The Daily IIJ

River Gee County Junior Senator, Isaac Johnson, early Wednesday morning died at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Sinkor, Monrovia following a brief illness.

The River Gee County lawmaker gave up his ghost at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday morning following a surgical operation performed by medical doctors at the J F K Medical Center. According to embattled Senate Pro-Tempore Isaac Nyenabo, who was on the bedside of Senator Johnson up to his death, said the River Gee County lawmaker earlier underwent a surgical operation at the Malac Clinic on an hydro seed he had developed. [Read more →]

The Liberian leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued a stern warning to those she referred to as ‘obstructionists’ bent on frustrating government development agenda to desist or government would resolve to take firm action against them.

Speaking Monday at ceremonies marking the completion of renovation and construction works of several public schools at the D. Twe Memorial High School in the Borough of New Kru Town, Bushrod Island, the Liberian leader made specific reference to a land dispute that is preventing government and billionaire George Soros to construct a school for children in the New Kru Town area. [Read more →]

There are conflicting accounts emanating from the Liberian Government regarding President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s position on the recently released findings of the General Auditing Commission (GC) Audit Reports involving several government functionaries.

The conflicting accounts emerged last Friday when Acting Information Minister Cletus Sieh during a news conference disclosed that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has vowed not to take any action or comment on the audit findings submitted to her office by the GAC until the National Legislature holds deliberations on them. [Read more →]

A frail looking old man is playing on the keyboard of his people’s emotions. This octogenarian is holding an entire country to ransom. He has turned the entire sovereign State’s constitution upside down. His source of joy is to see his people wailing. Nothing is working in this country that was once described as a “Beacon of Hope.” People are hungry and cannot get food to eat, they are thirsty and do not have access to clean drinking water. Women and children get sick and cannot see the doctors. [Read more →]

This year’s Presidential and Parliamentary election is tagged to go down in history as the most competitive, fierce and expensive elections ever held in Ghana. Many has touted it as the mother of all elections whiles others called it the finals in reference to the two terms of office of both the ruling government, the New Patriotic Party and the biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress since 1992. [Read more →]

Four senior staff members of the University of Ghana, Legon, are to face contempt of court charges after their refusal to obey the orders of a human rights high court in Accra to open the rooms of two students to enable them prepare for their exams. [Read more →]

The United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and the office of the first lady Mrs Sia Koroma has commenced a two-day consultative forum on the role of traditional and religious leaders on the  fight to reduce the high rate of maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. Major obstacle which limited women’s access to basic rights, such as quality reproductive health care, nutritional level, HIV status, education, poverty and inequity of social factors, were highlighted as been responsible for the high rate of maternal and neonatal incidences. [Read more →]

Two weeks before climate change conference in Poznan, Poland; United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) anounced green gas emition produced by industrial countries are rising. UNFCCC data shows 40 industrial countries which include in Annex I had 5 % decreased green gas emission under 1990 level, but rebound more than 2,3% average during the year of 2000-2006. [Read more →]

It was Friday night in Berlin, Germany. The clock was ticking to 11.00 pm, but summer night made it seems like it was still noon. Friendly air gave no freezing wind and Warchauer Strasse was filled with Berliner’s youngsters.

A punk group gathered around Waschauer Bridge, talked loud while drinking their beer off to the bottom. Their pit-bull dog shaked its tail and played plastic bottle thrown as hand made Frisbee with its master. The dog several times ran trough numbers of youngsters on the road. [Read more →]

Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has set tough conditions to be met before its participation in a government of national unity with Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF.

The refusal by the MDC to participate in a new government has further cast a damper on a political agreement signed on September 15 2008.

Political analysts say the continued impasse between the political parties will worsen the Zimbabwe situation which is already in a critical state.

Read more on Conrad Dube’s blog