NIGERIA : Gov’t sacks fisheries minister
Mystery continues to surround the fate of ailing Nigerian President Oumaru Yar’Adua, since he was secretly brought back home from hospital in Saudi Arabia. His return two weeks ago followed parliament’s decision to declare Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President to fill the power vacuum, in the wake of the protracted absence from the country of President Yar’Adua. But two weeks after his return home, what’s the fate of President Yar’Adua and where exactly in Nigeria is he, since he has not been seen in public or heard? This is the question WADR’s Frank Sainworla asked our Abuja correspondent, Chima Nkwonkwo.
SENEGAL : Launch nutrition, child and food security program
A joint "Nutrition, child and Food Security” programme was launched Tuesday in Dakar by Senegalese Prime Minister, Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye. The programme, which had a budget of 5.5 million US dollars, is to be implemented by the organization for the Fight against Malnutrition (CLM) in collaboration with national partners and UN agencies. It aims to address the many contradictions of nutrition and Food Security in seven regions of Senegal. Bienvenu Djossa is the UN World Food Programme Country Director. He explained to WADR’s Kara Thioune why they target only seven out of the fourteen regions of Senegal.
LIBERIA : President Sirleaf writes parliament on her efforts to ensure implementation of the TRC report
In Liberia, the fate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, TRC’s controversial report on atrocities committed during the country’s civil war remains in limbo. Liberians are divided over whether or not to implement recommendations advanced in the commission’s report, following its investigation. The TRC recommendations call for prosecution of former warlords and sanctions on some war financiers and backers. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was herself named in the report to be subjected to a 30 year ban from holding public office. But some Liberians are calling for the prosecution of those accused of committing war crimes, while others say, let bygones be bygones. Well, President Johnson-Sirleaf has now written a letter to Liberia’s parliament on her efforts to ensure implementation of the TRC report. WADR’s Monrovia reporter Adolphus Mawolo reports.
Mystery continues to surround the fate of ailing Nigerian President Oumaru Yar’Adua, since he was secretly brought back home from hospital in Saudi Arabia. His return two weeks ago followed parliament’s decision to declare Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President to fill the power vacuum, in the wake of the protracted absence from the country of President Yar’Adua. But two weeks after his return home, what’s the fate of President Yar’Adua and where exactly in Nigeria is he, since he has not been seen in public or heard? This is the question WADR’s Frank Sainworla asked our Abuja correspondent, Chima Nkwonkwo.
SENEGAL : Launch nutrition, child and food security program
A joint "Nutrition, child and Food Security” programme was launched Tuesday in Dakar by Senegalese Prime Minister, Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye. The programme, which had a budget of 5.5 million US dollars, is to be implemented by the organization for the Fight against Malnutrition (CLM) in collaboration with national partners and UN agencies. It aims to address the many contradictions of nutrition and Food Security in seven regions of Senegal. Bienvenu Djossa is the UN World Food Programme Country Director. He explained to WADR’s Kara Thioune why they target only seven out of the fourteen regions of Senegal.
LIBERIA : President Sirleaf writes parliament on her efforts to ensure implementation of the TRC report
In Liberia, the fate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, TRC’s controversial report on atrocities committed during the country’s civil war remains in limbo. Liberians are divided over whether or not to implement recommendations advanced in the commission’s report, following its investigation. The TRC recommendations call for prosecution of former warlords and sanctions on some war financiers and backers. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was herself named in the report to be subjected to a 30 year ban from holding public office. But some Liberians are calling for the prosecution of those accused of committing war crimes, while others say, let bygones be bygones. Well, President Johnson-Sirleaf has now written a letter to Liberia’s parliament on her efforts to ensure implementation of the TRC report. WADR’s Monrovia reporter Adolphus Mawolo reports.