By: Augustine N. Myers – Reports reaching the Monrovia Central Office of the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia (WASH R&E) speak of poor sanitary condition at the Harper Central Prison in South Eastern Maryland County of the Republic of Liberia, resulting to the death of at least four inmates. Maryland County WASH R&E Member, Arthur Douglas says the four pre-trial detainees reportedly died at the only prison due to an inauspicious sanitation situation, which continues to expose hundreds of the prisoners to serious health hazard. Reporter Douglas further reported that four other inmates out of the eighty-eight... Continue Reading
By Ohemeng Tawiah, Nhyira Fm. Kumasi/ Ghana – Teachers at Besease in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti region are boycotting classes starting Monday in protest of abuse of their colleague by the local chief. Francis Kattah was subjected to 25 lashes by chief of the town in the presence of students for allegedly smoking Indian hemp in public. His aggrieved colleagues say the assault is not only inhuman to the victim but it also denigrates the teaching profession. The 54-year old French teacher of the local M/A Junior High School, an Assistant Director one and five others were summoned to... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) in London is inviting young people from around the Commonwealth, to make their voice heard on a Global Platform, through Film and Photography. In previous years, winners of the competitions have included those making a film or taking a picture for the very first time. As noted by the RCS team, “what we are looking for is a creative spark, a unique insight, or a new idea!” This year’s, theme is ‘Women as Agents of Change’. The RCS is inviting entrants to use the medium of Film or Photography to describe... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – The Premier Africa Digital conference and workshop in Africa has been launched in Ghana giving a strong impression to the quality of the event come this July in Accra, Ghana. The Africa e-governance Academy (AfegA), in partnership with the African Institute for Development Informatics and Policy (AIDIP), UNDP and Ministry of Communications, has announced the Africa Digital Week. The Africa Digital Week 2011, the first of its kind, to be organized on the African continent in Accra, is set for July 26-29, 2011 under the theme, ‘My Dream for A Digital Africa’. The event use the... Continue Reading
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda today convicted all the six accused persons in what is called the Butare case including the first woman to be charged of genocide, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the former Minister of Family and Women’s Development. Trial Chamber II composed of Judges William Sekule, presiding, Arlette Ramaroson and Solomy Balungi Bossa then sentenced Nyiramasuhuko to life in prison for conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide, crimes against humanity (extermination, rape, and persecution), and serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II thereto (violence to life, and outrages upon personal... Continue Reading
