The Daily IIJ

Vietnam’s motorbike riders and passengers have been required to wear helmets on the road since December 15, 2007. Most of them stick to the rules, finding it necessary, if not comfortable or fashionable, to wear crash helmets, even with a stained-glass motif, which look like rice cookers. However, many still wear them in the wrong [...]

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Ghana’s President John Mills granted pardon to1, 021 prisoners on the occasion of the centenary birthday of Dr Nkrumah.  Beyond the humanitarian gesture, the move will also help ease the congestion at many of the country’s prisons, a situation that has created a major strain on justice delivery in the country.

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    Famous American photo journalist Larry Powell, a veteran who took part in the US-led war in Vietnam, has returned to Vietnam many times since the war ended because he wants to revive the past memories and heal the wounds of war. For forty million people who are closely related to the names on [...]

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Sixteen countries of West Africa agreed on the necessity to readapt laws and treaties in order to meet the challenge of climate change. At a sub-regional conference held on september 15-16 in Lomé, Togo, these countries reaffirm their commitment in environment’s protection. According to the Lomé agreement, West Africa is aware of the bad impact [...]

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Ghana’s President John Mills has urged Ghanaians to put aside their political and social acrimony and unite for a better Ghana. “Let this day, my brothers and sisters, be the day we begin to breathe new life into Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s vision of a strong, united Ghana. Let us grab this opportunity and rekindle our [...]

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Ghana would be joined by hundreds of people from across Africa, America, Europe, Asia, The Caribbean, Pacific and other parts of the world to celebrate the centenary birthday of that country’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which falls on Monday, September 21, 2009.

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Concerns have been raised over the way certain government ministers misuse power and authority; views sampled randomly in Freetown claimed that most ministers were fond of covering their vehicles’ registration plates while plying the streets at night.

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Maputo, 15 September 2009 – MORE than 3000 Zimbabweans living in neighbouring Mozambique – most of them illegally – have been counted in a two week survey concluded on Saturday, Joseph Matongo, national coordinator of Zimbabwe-Mozambique Solidarity Alliance (Zimosa) said.

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Indications are promising that the Sierra Leone Reporters’ Union, SLRU which filed in for organizational status and recognition would soon have its registration gazetted under the Trade Unions Act.

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A team from the ministry of health sanitation has made another sweep on four health clinics in the east end of Freetown all of them in apparent contravention of ministry regulations on safety standards.

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