The Daily IIJ

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Five days training on the topic “FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MEDIA” has ended in Accra, Ghana.  The workshop attracted 15 participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Benin, Togo, The Gambia and Sierra Leone.  Participants were taken through topics such as:  The Code of Ethics (Codes, Norms and standards in journalism), Conflict reporting, Election reporting, accidents [...]

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Living in Hanoi for nearly 20 years, I have never witnessed anything worse than the flood in my capital city last week. It made not only me, but many Hanoians seriously shocked. I myself and my whole family became victims of that flood.

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On October 19, U.S.-based Nigerian blogger and journalist Jonathan Elendu of Elendu Reportswas arrested by the Nigerian State Security Services (SSS) upon his arrival at Abuja airport. It was some days before the SSS announced that Elendu had been charged, first with money laundering and then sedition. read on

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