By Shout-Africa.com/Liberia Elections Report Project – News being reported to Shout-Africa.com from the Liberian capital of Monrovia reveal that Liberia’s main opposition Congress for Democratic Change threatened on Thursday to pull out of a presidential run-off poll if the head of the election commission is not changed. The party, whose candidate Winston Tubman, 70, is hoping to unseat President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the November poll, has alleged fraud in a first round of voting which saw him finish second with 32.7 percent. “We will not contest if our complaints are ignored and we don’t feel confident,” said CDC deputy... Continue Reading
…Leakage Roof, No Chairs & Latrine – By: Augustine N. Myers – What appears to be an unfortunate and unbearable condition considered anti-educational, is ongoing in a remote village in Southeastern Liberia, and that if nothing is done to urgently address such situation, hundreds of lass-privileged children may find it very difficult, if not impossible, in obtaining quality education. Students of the Jaytoken Elementary School in Tienpo District, River Gee County are forced to sit on the cold floor, due to the failure of the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE) to provide chairs, and recondition the roof of... Continue Reading
It is the latest trend and yet the only one of its kind in Africa. South Africa’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is not only being hailed as the best for..
By David Stephen – Cutting and capping emissions are identified as the standard way to combat global warming; these processes however may not be enough to save the planet from projected effects of Climate Change coming from average temperature rise of the earth. Geoengineering too is seen as an option because of how quick it will impact the earth climate system than emission curbs which are fairly long term processes in the midst of continuous emissions. Geoengineering or Climate engineering can be described as an artificial procedure directed at excesses responsible for Global Warming to reduce or prevent its effects.... Continue Reading
NAIROBI, 18 October 2011 (IRIN) – Civil society sources in Mogadishu estimate there are between 1,000 and 2,000 children in the ranks of Somalia’s Al-Shabab insurgency, some as young as nine. IRIN spoke to relatives and child protection advocates about the group’s recruitment methods. Halimo Hassan had been looking for her 14-year-old brother for three months. Her mother and other siblings live in a camp for displaced people (IDPs) in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. “They [the insurgents] send young ones to the IDP camps,” she said. “These children are carrying mobile phones, they have some money to buy tea and... Continue Reading
