The Daily IIJ

Says it’s incompatible with basic human rights The International Humanist Ethical Union (IHEU) has said that it will draw the attention of all stakeholders on human rights in the region to the existence of blasphemy laws in the penal codes of state parties to the African Charter and the threat it poses to the promotion [...]

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The official motto of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is “we serve and protect”. Filipinos might well ask – whom? On 23 November 2009, 58 people were kidnapped and slaughtered in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. Women in the group were raped, shot and mutilated. The bodies were buried by use of an earthmoving construction tractor. [...]

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MANILA, Philippines—Former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez said she wouldn’t mind facing her accusers at her impeachment trial next month, but her devotion to her family made her resign from her post on Friday. Guttierez, who had been impeached by the House of Representatives last February and was set to be tried by the Senate in 10 [...]

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MANILA, Philippines—Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez tendered her resignation on Friday, just two weeks before the scheduled Senate impeachment trial.

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IbisTek Ghana Limited with its American counterpart, Klein Tools, has organized a one-day awareness creation workshop for various professionals in the mining, construction and automobile industries in Accra today. The participants, who were drawn from the Volta River Authority (VRA), GRIDCO, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), CIBA, COTVET as well as the Garages Association, [...]

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Afghanistan, once a defeat land of big empires of the world, has altered into a lobby of death for people who has no choice except waiting to see their own death by turn.

President Karzai, who is running the country for more than nine years now, was the only window of prosperity where people could see a bright future ahead.

Now majority of Afghans see no bright future ahead and they no longer bother to believe in the promises and commitments by government officials.

One of the factors that leave Afghans disappointed in terms of their future is the deficiency of government and more importantly they are being killed on daily basis without siding to any involved sides in the conflict.

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Like every other Nigerian, we look forward to the following day after the election for the results to be announced. On April 16, people came out en masse to vote for the candidate of their choice for the presidential seat. It was a calm election, though you cannot write-off rigging which is a common happening [...]

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As part of its institutional approach to public education, the Anti-Corruption Commission HAS engaged staff of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) at their Hanga Road office in Kenema, Eastern Sierra Leone.

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The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation in the United States, Daniel Yohannes is optimistic that this year’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum to be held in Lusaka, Zambia, would be an excellent opportunity to discuss issues on improving economic activities and raising the standards of living in sub-Saharan Africa. Read [...]

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It was exactly 03:08am (GMT) that my mobile phone beeped and I knew that I had received a text message. The message reads:  Congratulations to all Sierra Leoneans on our country’s fiftieth Independence Anniversary. May the patriotism, unity and dedication we have shown during this great moment always abide with us as we move fifty [...]

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