By Nangayi Guyson – Southern Sudan who voted overwhelmingly with nearly 99% for independence have finally formed a new African nation, election officials confirmed on Monday. Southern Sudan Referendum Commission announced in Khartoum that 98.83% of the voters had backed independence confirming the spilt of Africa’s biggest country. Referendum Commission head Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil said.”Those who voted for unity were 44,888, that is, 1.17%. Those who voted for separation were 3,792,518, that is, 98.83%,” Earlier, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir again said he would accept the outcome of the vote. We accept and welcome these results because they represent the will... Continue Reading
By Kemo Cham – The West Africa Journalists Association (WAJA) has set in motion a scheme aimed at equipping journalists with crucial knowledge in a largely overlooked area that has revolutionized journalism elsewhere in the world – Information Communication Technologies. Over 30 journalists, mainly editors and website owners, Friday completed a three day training of trainers workshop on the theme ‘Journalism, Internet Security and ICTs for Development. The main objective of the scheme, according to the West Africa Journalist Capacity Building project (WAJA –CBP) which organized the workshop with sponsorship from the ECOWAS Commission, is to improve capacity and awareness... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The British High Commission in Banjul will in few weeks time a relocate its visa section to Accra, Ghana, due to what its officials call a “massive budget deficit” facing the UK government. Ian Underhill, Regional Entry Clearance Manager, UK Border Agency International Group, told journalists at a press conference held at the High Commission in Fajara on Friday that the UK government has a massive budget deficit and, as a result, each government department has been asked to make savings in their budget, not just for this current financial year, but for the next four... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – President Yahya Jammeh has spoken strongly against the lack of peace and stability in Africa, blaming the continent’s current predicament on what he termed as the lack of good leadership, and the will to get rid of warlords. President Yahya Jammeh “We have no reason to be poor in Africa, because the Almighty Allah has given us all the natural resources we need. What we need to bring about Africa’s lost glory, that attracted other continent’s to come to Africa, which ended in slavery and colonialism, is the fact that Africans were united, there were fewer... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Juba- “More the 30 soldiers have been killed in southern Sudan after two days of clashes among former pro-Khartoum fighters in the Upper Nile state against giving up their heavy weapons” , state officials said. The fighting around Malakal airport, close to the border with the north, began on Thursday when loyalists of Gabriel Tang, who commanded a pro-Khartoum force during the 1983 to 2005 civil war, objected to surrendering their heavy weaponry. The mutiny in Sudan’s army first broke out on Thursday in the politically sensitive southern town of Makalal. Twenty people were killed during heavy fighting,... Continue Reading
