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Entries from December 2009

EU set to tackle food insecurity in the Gambia

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

A recent survey conducted by the National Nutrition Agency (NANA) of the Gambia has given worrisome indications in the country; with over 50% of urban dwellers is experiencing food insecurity.

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Postcard: My Accra Memoirs – In the Arena

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments

This was learning in a most unique pattern

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Postcard: My Accra Memoirs – Back In Class

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Over the years, covering elections in Nigeria, has become a hazardous task for journalists.

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Rights groups united to fight against harmful traditional practices

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Local and international non-governmental organizations (rights groups) have come together to fight against harmful traditional practices, a practice which is common and popular among many ethnic groups in the upper river and the central river regions of the Gambia.

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Liberia: Ellen Transforms Notorious Prison to Museum

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments

For the first time in the history of Liberia Camp Belle Yella which in yesteryears a most infamous prison for political prisoners has finally been transformed from a dungeon of horror to a museum by Africa’s first Female head of State President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

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Postcard: My Accra Memoirs – Rubbing Minds

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments

On October 1, 2009, Nigeria turned 49, having gained independence on October 1, 1960. While my fellow countrymen pondered over the “journey so far”, back home, I was

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Postcard: My Accra Memoirs – Meeting Kofi Annan

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Kofi Annan, Africa’s illustrious son and ambassador, and former secretary general of the United Nations, is a man you see mostly on TV especially cable news, but at least, I met him, that Friday, October 2, at

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Postcard: My Accra Memoir – The Man Who Saw Ghana

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments

All work and no relaxation still make Jack a dull boy and Jane a dull girl too. So it’s day 7, a beautiful and friendly Saturday, and obviously a perfect day of the week to cool off. And off to the

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Postcard: My Accra Memoirs – Cape Coast Castle (Monument that Educates Yet Torments)

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments

The Cape Coast Castle is a place that has made many to cry,

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Postcard: My Accra Memoirs – The Past in the Present

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments

The build up to day 9 of the Freedom and Responsibility in the Media course, was obviously strategic and well ordered. Now it was time to learn about the rather sensitive reporting of the past in the present

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