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.
Entries from December 2009
EU set to tackle food insecurity in the Gambia
December 31st, 2009 · No Comments
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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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