By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – ECOWAS Chairman President, Goodluck Jonathan has expressed concern at the famine in Somalia. He pledged that Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS], would make appropriate responses at the forthcoming pledging conference to be held in Addis Ababa,the Ethiopian capital on the 25th of this month. President Jonathan was speaking when former Ghanaian President, Jerry John Rawlings, African Union High Representative for Somalia, came to brief him on the situation in Somalia, and seek a response to the conference. He described as worrisome the famine in the Horn of Africa. President Jonathan... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – ECOWAS Chairman, President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the attempted coups in Guinea and Niger. He warned that the Economic Community of West African States ([ECOWAS) would no longer tolerate military interventions in the sub-region. President Jonathan who is the current chairman of the regional body made the remark at the inauguration of the third ECOWAS parliament in Abuja. He said ECOWAS heads of governments would henceforth resist forceful takeover of power by the military adding that any military regime that takes over power in the region would be sanctioned. “Let me emphatically say that ECOWAS... Continue Reading
By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout-Africa .com Gambia Bureau Chief in Banjul – Ismaila Ceesay Managing Director of Teranga FM, a community radio station located in Sinchu Alagie village in the Kombo North district of the West Coast Region was Wednesday invited to the headquarters of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in Banjul, The Point has learned. Though no reason for Mr. Ceesay’s appearance at the NIA was advanced to this paper, sources close to him said he was asked to suspend the radio station’s daily review of news carried by the local newspapers in the country. According to our sources, the... Continue Reading
…. as Opposition launches Second round of ” walk-to-work” protests – By Nangayi Guyson in Kampala Uganda – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has described those complaining about the high cost of living in the country as sick people. Presiding over the national celebrations to mark the international youth day in Arua town, the president said those complaining are against development. This comes a day after the main opposition leader Kizza Besigye who this week court dropped all charges against him and other opposition leaders launched a second round of walk-to- work protests in Masaka district in a rally organized by... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Harare – President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has urged westerners ( Britain ,USA) to pay attention to their own internal problems. Speaking during an address marking the country’s defence forces day, Mugabe said that Britain’s focus should now be on their internal problems, the wave of riots raging in its cities and leave Zimbabwe alone. He added,”Britain I understand is on fire, London especially and we hope they can extinguish their fire, pay attention to their internal problems and to that fire which is now blazing all over, and leave us alone,” Mugabe said, referring to Zimbabwe’s... Continue Reading
