By Kizito Makoye, Dar es Salaam – As Tanzania’s government strives to bridge yawning gaps in its budget million of dollars are reported to have been paid to non-existent employees (ghost workers) in the public sector, to the detriment of donors whose taxpayers dig deep into their pocket to finance the country’s General Budget Support every single year. A parliamentary committee investigating the expenditure in the central government, recently discovered that about shillings 9 billion( over US$6 million) had been paid to ghost workers. Although the committee recommended that the country’s Controller and Auditor General and law enforcement organs should... Continue Reading
Berlin, Germany. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. eLearning Africa’s newly designed news portal is now online. It features new social media links, improved site navigation and enhanced multimedia. The portal covers the most relevant news and information in the field of ICT for Development and Education in Africa. Stories cover, for example, issues such as the eBook market in Kenya, mobile training solutions for farmers in Uganda, how computer labs are provided for South African students, or in-depth information on China?s investment in the African telecom sector. Readers are now invited to discuss and comment on articles and podcasts both via... Continue Reading
By Gambian Correspondent – The former Inspector General of Police, Ensa Badjie, has denied financing any criminal operations before Justice Joseph Enwa Ikpala of the Special Criminal Court of the High Court in Banjul. Ensa Badjie was continuing his testimony yesterday in the robbery trial involving him and Chief Superintendent of Prisons Ali Ceesay. Ensa Badjie and Ali Ceesay were arraigned at the court after being indicted on different counts, including conspiracy to commit a felony, robbery with violence, receiving stolen property, aiding and abetting, robbery, conspiracy to commit misdemeanour, aiding prisoner to escape, official corruption, conspiracy to defeat justice... Continue Reading
By Gambian Correspondent – President Yahya Jammeh has told over 100 military officers from across Africa, Europe and America that the armed forces in any country are guarantors of sustainable development, stressing that one cannot talk of sustainable development if he/she does not have an efficient and loyal defense mechanism. “Any country without armed forces, no matter what development you have achieved, know that this development cannot be sustainable and guaranteed. Why? Because it takes so many years to build a bridge, and it takes only a few seconds for a mad man to blow it up,” Jammeh said while... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent with support from Daily observer – The Media has right and the right to inform cannot be deprived as to the release of credible information and fact for the peaceful environment in a country .The Media is developing in Liberia but as to it independence is a question and with the current state of affair in the country, how and what type of story should be in the media. The case of Daily Observer and ELENITO Mineral and Minining in Liberia is as follows: The Daily Observer newspaper, a victim of three arson attacks between 1986 and... Continue Reading
