By Ohemeng Tawiah, Nhyira Fm, Kumasi-Ghana – International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Affected by HIV, is calling for intensified efforts to eliminate discrimination against infected people. The advocacy group is unhappy the fight against stigmatization is yielding little results due to negative attitude of the public, including pastors. It blames some religious leaders of denying HIV-AIDS patients’ access to HIV Clinics and anti-retroviral drugs in the name of spiritual healing. The International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Affected by HIV is made up of religious leaders who are HIV- positive and other members. It was... Continue Reading
By: Belinda Atim – Uganda is a failed state. In recent months, Ugandan authorities have had to deal with multiple complex issues including Corruption and Oil bribery, gross human rights violations and illegal detention, arrest and imprisonment of Pro-Democracy Activists and suffocation of the media. The corruption pyramid in Uganda is ripe and its most potent at the top layers of the Country’s ruling circle. The Oil bribery and Corruption allegations pin points to Sam Kuteesa (Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister), Amama Mbabazi (Prime Minister of Uganda), Hillary Onek and many others. The Ugandan parliament tabled a motion to scrutinize the... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – It is truly unbelievable when you move onto the streets in the cities around the world and find some one who is mentally disturbed throwing stones, running naked, dancing where there is no music, laughing where others are crying and all other sorts of weird things people with mental illness can do. What comes into your minds first, will it be calling him or her a useless person, bewitched, cursed and no more future for them? If you have never come across anyone of that kind then you can visit the Hospitals for people with mental... Continue Reading
By David Stephen – The Lagos traffic situation is what many have come to accept by adjusting schedules and engagements to accommodate it. Lagos traffic situation is there for many reasons including the fact that most people buy cars as soon as they can afford it, contributing to the overall amount of vehicles on the road. Mass public transport service in Lagos is not satisfactorily to some, making the option out of use for them. Road as the major medium of transportation and development in many places has left expansion unlikely. Road users who try to use driving as a... Continue Reading
They are the most secretive and presently are in the first line defense in the Kenya’s war on Al Shabaab.
