By: Augustine N. Myers – A one day forest-sector conference to discuss experiences and achievements around the implementation of the Non-Legally Binding Instruments (NLBI) Project in Liberia, has taken place in Monrovia. The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized the end-of-project conference to engage forest based organizations, public and private sectors, local NGOs, civil society, academic and research organizations, and international partners in discussing the achievements of the NLBI Project in terms of moving towards Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). In Nov. 2010, the FDA... Continue Reading
By State House Communications Unit: National Stadium, Brookfields, Freetown, May 2nd, 2013/- The Chairman and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has issued a stern and uncompromising warning to those who are focusing their energies on forming cliques within the APC for the next presidential elections rather than doing the job for which the government had been mandated by the electorate at last year’s November polls. “They will not be tolerated in my government; I will consider them irrelevant to the work of my government and cast them out”, he warned. Please follow... Continue Reading
With an IMF growth rate projected at around 10.3% in 2013, Sierra Leone has one of the fastest growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the potential for future growth even higher, the country is making economic history considering the destruction it witnessed during the civil war over a decade and a half ago. Government´s policies These achievements are no miracles! They come on the back of sound economic and good governance policies instituted by an Ernest Koroma led APC government which took over at a time when the country was heading in the wrong direction. While past governments largely ignored... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – A three member panel consisting of Africans from the Continent, Caribbean and the United States recently held a ROOTS and STARS: “Prayer Spears” series discussion on multiple expressions of one of the highest mandates of faith: to fight for justice and build community at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Studies in Harlem, New York. Panelists include South African born Choreographer and Radio host Sduduzo Ka-Mbili of WBAI, 99.5 FM in New York; Prof. Kwesi Amoa, Ph.D. Chair Associate Professor of Chemistry – Medger Evers College – City University of New York and Desiree Gordon... Continue Reading
Successes recorded in the fight against Malaria in Nigeria and Africa at large is being threatened by poor funding. This is contained in a press release by A Nigerian based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) The Better Society Foundation, TBSF, signed by its Executive Director, Mr. Ade Dare on this year’s World Malaria Day. The statement urges stakeholders in the health sector to remain on course until malaria is wiped out. According to the release, four point four billion dollars has been mobilized from international partners and African Governments to make available mosquito nets, rapid diagnostic tests and drugs in Africa over... Continue Reading
