NCD Chairman Dr. Abubakar Kargbo Presents 2010, 2011 & 2012 Reports respectively to President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State House on Monday 4th March 2013. Accompanied by Commissioners, Executive Secretary and Programme Manager, the Chairman of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) Dr. Abubakar Kargbo as part of its constitutional mandate, has on Monday 4th March 2013 presented its annual reports for the years-2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively to His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma at State House. In his address to HE President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, Chairman of the NCD, Dr. Abubakar Kargbo on behalf... Continue Reading
Residents Send out SOS for safe Water, Sanitation Facilities – By: Augustine N. Myers – Life is becoming increasingly unbearable for the over five thousand residents of Kamara Town, situated near the Po River between Montserrado and Bomi Counties. Kamara Town is about an hour drive from central Monrovia with a population of approximately 5000 inhabitants to include 250 family heads. Kamara Town lacks access to safe drinking water, latrine and health facilities. There are about six hand pumps constructed between 2004-2007, of which two are down and the remaining four are said to be rusty and providing unsafe water... Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG, March 2013 (PlusNews) – A three-year clinical trial involving over 5,000 women in East and Southern Africa has found that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – whether a vaginal gel or an oral tablet – is not effective at preventing HIV infection in young, unmarried women. The Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic (VOICE) study – involving HIV-negative women in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe – aimed to test the safety, effectiveness and acceptability of three HIV-prevention methods: daily use of a vaginal gel containing the antiretroviral (ARV) drug tenofovir; daily use of oral tablets containing tenofovir, and daily... Continue Reading
The National Commission for Democracy (NCD) has on Monday 4th March 2013 presented its annual reports for the years-2010,2011 and 2012 to President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State House. Speaking before he received of the Reports, President Koroma expressed delight for the commission’s move to address the backlogged saying that the document will soon be tabled before the House of Parliament as the role of the NCD is the democratic dispensation is very important. He said the commission has been given high profile through the civic education that the NCD provided during last November elections, adding that the job... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – The situation is already back to normal in Tanzania two weeks after the killing of a Catholic Priest Fr. Evarist Mushi, and at last the causes of recent religious commotions have been defined. Good news is, this has been done by religious leaders themselves, which indicates that the permanent remedy is underway. The two days workshop for religious leaders in Dar es Salaam was one of the important gestures ever made in order to resolve the ongoing tensions which obviously do not serve any positive purpose except for calculated divisive sentiments meant to further other ends.... Continue Reading
