By Nangayi Guyson – At least seventy-eight people have been reported dead after a Moroccan military aircraft crash into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says. The Moroccan C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed near Guelmim, just north of the disputed Western Sahara territory. The plane was travelling from Dakhla, in the Western Sahara, to Kinitra in northern Morocco. It crashed at about 09:00 local time (08:00 GMT)due to poor weather conditions as it was attempting to make a scheduled stop at a military air base some 10km (six miles) east of Guelmim. It was carrying 81 people:... Continue Reading
By Gambia Correspondent – Gambia Friday celebrated the 17th anniversary of the July 22nd Revolution with calls by President Yahya Jammeh for Gambian youths to take full ownership of his government’s achievements over the years, to enable them to adequately prepare themselves for the challenges of future leadership. July 22nd, as the day has come to be called, was that fateful day in 1994 when some military officers led by the then Lieutenant Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh toppled the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) government of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara in a bloodless military coup. Under the theme “Mobilizing positive youth energy for... Continue Reading
CAIRO, July 2011 (IRIN) – Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Libya since an uprising against Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule began in February. Many have reached Italy in unsafe boats and hundreds have died trying to get to neighbouring Tunisia, Egypt, Chad, and Niger. (Timeline of Libyan events 4 April – 14 June) Appealing for billions of dollars in aid for several countries, the UN said on 20 July that Libya would require significant humanitarian interventions this year. 14 June: Libyan rebels edge slowly beyond their western stronghold of Misrata towards Tripoli, but face supply shortages after Gaddafi’s forces... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Correspondent – Three conventions were signed with the District Hospital of Cité des Palmiers, Douala V Municipality and the local community during its first ordinary assembly July 19. Community health insurance schemes are growing in importance in low-income settings, where health systems based on user fees have resulted in significant barriers to care for the poorest members of communities. In Cameroon, plans are underway to introduce a national Social Health Insurance scheme. The creation of the government-initiated Mutual Community of the Health District of Cité des Palmiers, MUSADI, by the community of Douala V in 2009, to promote... Continue Reading
By Gambian Correspondent – President Yahya Jammeh has said that neither elections nor a military coup will end his grip on power, stressing that it is only God, who made it possible for him to be President in 1994, who can do so. President Jammeh, who was addressing a meeting in Brikamaba, Upper Fulladou East in the Central River Region on Saturday, said anybody who thinks the opposition is going to win the forthcoming election is “day dreaming”. “Elections will not make me to lose power nor will military coups make me to lose grip of power. It is only... Continue Reading
