The Daily IIJ

A Short Feature There is no problem with water level in Ghana’s Akosombo Dam but power failure persists in the country. Hardly does a week go without a cut in power from the national grid. Anytime it happens life in homes come to a standstill with a few complaining about damaged appliances. The Few industries [...]

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Maputo – The European Union (EU) this week Monday launched a €1 billion Food Facility to help the 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America at the highest risk of the worsening global food crisis that started last year, the EU said.

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MAPUTO – Nearly 30 prisoners have died in prisons in the northern province of Nampula in March due to negligence, malnutrition and diarrhoea, local media reports show. At least 15 prisoners died of malnutrition and diarrhoea related cases in the northern coastal district of Angoche, this month, state broadcaster Televisao de Mozambique (TvM) reported today.

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More than 50 ex-combatants including generals of former factions in Liberia’s civil conflict have been rewarded under Government’s Rehabilitation and Re-integration program. The individuals were Friday presented certificates of appreciation and envelopes containing cash rewards.

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To facilitate effective budget implementation, various spending entities of the government of Liberia are required to strictly observe guidelines governing budget implementation. To this extent, Section 1.1C of the policy guidelines on budgetary transfers requires that ‘no budgetary transfers shall be made from any account into the “others” account.

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Grand Kru County senior senator Cletus Wotorson has been elected by members of the Liberian senate as the new President Pro Tempore of the senate. He defeated his rival, Grand Bassa County senior  Senator Gbehzonhgar  Findley by 18 to 11 votes.

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Money talks will dominate the next week conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany, since the global economy crisis had cost countries financial ability declining, and change world’s commitments to tackle climate change.

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Members of the Liberian senate will today, Thursday vote in an election to elect a new president Pro Tempore following the resignation of Grand Gedeh County senior senator Isaac W. Nyenabo as President Pro Tempore

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Indonesian immigration arrested four Dutch journalists who were reporting in Jayapura, Papua, Tuesday (24/3) by accusing they have no permit to cover the news there. The first three journalists, Babbete Niemel, Peter Mariow Smith and Ronald Wigman of NRC Handelsblad were held by immigration during their reporting of mass protest in front of Swiss Bel [...]

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Confusion Tuesday erupted in the Chambers of the Liberian Senate over two separate communications on the foreign travel budget of the senate and the pending senate elections.

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