By: WASH R&E Network – An interactive media dialogue aimed at providing essential information to the Liberian Press on the Water, sanitation and hygiene sector of has taken place in Monrovia. The dialogue which was chaired by public Works Minister, Samuel Koffi Woods brought together officials of Water Aid, Civil Society, stake holders and development partners. The dialogue was part of activities commemorating World Water Day and a two-day Joint Inter-Ministerial High Level Meeting on Water , Sanitation and health between Liberia and Sierra Leone. Speaking to a cross section of journalist from the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia,... Continue Reading
A new breed of leaders is needed to meet the challenges of global social, political and economic turmoil. Yet leaders of the right calibre are in short supply. “The main obstacle,” according to Sandra Burmeister, CEO of the Landelahni Recruitment Group, “is that businesses are operating under false assumptions about what constitutes leadership.” “Opportunities for expansion abound in local and global markets,” says Burmeister, “but the rules have changed. Established business models and systems are missing the mark. Ageing leadership and the rapid rate of change is resulting in a shortage of leaders. Insufficient bench strength to meet rapidly changing... Continue Reading
On World Press Freedom Day—and every day—the United States honors and supports media freedom at home and abroad. Press freedom is a key element of the freedom of expression, which is a foundation for other universal human rights. In 2011, the United States hosted the international World Press Freedom Day activities in Washington, D.C. This year, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Esther Brimmer is leading the U.S. delegation to a World Press Freedom conference in Tunisia, May 2-6; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathy Fitzpatrick of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor will also attend. As... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Cameroon Correspondent – The third edition of the construction exhibition forum, dubbed “Batimaide”, is underway in Douala. Actors in the building construction sector are showcasing technologies, materials, modern housing designs and various construction tools at the premises of the Party House in Bonanjo, Douala. The exhibition, which has brought together professionals in the sector of housing, is a part of measures in line with the Prime Minister’s prescriptions in 2008 that all public buildings, R+1 building inclusive, be constructed wholly in local materials. Grace Ndoumbe, Co-organiser of the exhibition, situated its purpose within the context that comfortable, decent,... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Cameroon Correspondent – The robbers, who have been on the run, used the weapons to break into financial institutions. The arrests of four armed robbers – three in the city of Douala and one in Bafoussam – leaves no doubt that insecurity in the country is heightened by the illegal use of sophisticated weapons. Four revolvers have been recovered following ceaseless pursuing of the robbers since they broke into the FI-PME, a microcredit institution in Bonanjo, last February 20112. Security guards to the microcredit institution, who were reportedly gagged during the attack and subsequently arrested by judicial police for complicity,... Continue Reading
