By Olusegun A. Ogundeji – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Joseph Dauda last week told his South African counterpart, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane that his country has given its approval for South Africa to open an Honorary Consul in Sierra Leone while looks forward to a reciprocity from South Africa. The two met at the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Ms. Nkoana-Mashabane said she was pleased by Sierra Leone’s intent and promised to offer assistance to facilitate the process. She also disclosed that an agreement has been reached for South Africa to provide funding for the project that... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Dubai – At least six journalists for pan-Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera have been arrested in Egypt after authorities ordered the closure of the network’s Cairo office. The Qatar-based network says the journalists were working for its English-language channel – a sister operation to the flagship Arabic service. Monday’s detentions come a day after Egyptian authorities shut Al Jazeera’s office, complaining its round-the-clock coverage was slanted toward protesters and could encourage more unrest. Al Jazeera denounced the closure as an attempt to muzzle open reporting. It had managed to continue coverage in Egypt with fixed-position cameras and... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Khartoum- At least two Sudanese independent newspapers were blocked by on Monday government to distribute newspapers, a day after violent clashes in Khartoum in which dozens were arrested, including a journalist, their editors said. Annur Ahmed Annur, editor-in-chief of the independent daily Al-Sahafa and Fayez al-Sillik, deputy editor of Ajras al-Hurriya said “Security officers came to the printers at 02:00 and ordered the staff not to distribute our newspaper.” “They came to the printers at 23:00 and read all the pages of our paper… Then they came back three hours later, took a number of copies and... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye ,Shout-Africa.com Reporter,Accra – Shout-Africa, Accra Correspondant, monitoring the stance of Ghana President on the Ivorian situation can reliably say Ghana has finally cleared it’s stance on the Ivory Coast political stalemate as President Mills has categorically stated that Ghana supports the International Community in accepting Alassane Quatarra as the duly elected leader of that country. Ghana President Atta Mills President John Mills made the declaration when he met the Diplomatic Corps at the Flagstaff House during the annual get together of the corps and the presidency. According to President Mills it’s rather unfortunate that Ghana’s position on... Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG, 28 January 2011 (IRIN) – More than 1,000 people have been “relocated permanently” from 32 flood-prone villages in Caprivi, as Namibia’s most northerly province prepares to meet a Zambezi River swollen to near-record size for this time of year by torrential rains upstream. Local media reported that 1,021 villagers from the Kabbe constituency – a low-lying district along the Zambezi River in eastern Caprivi – had been taken to the Katima Mulilo Rural constituency. “We started transporting them at the beginning of this month [January], and the last group was moved to higher ground last week. They were all... Continue Reading
