The Daily IIJ

Five prominent international figures have been named to select the winner for the world’s first major international prize on education, another brain-child of the Qatar Foundation. The Jury members include Dr James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, USA, Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA, Mrs Fatma Rafiq Zakaria, Chairman [...]

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THE PRESIDENT:  Tonight, I’d like to update the American people on the international effort that we have led in Libya –- what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us. I want to begin by paying tribute to our men and women in uniform who, once again, have acted with [...]

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Border killing by Indian security forces has get international focus as the neighbour’s frontier troops has killed 136 Bangladeshi nationals in last two years. Bangladesh’s Home Minister Ms. Sahara Khatun in the parliament said India’s Border Security Force (BSF) killed 136 Bangladeshi nationals and injured 170 in the last two years. The international media has [...]

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Depuis le mois de juin 2010, les préservatifs qui reviennent moins chers aux populations se font de plus en plus rares. Aussi bien à Lomé qu’à l’intérieur du pays, il est difficile de se procurer ce latex qui protège contre d’éventuelle infection au VIH-Sida et aux IST. La situation inquiète les associations de lutte contre le SIDA.

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The president of Nigeria; Goodluck Jonathan who is seeking election in the forthcoming general elections, yesterday was the sole participant at the presidential debate organised by the Nigeria Elections debate Group (NEDG) for the presidential candidates.

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Upon successful completion of the voter registration exercise, the Presidential elections will be held on 24th November 2011 to be followed by the National Assembly Elections in the first quarter of 2012 and the Local Government Elections a year later, in the first quarter of 2013 respectively, Alhaji Musutapha Carayol Chairman of the Independent Electoral [...]

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As the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) is rushing with executive elections across the country in line with the Supreme Court decision and the party’s constitution, Mr. Tejan Kabbah former President of the Republic of Sierra Leone has vehemently refuted Julius Maada Bio’s campaign assertion that the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) junta regime [...]

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THE CHOLERA outbreak has gradually reached a crescendo where very drastic and hygienic measures should be taken by people of all walks of life even though experts claim the epidemic is being managed. Current statistical data on the epidemic in the Greater Accra Regional districts from the first to the 12th week of the cholera [...]

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THE DIRECTOR-General of the Inter-governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), Dr. Abdullahi Shehu, has emphasized that mutual evaluated reports of Member States exposed the rate of conviction for criminal activities such as cyber crimes, corruption, extortion, human and drug trafficking among others as being very low. He indicated also, that assets [...]

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The campaign for the 2011 on immunization against polio kicks start on March 25th till 28 March, 2011 at the Kanifing Municipal Council grounds, targets children from five years of age and below for the first round, while the second round is already slated from April 22-25, 2011. Mrs. Fatim Badgie, Minister of Health and [...]

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