The Daily IIJ

The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), which claims to be a public advocacy group, has accused some top board members of the Forestry Commission for awarding a ‘ghost’ contract at the cost of GH¢3 million (¢30 billion old Ghana cedis) to a company, it said, had not yet fulfilled its part of the contract. AFAG [...]

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Innovative educational projects from all regions of the world and from all educational sectors may now be entered for the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Awards 2011 at www.wise-qatar.org.The submissions deadline is 31 May 2011. This third round of the annual WISE Awards will continue to highlight successful initiatives under the theme; “Transforming education: [...]

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By Meena Ahmed Pakistan Chennai: Muttu, a fisherman by profession and Malenga, his wife, made it to a reality to send their only son for a degree course. But not much they expected that the graduate of the family, Devandra had to pay some amount in order to get a respectable job. Devandar is also [...]

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Poaching of wildlife is rampant in Nepal’s Chure area, a large swath of elongated valleys situated between the Himalayan foothills at the height of 600-900 meters.

The valleys, mostly covered by forests, are low-lying, hot and humid, part of the Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests with swamps, grasslands and forests holding a rich variety of plant and animal life.

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Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya The Western Area Peninsular Forest Reserve is the only natural forest that is left in the country. Over the past years, this forest has been facing extinction from people by ways of cutting down the trees, burning charcoal in the forest, mining stones and other ill activities threatening the environment in the [...]

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 By Ibrahim Joenal Sesay  An electronic mobile Top up voucher thief identified as Ishmail Sannoh has been caught in the very act. Ismail’s luck ran out yesterday when he tried to steal electronic vouchers from one Chernor Ibrahim Bah’s Tele Centre at his 64 Mountain Cut stall. Ishmail of 40 Water Street Congo Cross West [...]

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By Ibrahim Joenal Sesay The official launching of Sierra Leone’s ex-President  Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s Memoir “Coming back from the  brink in Sierra Leone” was held yesterday at the  British Council Hall. At the launching Dr. Kabbah delightedly said that he was proud to say he has left behind a peaceful and more stable political [...]

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By Ibrahim Joenal Sesay After widespread condemnation of the Guma Valley Water Company’s destruction and neglect of water pipes along the streets of Freetown by residents of Freetown, especially those under construction, the company has now started to relocate the pipes along the footpaths. Guma was spotted along Congo Cross digging and fixing new pipes [...]

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By Ibrahim Joenal Sesay Investigations carried out by SALONE TIMES  indicate that Freetown City Council (FCC) has backed out of their demolition operations after they received threat that if they do come 2012 elections they will not vote for them. This threat came when Council launched two over ambitious operations; sweep and operation push back [...]

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Respect for human rights sought in the process of access to clean water The erstwhile United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Anan once described water as an “essential” aspect of life, when he launched the “Water for Life Decade 2010-2015” in 2006. This decade was proposed for a more action oriented approach towards the provision [...]

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