By Own Correspondent – Daniel .O.Kulo the Director of Special Litigation at the AG Chambers yesterday announced that the prosecution had closed its case in the criminal trial of Moses B. Johnson Richards at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court before acting-Principal Magistrate Alargba TA. The DSL’s announcement came after the testimony of the second prosecution witness, one Ebrima Jammeh alias Kunki, Chief Superintendent at the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA). Richards was alleged to have, on 6th November 2010 given false information to the Sheriff of the Gambia to wit, that His Excellency, the President of the Gambia has ordered the... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe on Thursday threw out an appeal against the acquittal of Roy Bennett in an alleged plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, his lawyer said Thursday. Roy Bennett, the white 53-year-old former farmer was arrested in February 2009, shortly before he was to be sworn in, over accusations that he had funded a plot to topple Mugabe five years ago. The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe on Thursday threw out an appeal against the acquittal of Roy Bennett in an alleged plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, his lawyer said Thursday. Roy Bennett,... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – HARARE -Police in Zimbabwe on Thursday arrested Energy Minister Elton Mangoma for questioning on undisclosed charges, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said. “I have just been informed the minister of energy has been arrested,”Tsvangirai told a meeting of local business leaders. “I, as prime minister, didn’t even know about it.” Police declined to confirm if they had detained Mangoma, who belongs to Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Party spokesperson Nelson Chamisa said Mangoma was picked up at his offices by three detectives from the serious fraud squad. “We do not know why he has been arrested,”... Continue Reading
By Ohemeng Tawiah/Nhyira Fm-Kumasi/Ghana – Government has denied abandoning the Boankra Inland Port Project in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti region. The project, which started about ten years ago, is expected to ease import and export services of shippers in the northern sector as well as facilitate transportation of goods to other West African states. West African states like Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger among others are expected to benefit from the Boankra Inland Port when it becomes operational. But the project has been at stand still, several years of completing the administration block which is the first phase of... Continue Reading
….Partners Form Partnership On Water By: Augustine N. Myers – A week-long Intensive Training on Advanced Integrated Water Resources Management has ended in Gbarnga, Bong County with the formation of a group to foster partnership on water information dissemination. The Group under the banner, “Liberia-2070 Water for Today, Water for Tomorrow”, includes the Ministries of Lands, Mines & Energy, Public Works, Health, Planning, and Agriculture. Others include the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia, Press Union of Liberia, Environmental Protection Agency and the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation. A release from the WASH Reporters & Editors Network says the... Continue Reading
