By Shout Africa Nigeria correspondent- Chinyere Ogbonna – Ghanaian police personnel on Tuesday January 11, 2012 seized a large amount of arms and ammunition allegedly bound for Nigeria. The arms and ammunition, including hordes of AAA cartridges, ten pomp-action guns and twenty double-barrelled guns, were found in a false compartment under the flour plate of the truck. Addressing newsmen after the seizure on Tuesday evening in Accra Ghana, the Regional Police Commander,Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rose Atinga Bio, said she had received a call from an informant around 15:00 GMT (4.00pm Nigerian time) that a truck was off loading what... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com, Staff Reporter, in Monrovia – Thirty heads of state will attend Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s $1.2 million (9 million euro) inauguration on January 18, Foreign Minister Toga McIntosh said Thursday. “As I speak to you now, I have received word from 30 heads of state confirming their participation,” he told a news conference. The entire capital Hill since the Christmas has been decorated with national colours and the streets of Monrovia have been kept clean on daily basis. Six years ago, security was tight at Monday’s ceremony, with armed U.N. peacekeepers surveying the scene from atop surrounding... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, email: peterkingq@yahoo.com – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed Executive Order No. 38, to guide public officials in the performance of their duties. The document, otherwise referred to as the “Administrative Code of Conduct” for members of the Executive Branch of Government, among other measures, is to set out standards of behavior and conduct by public servants, guide, regulate and ensure compliance with the norms and behaviors required of a public servant. Speaking Monday, January 9, during the signing ceremony at the Foreign Ministry, the President said the action is intended to send a strong signal to... Continue Reading
….As Citizens Challenge President Sirleaf to Sign WASH Compact – By: Augustine N. Myers – Citizens of Gbarpolu County in Western Liberia have challenged the Liberian Leader, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to sign the Liberia WASH Compact Document that was developed at the Multi Donor Conference on water, sanitation and hygiene in Monrovia last year. The WASH Compact is a product of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership aimed at ensuring that the Liberian population access safe drinking water and improved sanitation as human rights. The Gbarpolu Citizens believe that the signing of the WASH Compact by President Sirleaf... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Cameroon correspondent – Lambert, 27, who received baptism on Christmas Day in a swimming pool in Bonapriso, later died in the pool same day. Though Christmas Day is traditionally the time for baptismal programmes in most churches in Christendom, as long as temperatures continue to rise in the economic capital, the warm and humid Douala city gives enough reason for the very many residents taking up cool leisures as much as resources permit. Top on the list of outdoor Christmas fun is, of course, swimming. Sadly, accidents come along with swimming, and the Bonadouma Home swimming pool in... Continue Reading
