West Africa - Top News

• November 23
• Daily Observer Gambia: Rape Case Draws to a Close

  The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, DDPP Mikailu Abdulahi on Wednesday, told the Special Criminal Court that the state intends to close the prosecutionÂ's case in the matter involving one Morris F. Kallon, who is standing trial for rape.

• Daily Observer Gambia: KTRAC Gives D2.6 Million Contract to Foci Company

  Kuntaur Area Council (KTRAC), last weekend, gave the contract of the construction of twenty canteens in its locality, to Foci Carpentry and Construction Company.

• Daily Observer Gambia: Swiss Charity to Launch Nursery School

  The Swiss charity, "Forderverein Humanitas" which translates as (Society for the promotion of humanitarian aims) is making preparation to officially launch a nursery school project in Ghana Town on December 4th 2009.

• Daily Observer Gambia: Welcome President Ahmedinejad [editorial]

  We wish to welcome the Iranian president, Mahmuud Ahmedinijad to The Gambia, who is on one day working visit to the country, as part of his five-day working trip to Latin America and Africa. During the course of the trip, the Iranian president is scheduled to visit his counterparts and other officials in The Gambia, Senegal, Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia; and is accompanied by an economic and ...

• Daily Observer Gambia: Magistrate Rejects Withdrawal of Case

  The ongoing criminal trial involving one Fallou Jagne, on Thursday, resumed at the Kanifing Magistrates Court presided over by Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbacke. Jagne is charged with stealing 1Million CFA.

• Daily Observer Gambia: Witch Killing Case Continues

  The criminal trial of one Lamin Faye resumed last Friday before Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul.

• Daily Observer Gambia: Man Denies Paedophile Charge

  The criminal trial of one Alasan Bah resumed last Thursday, November 19, 2009 before Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul.

• Daily Observer West Africa: GIABA, WAICA to Discuss Money Laundering

  A two-day seminar organised by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) in collaboration with the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA), on the Roles of the Insurance Industry in Combating Money Laundering and other Financial Crimes is underway at the Jerma Beach hotel

• Daily Observer Gambia: 2009/10 GFA 1st Division League Fixtures Released

  The Gambia Football Association has released the fixtures for the 2009-2010 First Division League season, starting Saturday, December 19, 2009.

• Daily Observer Gambia: Ex- President Jawara Visits Trade Fair

  The former president of The Gambia, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, last Saturday afternoon visited the 2009 trade fair currently underway at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.

• Vanguard Nigeria: Abia NNPC Depot to Reopen Soon

  ABIA State Government, weekend raised hope that the NNPC depot at Osisioma, near Aba would soon be reopened.

• Vanguard Nigeria: Activist Chides Enugu Over Property Demolition

  THE recent demolition of a property worth over N100 million belonging to a renowned auto dealer, Mr. Arthur Orakpo by officials of the Enugu State Government for allegedly encroaching on the buffer zone of the Asata River Bank, has attracted angry reaction from an activist in the state, Dr John Agu.

• Vanguard Nigeria: UNFPA to Partner Benue On HIV/AIDS, Others

  The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has pledged to partner the Benue State government in the areas of maternal and infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and gender issues.

• Public Agenda Ghana: Tobacco - Gateway to Hard Drugs

  The Executive Director of Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), Issah Ali, has said that if government is committed to fighting hard drugs in the country then it must vigorously tackle the tobacco threat since it is the "gateway" to the use of hard drugs.

• Public Agenda Ghana: Toilet is Serious Business - Deputy Minister

  Imagine life without a toilet. Imagine the mess. Imagine the disease. This is why Hon Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), has called on Ghanains to treat the discussion of toilets as "serious business."

• Public Agenda Ghana: 26 Girls From Akropong Get Scholarship

  United Way Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), with the help of a grant from an American couple, has given a full scholarship to 26 young girls in Akropong in the Eastern Region.

• Public Agenda Ghana: Trade Minister Calls Attention to SMEs

  Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon Hannah Tetteh, has urged all stakeholders to ponder on how collectively they can move small and medium enterprise (SME) sector of the economy forward in the right direction.

• Public Agenda Ghana: Old Vandals to Launch Magazine

  The Upper East Regional branch of the Old Vandals Association (OVA) will launch a news magazine in the region very soon. The Magazine which is to be a social and development-oriented monthly publication will give members and others the platform to air their opinions on issues within the region and the nation as a whole.

• Public Agenda Ghana: Catholic Bishops Condemn Pedophilia, Homosexuality in Country

  The Catholic Bishops of Ghana have condemned certain social crimes such as pedophilia, incest, homosexuality, greed, bribery, corruption, violence, killing of others for the power and wealth infamously referred to as " sakawa" which have been on the increase in recent times.

• Ghanaian Chronicle Ghana: Road Safety - a Case for Market Intervention And Technology [opinion]

  As the cause of 1 death every 6 hours (with the economically active at most risk) and costing an equivalent to 1.6% of Ghana's GDP, road carnage presents a significant barrier to Ghana's development agenda. It is the gravity of this problem that made the road safety conference (held on the 4th and 5th November) in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) ...

• Ghanaian Chronicle Ghana: Who Speaks for Adenta?

  Since time immemorial, the people in the Adenta Municipality have never enjoyed a constant supply of water, despite the fact that the area houses thousands of workers who contribute to the development and growth of the country.

• Analyst Liberia: We Condemn Attack Against FPA [editorial]

  THE PRINT EDITION of the online Liberian magazine, FrontPageAfrica, jolted our minds and sent shockwaves of chill down our spines when it reported that in the early hours of Monday this week, unknown individuals attempted burning its offices and printing facilities to the ground. The FPA constructed and began operating from the offices and printing facilities just recently. "According to an ...

• Analyst Liberia: Lack of Maintenance Impedes Road Rehab

  The Minister of Public Works Samuel Kofi Woods has acknowledged that the lack of maintenance is seriously hampering road rehabilitation activities in the country.

• Analyst Liberia: U.S. Gov't Unveils Rehabilitated Harper City Hall, Administrative Building

  The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), officially handed over the rehabilitated Harper City Hall/ Maryland County Administration Building to the government of Liberia, after completing five months of rehabilitation work. USAID provided a $450,000 grant to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to rehabilitate the building under its Liberia Community ...

• Analyst Liberia: Two Senior Diplomats Present Credentials

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Olubanke King-Akerele has praised France's assistance to Liberia in Debt Relief, and Poverty Reduction Strategy, (PRS) and also extolled the European Union for its numerous assistance to Liberia.