The Daily IIJ

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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Benin people assess differently the three years of rule of Prez. Yayi. Some say that many good things have been done whereas others consider that the situation is worse than ever.
“Prez. Yayi is still well at the helm” declared Irénée Koukpaki, the State Minister, near fellow worker of the president.

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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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Interactive programmes on radio and television of Togo are once again possible. Tne ban that has been put on them is lufted since Thursday 23rd of April.

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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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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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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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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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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 that of [...]

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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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