Three Samuel Does
By: Nvasekie Konneh
February 6, 2010
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Samuel Doe the Unknown
Was he on the Upper Layer of the 3rd or the 7th Sky? Where on
this vast planet earth was him? Was he in the inner circle of
the lower region of the milky moon watching us with cold frozen
eyes? Was he in his hidden corner consulting the occult science
teachers as how to lighten his way with his ambitious plan of
upsetting the traditional order of things in our sleeping world?
Whatever might have been the case, we were unaware of his
existence and we could care less who he was and what he planned
to do.
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Sick Nigeria President Yar'Adua 'to hand over power'
BBC African News
February 5, 2010
Nigeria's
ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua will write a letter handing
power over to his vice-president, his adviser has told the BBC.
The letter, formally informing the Senate that Mr Yar'Adua is on
"medical vacation", automatically means his deputy becomes
acting president.
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Christmas plane bomb suspect 'co-operating' with US
Courtesy: BBC
February 3, 2010
The
Nigerian man suspected of trying to blow up a US plane on
Christmas Day is now co-operating and providing "useful"
information, US officials say.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had stopped talking to investigators
but started again "last week", officials told US media.
Mr Abdulmutallab, 23, is accused of trying to blow up a flight
to Detroit with a bomb hidden in his underwear.
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South Sudan hungry 'quadruples in a year'
Courtesy: BBC
February 2, 2010
The
number of people needing food aid in south Sudan has quadrupled
in a year to more than four million, the UN's World Food
Programme says.
A minister said this amounted to about half the total
population.
The huge surge has been caused by increasing conflict and
drought, the WFP says. Southern Sudan is slowly recovering
from a two-decade civil war with the north,
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Technology Latest:
Apple's Jobs unveils `intimate' $499 iPad tablet
Source: The Associated Press
January 27, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO – Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled
tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the
$1,000 that some analysts were expecting. The iPad, which is
larger in size but similar in design to Apple's popular iPhone,
was billed by CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday as "so much more
intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart
phone."
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MMA 6th Inaugural Programs Finally Scheduled
Source: MandingoNations
January 27, 2009
Breaking News:
Ellen Announces Bid for Second Term
Source: Liberian Observer
January 25, 2009
Update:
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has formally announced that she
will run for a second term.
The Commander-in-Chief made the announcement at the end of her
annual address to the Legislature at the Capitol Building at
about 5:30 p.m. this afternoon, Monrovia time.
"I have spent the past four years, sometimes to the neglect of
family and friends building the foundations upon which our
economic recovery and our future prosperity will be based. I
have carried the big load and I have accepted the responsibility
when we have not reached our goals. You have acknowledged that
and understood my position.
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Guinea junta 'names civilian Dore as prime minister'
BBC News
January 19, 2010
Guinea's
military rulers have chosen opposition leader Jean-Marie Dore to
be prime minister, overseeing a return to civilian rule,
officials say.
Junta spokesman Idrissa Cherif said 70-year-old Mr Dore had
"experience and understanding of Guinean politics".
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Senegal offers land to Haitians
BBC News
January 18, 2010
Senegal's
president says he will offer free land and "repatriation" to
people affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
President Abdoulaye Wade said Haitians were sons and daughters
of Africa since Haiti was founded by slaves, including some
thought to be from Senegal.
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Guinea's military junta says leader must return
Associated Press
January 14, 2010
CONAKRY,
Guinea – Guinea's military junta says its wounded leader must be
allowed to return home from a nearby country where he is being
held under armed guard.
But the statement read on state-run radio on Thursday about
Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara directly contradicted the junta's
No. 2 Gen. Sekouba Konate, who has assured the international
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Vamba Sherif’s Novel, Bound to Secrecy, Scheduled for
Publication in May 2010
By Nvasekie N. Konneh
January 12, 2010
In
my interview (AN INTERVIEW WITH DUTCH
LIBERIAN WRITER, VAMBA SHERIF ... ) with the Liberian
Dutch writer, Vamba Sherif, in 2006, he talked about his novels
which were published in Dutch. The Land of the Fathers, his
first novel, was a success in The Netherlands and was followed
by two more, making him by far the most successful and widely
read Liberian novelist outside of Liberia. For a man who grew up
in Liberia studying Arabic in madrassah and going to Kuwait on
scholarship to continue his studies, it can only be amazing that
he would write bestselling novels not in English, the lingua
franca of his home land, Liberia, nor Arabic, the language he
studied in school, but in Dutch, a language he did not grow up
speaking.
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LIBERIA: Education and the Poverty Reduction Strategy
Francis W. Nyepon
January 8, 2010
Poverty is a severe injustice and an abuse of human rights,
especially for children. Liberia has had seven years of peace,
yet educational policies have had no meaningful impact on
learning, or on reducing poverty for the average Liberian, most
especially the children. This author believes that education is
pivotal in breaking the vicious cycle of poverty in Liberia and
especially the social exclusion that is the reality for many
children. The author is convinced that the role of education in
our society must be one of achieving universal primary education
and adult literacy.
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MICAT Scandal: ‘Calculated Intent to Defraud Gov’t’
Source: Liberian Observer
January 6, 2010
MONROVIA
– The General Auditing Commission (GAC) has established that
there was a clear will on the part of suspended Information
Minister, Laurence K. Bropleh, to misuse government resources.
The GAC, in its very detailed Draft Report on the investigation
of the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICAT)
payroll for July 2006 to September 30, 2009, said “the personnel
practices of MICAT were severely undermined by Bropleh’s
inability to put in place any system of internal control to more
effectively manage and protect public resources.
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African Cup of Nations Tournament, 2010: Tentative Schedules
Submitted by: Grace Ndam; Irving, Texas
January 5, 2010
Africa's premier footballing event and the first major world
football event of 2010 kicks off on January 10th and run through
January 31st in Angola.
Here's a look at the participating teams and the tournament
schedule. Will Egypt be able to make it three African
championships in a row or will Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast or
Michael Essien of Ghana lead two of the tournament favorites to
continental glory? Stay tuned for more.
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TRC Final Report: ‘My Biggest Challenge for 2010’
Source: Liberian Observer
January 4, 2010
MONROVIA
– President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her “biggest challenge
for 2010 is how to find the right strategy” for the smooth
implementation of the final and edited report of Liberia’s Truth
and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
“We must find a way to deal with it, come up with a way to the
right process that will lead us to the implementation that will
find the right balance between reconciliation and justice,” she
said in an exclusive interview with---
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