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Entries from April 2009

High human mobility brings swine flu right to Africa’s doorstep

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments

MAPUTO – The high mobility of people crossing the borders between countries and oceans can bring the untreatable swine flu virus that has claimed more than 150 lives and infected 2000 more in Mexico, North America right to the doorstep of Africa today more than any other time, a doctor and ministry health director said.

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Tags: Health

Liberia: A Caveat Against Attacks On City Mayor- Designate

April 28th, 2009 · No Comments

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sounded a caveat against violence and acts of vandalism being meted out against Monrovia City Major – designate Mary Broh and members of the presidential task force by some victims of the street clearing exercise.

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Tags: Political reporting

EU’s US$50b Food Facility sparks inquiries from Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone

April 28th, 2009 · No Comments

MAPUTO – Two community organisations dedicated to uplifting standards of life in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone are eager for more information about the recently launched US$50 billion fund to assist poor developing countries affected by the global food crisis.

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Tags: Economic Reporting · Sneak In

Liberia: Intelligence Gathering Amid Drug Peddling

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Crudely, we listened to a voice honestly un-African blaming the woes of crimes in many countries on foreigners. It was a South African and we can imagine where he was coming from in this equation. Ever since the walls of Apartheid crumbled – when Nelson Mandela walked out of his Robin Island prison – that [...]

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Tags: Sneak In

I am a geek!

April 26th, 2009 · No Comments

By Sara Bakata Before I attended the Winter Multimedia and Online course, I took pride in the fact that I knew all that entails being a journalist. Or rather, I thought I knew all that I needed to know to be a good journalist. Anything else was just that—anything.

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Tags: Sneak In

Ghana considers going back to IMF loans

April 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Ghana is considering going back to International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans after ceasing for two years. A stakeholders meeting to discuss the country’s engagement in the global capital markets and with international financial institutions amid the global financial and economic crisis has therefore been scheduled for April 30.

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Tags: Economic Reporting

IMF REFORM, is it just a crisis response or a step towards complete and lasting reforms?

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

A Feature Painstakingly, the IMF has made some changes to its lending habit. The future is asking this organisation of ideologies to leave in the reality of the days. Writes MOSES MOZART DZAWU, an economics correspondent of B&FT, Ghana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wishes its image in the eyes of the world today was [...]

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Tags: Economic Reporting

Africa hardest hit by global crisis: WB

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Maputo – Africa is the continent hardest hit by the global financial crisis that is having a devastating humanitarian impact on economic, political and social levels with annual growth already forecast to slump by about 3 percent to 2,4 percent this year, the World Bank said.

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Tags: Economic Reporting · Sneak In

Liberia: ‘Parliamentary Rebels’ On Capitol Hill

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Speaker of Liberia’s Parliament, J. Alex Tyler  Liberia remains an interesting place to live. This is the home of Liberians and they have no other place to call their home. It sounds good to hear such a talk, but could we be serious in any sense? Never in the history of Liberia has this nation [...]

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Tags: Political reporting

Liberia: Conflicting Accounts Over ‘Arms Discovery’

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf There are conflicting accounts emanating from the Liberian Government circles regarding the reported discovery of arms and ammunition in the 72nd Community on the Somalia Drive.

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Tags: Political reporting