The Republic of Togo reaffirms its commitment in peace and security in all Africa and particularly in the west africa area. With regard to this, a peacekeeping center for troops training has been inaugurated last thursday in the capital town, Lomé.
Entries from February 2009
TOGO: A Peacekeeping training center opened
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Political reporting
‘Asia must go shopping’
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
If economic recovery must come soon, the world will get a relieve and cut short the current global recession if the Asians go shopping. A former economic news editor of the London-based Financial Times, now trainer of journalists in economic and financial reporting, Graham Watts has observed.
The freelance journalist with over 20 years experience [...]
Tags: Economic Reporting · Sneak In
Monrovia: US Embassy Guards Protest Low Salary
February 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment
A group of at least 50 security guards of the American-run security service, Inter-con, on Wednesday abandoned their posts to protest ‘low salary and lack of benefits’.
The aggrieved security guards involved in the protest action are assigned at the premises of United Nations Mission in Liberia UNMIL).
The placards carrying security guards staged the protest [...]
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Eisbären boys steal the show on the ice
February 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
EISBAREN Vs ADLER- the YouTube video by Heru, a visiting journalist from Indonesia.
On Wednesday evening the 15 foreign journalists attending the Multimedia and Online Journalism Course at the International Institute for Journalism were treated to a show of a lifetime. They witnessed live, a battle on the ice…an experience that drew sweet memories from screen [...]
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TOGO: The Police wants to be trusted
February 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments
The Togo police forces wants to be in closer contact with the citizens. hey hope that in a near future the people of Togo will trust them and no more fear them reasonless.
Tags: Political reporting
Abhisit Threw Rohingyas to Asean
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments
By saying Myanmar minority ethnic of Rohingyas is not Thai problem but regional matter, Prime Minister Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva asked all Asean countries to join and handle the problem.
For past two years, Rohingyas has been flowing to other South East Asia countries as refugees including to Thailand and Indonesia. This year, Rohingyas in Thai became [...]
Tags: Reporting on Asean
Day Two: Mail and Guardian
February 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Today I had a discussion with print journalists and some online guys notably, Carlos Henriques the Online General Manager.
I wanted to find out how all the guys are taking the issue of convergence, which was proposed and is being discussed at higher levels to take off here at the M&G.
Tags: Online Journalism
Political Will Holds Monetary Union’s Success
February 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
There must be a strong political will from the Economic Community of West African States for the monetary union (MU) to succeed, central bank advisor, Rebily David Asante said Tuesday in Accra, Ghana.
Tags: Political reporting
Hammering The Cause For ‘Aid Effectiveness’
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Recently, Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was in the Ghanaian Capital, Accra, to participate in a forum that brought together Development Cooperation Ministers from five donor countries including Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Japan and the United States to discuss aid effectiveness in post-conflict and fragile state context. The Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee was [...]
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Faceless Gangsterism In Broad Day Light
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments
History has a way of spotlighting even the most irrelevant and insignificant proponents in human history. Surely, such story about mankind must be told, but no matter how elements of evil and good come into play, we are bound to live with this reality. When tyranny seized our national center stage; flagrantly ran a criminal [...]
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