By Elias Mhegera, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – IT is no longer news in Tanzania that there is a spiritual healer retired pastor Ambilikile Mwasapile (76), in the Samunge village, Sale Ward in Ngorongoro district. The former pastor with the Evangelic Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) has created a new twist in the name Loliondo. The place that has always been a centre of conflicts now is the haven of cure. From controversial wildlife hunting rights, land ownership conflicts and the Maasai rights over pasture land, Loliondo division has come up with a new twist of a miracle healer... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Norfolk – At least five Somali pirates have been convicted for attacking a US Navy ship off Africa’s coast and have been sentenced to life in imprisonment. The men were also sentenced on Monday to serve an additional 80 years in prison on other charges after they were found guilty in November of trying to hijack the USS Nicholas, a vessel on an anti-piracy mission. Defense lawyers had argued the men were innocent fishermen who had been abducted by pirates and forced to fire their weapons at the ship. Most of the men said through an interpreter... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Correspondent from Monrovia,Liberia – A newly office for American oil giant Chevron has been finally opened in Monrovia the capital of Liberia, The ceremony took on last thursday with the cutting of the ribbon of the oil company’s offices at 15th Street, Sinkor in the heart of the capital . Addressing the occasion was Chevron Managing Director for Nigeria/Mid-Africa Strategic Business Unit, Andrew Fawthrop. He stressed the company’s commitment to working in all sectors of the country. “We continue to work closely with the relevant government ministries and a range of development organizations in Liberia. The company’s success... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – The newly established WASH Media Network known as the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia has been officially launched in Monrovia. The launch of the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia now paves the way for the full commencement of the Network’s operations and activities across the Country. At a well attended and colorful launching ceremony Friday at the Corina Hotel in Monrovia, the Commissioner of the Liberia Maritime Authority, Binyah Kesselley delivered the keynote address and cut the ribbon along with the Managing Director of the Liberia Water... Continue Reading
By Aroun Rashid Deen – With international pressure already mounting on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and with the International Criminal Court now in the process of gathering information on civilian deaths in Libya, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court have a profound opportunity to indict Gaddafi for war crimes and crimes against humanity he has committed in Sierra Leone. The United Nations has already sanctioned Gaddafi’s government, and now it’s time his prior crimes in West Africa are brought to justice, too. Muammar Gaddafi was the mastermind and key financier of the brutal war that... Continue Reading
