The Daily IIJ

The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, in a determined effort to cut down on the number of Mines Monitoring Officers country wide and reduce the monthly wage bill of Le 103 nillion has decided to send a three-man Paying Team up to the Regions to identify MMOs who are not reporting for duty or [...]

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Le Réseau ouest africain des journalistes pour l’édification de la Paix au Bénin (WANJOP-Bénin) dispose depuis quelques mois de son journal. Ainsi, après plusieurs initiatives en faveur de la paix et les droits humains, ce réseau créé par des journalistes issus des pays membres de la CEDEAO a décidé de mettre sur pied le journal [...]

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The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has indicated there is no better way to learn a new culture than to experience it at first-hand. As the world marks Tourism Day this Tuesday, Mr. Ki-Moon said tourism offered a wonderful connecting thread between a visitor and a host community. http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2011/09/ban-ki-moon-promotes-trans-culture.html

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MANILA – Tropical storm “Ondoy” will forever be remembered as the Philippines’ belated and deadly wake-up call. At its worst, Ondoy brought thousands of Filipino families searching for their loved ones, while trying to salvage whatever is left of their homes. On the other hand, it also united the nation, even for a while, in [...]

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The National Forest Forum has urged government to change the current policy which bans chainsaw milling and replace it with a more realistic option. It has declared support for the policy proposal for a nationwide debate and discussion on how to make legal timber available in the domestic market. The Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) [...]

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The Church has been urged to take active part in the organisation of credible elections in Africa. Indeed, it must create the platform to help Christians find a way to contribute to peaceful elections and democracy in on the continent. Bishop Boniface Ziri, Chairman of the Episcopal Commission of Justice and Peace, Cote d’Ivoire, said [...]

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Providing local leaders with appropriate information on malaria and involving them in advocacy empower them to offer maximum support. Stakeholders say, these are best done through the District Malaria Advocacy Team (DMAT Model), introduced in Ghana in 2007. The DMAT Model has since been implemented in 15 districts and four municipalities in nine of the [...]

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Many a sound voter registration process is said to be crucial to any credible and successful election. Yet, voter registration is also often the most expensive part of conducting elections. Election experts have said that there is no best way to conduct elections, and for that matter, voter registration. They argue that what works in [...]

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Politicians have been asked to allow the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) to carry out its mandate of ensuring that national developed objectives are in place and not substitute these objectives with their manifestoes. A former Chief Director at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Nana Juaben-Boateng Siriboe, noted there was a challenge between [...]

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MANILA, Philippines — Exactly two years after “Ondoy” submerged most of Metro Manila in floodwaters and brought widespread damage throughout Luzon, the country is now bracing for tropical storm “Pedring,” which may dump 44 percent of the hourly rains brought by the destructive 2009 storm. 

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