Topic: News

Cameroon: Artists Tackle Death Penalty in Posters

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By Shout-Africa Cameroon Correspondent – 100 posters will be exhibited from Wednesday to Saturday at Maison des Jeunes in Bepanda, Douala. The posters bear images that strongly convey messages that challenge death penalty sentence. Without any misconception as to the fact that the application of death penalty is not lawful in Cameroon, the posters suggest that mop justice, however, is the most probable of death penalties passed and applied by the public. The public – groups of people or communities – use allegations such as assault on people and property, banditry, witchcraft and sorcery mostly to justify application of death... Continue Reading

Cameroon: Electricity – Veritable Beckon for Development

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By Shout-Africa Cameroon Correspondent – For more economic efficiency, electricity supply could also respond effectively to expectations if power generation, transmission and distribution are managed by different holders. Despite challenges, electricity is a veritable beckon for development. The phone, internet, cable, audiovisual media, certain businesses have all of a sudden flooded the country and into some rural localities where there is supply integrating Cameroon in the global village. As a matter of fact where electricity has gone development has followed. Cameroon now stands a better chance of further development if the sector of electricity is expanded. Electricity growth rate is... Continue Reading

Eq. Guinea’s Obiang slams foreign intervention in Africa

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By Gambian Correspondent Monitoring Developments at AU Summit in Eq.Guinea – The president of Equatorial Guinea and current head of the African Union launched a scathing attack on foreign intervention on the continent on Thursday, saying moves to defend human rights had instead deepened problems. Speaking at the opening of the AU summit he is hosting, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo also said the body was suffering financially and had to find its own funding to stop outsiders having to step in, and therefore have a say. Obiang’s thinly veiled criticism appeared to target NATO’s operations in Libya, a crisis... Continue Reading

Liberia: Flood makes Thousands Homeless

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By Augustine N. Myers – Continuous heavy rainfall across Liberia due to the on-going rainy season, is indeed becoming a serious problem, especially to those residing around low land areas. The latest is the GSA Road Community in Paynesville, a sub burg of Monrovia in Montserrado County. Thousands of the residents are forced to leave their respective homes for safety because of the heavy down pour of rain, due to an on-going local road construction by a Company known as SSF. The Company was hired by the Liberian government through the Public Works Ministry to carry out the pavement of... Continue Reading

Liberia: Americans end visit to SOGOM Harvest

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…As Teachers Benefit From Training : By Augustine N. Myers – A major training program to build to capacity of hundreds of Liberian teachers, have taken place in Paynesville, Montserrado County.   The 3-day Teachers’ Empowerment Program was organized by the Servants of God Outreach Ministries (SOGOM Harvest) located in the ELBC Community, Paynesville, in collaboration with sixteen Americans from the Harvest Bible Chapel in Michigan, the United States of America.   Dr. Paul lectures a cross section of Liberian Teachers at the 3-day exercise The workshop which ran from Monday, June 27 thru Wednesday, June 29 brought together three hundred teachers from Montserrado, Grand... Continue Reading