea of homosexuality, stressing in a latest pronouncement that no form of aid would make him to accept or tolerate homosexuality in the country. Jammeh, whose comments came weeks after 19 people including Gambians, a Senegalese and a Nigerian were arrested on suspicion of homosexual acts, and charged with two counts of attempts to commit unnatural offence and conspiracy to commit felony, was speaking Friday during the state opening of parliament. “If you are to give us aid for men and men or for women and... Continue Reading
….As High Level WASH Meeting Opens in U.S – By: WASH R&E-Network-Liberia – The Liberian government has expressed satisfaction for the level of global achievement for the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for drinking water and is calling for joint efforts in providing access to safe sanitation which according it say is more crucial in tackling killer diseases in developing countries. The Liberian Government’s call was made by Public Works Minister, Samuel Kofi Woods when he proxy for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (WASH Goodwill Ambassador for Africa) at the start of the High Level WASH Meeting on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene... Continue Reading
…to Show at iROCK! UK’s Tribes of Africa – UK based social enterprise iROCK! UK and international fashion and lifestyle quarterly FAB Magazine are proud to announce the first set of designers confirmed for the Tribes of Africa (TOA)fashion fundraiser scheduled to coincide with Africa Day on 26 May to take place at the prestigious Grange Tower Bridge Hotel. The night which will boast some of Africa’s finest in fashion to showcase in front of an elite crowd of 350 guests from all over Africa and within the African community in London is set to be one of the most... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E-Liberia – An international aid agency, “WaterAid” has released a new report in which it says the lives of 3,783 children could be saved in Sierra Leone if it met its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halve the proportion of people without safe sanitation by 2015. The report, “Saving Lives”, reveals that Sierra Leone is one of 57 countries currently most off-track to meet its sanitation MDG target. On current trends Sierra Leone is due to halve the proportion of people lacking sanitation by 2435, missing the MDG sanitation target by 420 years. According to the latest figures released... Continue Reading
