The Daily IIJ

The Councilor of Ward 388 Aruna Turay with the help of National Social Action (NaCSA) has addressed the road problem in Riverside Drive off Kinghaman Road, Brookfields Freetown. The rehabilitation of the road has been one of the cries of residents in that community.

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The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, Ruby Sandhu-Rojon has stressed the need for Ghana to move away from measuring national progress by the use of Gross Domestic Products (GDP) only. She argued that progress ought to be measured in terms of human development where long life among the people could mean that they have [...]

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The Chief Executive Officer of London Mining Mr. Graeme Hossie has disclosed that the smartest and best investors are now investing in London Mining, Sierra Leone because of the Marampa Mines. He made these remarks at the opening of London Marampa’s Mines by President Ernest Bai Koroma at Lunsar on Wednesday 25th April 2012 .

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By NEWTON SIBANDA LUSAKA, Zambia-CHRISTINE MULENGA has lived in Mufulira’s sprawling kanoyo township, on the fringes of MufuliraMine since 1998. She has not seen the economic benefits of the mining activities in her vicinity, but can attest to the toll it has taken on both her health and living environment.

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MANILA, Philippines — A photo of an Earth Day run organized by National Geographic Channel (NatGeo) in Taguig City has been making the rounds of Facebook after it showed runners littering the street with paper cups.

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Amid worsening food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, international aid agencies respond to calls by the Gambia Government to help feed her people. The country suffered a serious drop in crop production in 2011 blamed on late and erratic rains. As a result, local citizens are already running out of food supply.

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Rural/urban migration remains one of the biggest challenges to both infrastructure and economic development of most megacities of the world,particularly those in the developing world. Lagos, Nigeria’s and Africa mega city has more pathetic tales.

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 Members of Gwent Height community in Red Pump area and Hill Cut road have awarded Hon. Chenor Maju Bah aka Chericoco of the All Peoples Congress (APC) of Constituency 110, and aspirant for councillor symbol under the APC ward 388 Western Urban Tommy Sufian Turay aka T.S.Turay for their remarkable work in that community.

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The administration under the current General Manager of the Freetown Waste Management Company in Freetown Sulaiman Zainu Parker is still going through so many challenges in addressing the day to day financial issue of the company. According to report the company is not getting the support from it partners such as City Council that is [...]

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Every morning at sunrise, Sutas Kom Sri casts his net into the river out of faith. As the fog unveils the horizon, the Mekong River looms before him, luring him into the richness of its waters. But like other fishermen in this part of the Mekong in northeast Thailand, his daily catch has been steadily [...]

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