By Dennis Kabatto – Bronx based Lehman Center for the Performing Arts first musical presentation of the month of November on Sunday starring The Manhattans, reggae veteran Ken Boothe, together with fellow reggae acts, Pam Hall and L.U.S.T. is bound to solidify the 2300 seat concert hall’s reputation as one of New York’s premier showcase for international music, theatre and dance. “The combination of The Manhattans, Ken Boothe, Pam Hall and L.U.S.T., is designed to bring an exciting and pleasure-filled evening of old and new school romance to the stage for our patrons. We anticipate magical moments during every performance,”... Continue Reading
Businesswoman Esther is ‘the Mushroom lady’; the brains behind cultivating the underdeveloped mushroom industry in Ghana. Three years ago, British-Ghanaian Esther was so inspired by the passionate mushroom farmers she met in her native Ghana, that she decided to use her skills to help cultivate their industry. She saw that mushrooms could be a sustainable source of income, as well as a nutritious staple. However problems with contamination and disorganised practices have made it hard for farmers to reap the benefits. British-Ghanaian Esther secured funding from Comic Relief’s Common Ground Initiative, which is co-funded by the Department for International Development,... Continue Reading
Nigeria battles to comprehend the level of corruption among officials of our present Jonathan government as re-highlighted by an award deserving, timely revelation SaharaReporters made, that our Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah had the Ministry purchase two bulletproof BMW’s for 225 million naira from Coscharis for her. But as the news captions pour out over Stella, the air-plane crash record holding aviation minister’s shameless usurping from the Nigerian masses, an equally important focus of our attention and captions should be the Cabal owned Coscharis motors. In actuality, the singular offence of Nigeria’s ministry of Aviation as is, is the diverting... Continue Reading
The Liberia WASH Consortium, a Group of International Non-Governmental Organisations working with the Liberian government to increase access to water...
..say African Fishermen – By Emeka Umejei – The declaration of ‘surpluses’ in fishery resources by African government is causing harm to biodiversity and marine resources, said African artisanal fishermen. The fishermen, under the auspices of the African Confederation of Professional Organisation for the Artisanal Fishery (CAOPA) debated the exploitation of the ‘surplus’ clause enshrine in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) at a 2-day in Dakar, Senegal. More than fifty delegates across Africa converged on Dakar, to reflect on the issues and the impact of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Law... Continue Reading
