Tarifa, Spain – Award-winning Zimbabwean photographer Resta Nyamwanza competes with her work in finale of 4th Photoafrica contest, which takes place within the 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa (FCAT) in Spain, from June 6th to 19th. Resta Nyamwanza thematizes in her work, among other themes, also modern African cities and their dwellers. Nyamwanza regularly exhibits her work in Zimbabwe and already gained first international experience by participating in exhibitions in Sweden and Denmark. She won Nama (National Art Merit Awards) nominee for outstanding Two Dimensional work. The 4th Photoafrica contest offers €3,000 in prize money through 3 awards. The topic... Continue Reading
By Gambian Correspondent – A state counsel at the Attorney General’s Chambers under the Ministry of Justice has told a group of young people and adolescents at the recent inter-generational dialogue forum held at the Friendship Hotel in Bakau that the records of a child offender are kept strictly confidential. Fatou Bittaye stated that cases involving children are encouraged by the Children’s Act to be disposed of by means of settlement instead of going through the tedious process of a trial. “However this only applies if the offence involved is a misdemeanor like petty theft, disorderly conduct etc., and it... Continue Reading
By Gambian Correspondent – The Board of Directors of Pro Poor Advocacy Group (Pro-PAG) has come under fire after it received a “directive” to replace its chairperson and director. The agency Saturday convened what it said was an “emergency meeting” to discuss “directives” received from the ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in Banjul. The directive, signed by Mod A.K Secka, Permanent Secretary No. 1 at the ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, stated among others that the “Government of the Gambia does not recognize Mrs Adelaide Sosseh as member and Chairperson of the Board of Pro-PAG as well as... Continue Reading
By Ohemeng Tawiah, Nhyira Fm,-Kumasi, Ghana – Tension is mounting between Muslim and Christian communities at Nobewam, a town located on the main Accra-Kumasi road in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal of Ashanti region over the citing of a mosque in the town. The natives, mainly Christians are challenging the local traditional ruler’s decision to allocate a parcel of land to Muslims when Christians form majority of residents. One of the protestors has, in defiance of the traditional authority’s order, begun building a drinking bar on part of the land meant for the mosque, already under construction. The leadership of the Christian... Continue Reading
By Marian A. Hassan – Piracy was not born on the sea. It is based and begins on land. Tales of Somali pirates have horrified the international community. From the perspective of a Somali native, the deaths are equally horrifying, but I can see what is not obvious from outside of my country – these incidents have not come out of the blue. They are instead a symptom of problems that originated with the fall of our government in late 1990s. Piracy is a symptom of a legacy of tragedy, not an isolated act of evil. Just this past April,... Continue Reading
