Own Correspondent, from Monrovia, Liberia for Shout-africa.com- A six month project was launched by Better Future Foundation (BFF). It seeks to create awareness among Cross-Border Women Traders and Law Enforcement State Agents in Liberia. They outlined the problems at the launch of a six-month awareness project under the theme “Achieving Regional Customs Union and Common Market within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).The well attended launch came off at Liberia Chamber of Commerce on Capitol Hill. The EU-Ecowas Free Movement Project according to BFF President Augustine Arkoi, has a direct target of two groups- cross-border market women and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, March 6th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – According to the Analyst newspaper ,one of the leading local newspaper in Liberia Democracy, generically, is rule by an informed majority of a given country. Defined that way, democracy would not apply in Liberia because statistics have shown that one drawback of Liberia’s democratization is its more than 75% uninformed voting majority. Political pundits have argued that this critical majority lacks the basic ability to understand the intricacies of politics because of little education. Many say unscrupulous politicians are making hay and they are looking up to the media to take up the responsibility of creating... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, March 6th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa.com from Accra-Ghana – Former Liberian presidential candidate and international football star, George Weah, has appealed to the Ghanaian government to respect the rights of Liberian refugees at the Buduburam camp located in the Central region. One refugee was killed recently in clashes between the refugees and police at the camp. The rumpus was sparked by bickering between two factions of the refugees over Welfare Council leadership. Scores of the refugees were arrested and are standing trial. Others were injured and some run into the bush for cover. The Government of Ghana and the UNHCR have hinted of moves... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, March 1st 2011 |
By Peterking Quaye reporting for Shout-africa.com – The original aim of the Ranking is to promote Web publication. Supporting Open Access initiatives, electronic access to scientific publications and to other academic material are our primary targets. However web indicators are very useful for ranking purposes too as they are not based on number of visits or page design but on the global performance and visibility of the universities. As other rankings focused only on a few relevant aspects, specially research results, web indicators based ranking reflects better the whole picture, as many other activities of professors and researchers are showed... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, March 1st 2011 |
By Peterking Quaye – Ghana’s female Olympic team, the Black Princesses have made it to the final round of qualifiers to the 10th All Africa Games to be staged in Maputo, Mozambique in September this year. The Princesses put up a great performance to beat their Liberian counterparts 7 goals to nil at the El Wak sports Stadium as the game coincided with the local MTN Cup and CAF Champions leagues qualifiers in the country. After a painful 4-0 defeat in their own back yard, female ladies of Liberia suffered another thrashing by their Ghanaian counterpart. The game was not... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, March 1st 2011 |
