By: Augustine N. Myers – Hundreds of Ivorian refugees in Nimba County have benefited from a consignment of relief items, valued over 135 thousand United States dollars. The items were provided by the Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS), a National Non Governmental Organization operating in the Country as the Development Arm of the Lutheran Church of Liberia. Speaking to this paper over the week-end shortly after the entire distribution exercise in Karmplay, Nimba County, the Program Officer of the Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS), Mrs. Bernice K. Womba, said the exercise was in continuation of a project... Continue Reading
BLANTYRE, 2 June 2011 (IRIN) – After several years of fragile gains, Malawi’s healthcare sector is facing major setbacks following a decision by its largest international donor, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), to freeze its aid to the impoverished nation. The UK provided about US$122 million annually to Malawi, of which $49 million went to funding Malawi’s public health sector, but DFID made its final aid disbursement in March and has decided not to renew a six-year funding commitment which ends in June. “We have already started feeling the pinch,” said Martha Kwataine, a policy analyst with... Continue Reading
By Cameroon correspondent: The men surrendered all passengers on board the bus, hijacked the steering wheel and drove into a far off bush, then searching passengers and leaving them stranded before making away with booties. Some 63 passengers and a driver were in the early hours of today, June 2, assaulted and ransacked and the transport bus in which they were travelling hijacked. Just like the rest of the passengers, the suspected hijackers, eight in total, boarded the Menoua Voyage bus matriculated Lt 621 BO in the night of (yesterday) June 1 at Bepanda Ntone in Douala for Dschang,... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – LACK of involvement of the people of the East African Community (EAC) in its revival has failed to bring yields as it was anticipated during its re-establishment. Shout Africa.com registered its presence at the debate at the British Council in Dar es Salaam on Friday last week when members of the Policy Forum met to discuss issues surrounding the formation and performance of the regional body. The title of the debate was The East African Community: is it taking off? Many of the participants observed that the reasons that led to the collapse of the former... Continue Reading
“Development in Africa is not dependent on the quality and drive of its governments. Neither on aid projects, nor on the work of volunteers from the west. The future and the well-being of this continent depends largely on the power of its own, local entrepreneurs”, says Professor Walter Baets, Director of the UCT Graduate School of Business in Cape Town, South Africa. Professor Walter Baets (of Belgian nationality) is heading one of the leading business schools of Africa, finishing 60th in the latest Financial Times Global MBA Top 100 Ranking. He is a firm believer in the power of entrepreneurship... Continue Reading
