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Knowledge is Power

About five of our colleagues will be leaving soon for theGhanaian capital Accrato undergo a three-week training course in parliamentary reporting. They areAbba Gibba of The Point newspaper; Alhaji Jobe of the Daily Observer; Mama Gayeand Famara Fofana of the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS);and Nuha Badjie of Radio Gambia. For three weeks at the prestigious GhanaInstitute of Journalism (GIJ), these young journalists will study the basics ofparliamentary reporting. IT is clear from...

Power Couple Clocks One

Mr. Fabian and Mrs. Lizzy Akaneme last Saturday celebrated their happy matrimonial life. The power couple has traveled together as they tied the nuptial knot as one. According to information reaching to Entertainment, hundreds of well-wishers, including both sets of relatives, friends and government officials over the weekend converged on a church to lend a hand to Mr. Fabian as he tied the bones of his bond with Mrs. Lizzy Akaneme amidst wishes of joy and laughter. However, as a power couple...

SENEGAL: Going solar could help poor

Investing in solar energy could bring electricity to millions of Senegalese, significantly reduce electricity bills in the long term, and attract millions of dollars in development funding under the UN-brokered Clean Development Mechanism, says the UN, but only if investors step in. Spiralling fuel costs, with oil prices at US$90 a barrel increase the urgency to go solar. “If you reduce these [fuel] oil import costs,” said Nick Nuttall, spokesperson for the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi,...

Independence Drive Mosque Observes Lailatul Qadr

The Committee of Independence Drive Mosque in Banjul under theleadership of Alhaji Babou Sowe last Friday joined the rest of Muslims in thecountry to observe Lailatul Qadr  (thenight of power). The observance of the night was characterised by the recitation of theHoly Quran and prayers led by Alhaji Senghore for president Jammeh and thecountry. Imam Tafsir Gaye spoke at length on the subject of the day. He advisedMuslims to continue worshipping Allah even after Ramadan. He calls for unityamong...

Am Not in Opposition Because I Want Power - Darboe

IMr. Ousainou Darboe, leader of the main opposition party, United Democratic Party (UDP), has maintained that his reputation as a leading opposition politician is not driven by any lust for power but that he is motivated by the patriotic desire to put right the wrongs of the government on certain fundamental things concerning the way and manner the affairs of the nation are being conducted.  “If the government is handling things in the proper manner, I will not be opposing them. So this is why...

Peace Building

The love for money, material, power, etc. has constantly remained a stimulant, as it were, for the increasing level of violent unrest around the world, setting human beings against one another. The tremendous urge for selfishness and greed abound means that this trend of unrest, the world over, is sure to continue if man does not see reason and submit to wisdom. Today, conflict does not know boundary, nor does it know race or religion; animosity between states (interstate wars) is far...

Power Up Gambia to Provide Solar Panels to the Sulayman Junkung General Hospital

Press Release: Power Up Gambia has been fundraising since October 2006 for a solar system for Sulayman Junkung General Hospital in Bwiam. Kathryn Cunningham, a 22 year old undergraduate student, founded Power Up Gambia after participated in Cross Road Program in that hospital during the summer of 2006. This organization (Power up Gambia) has over this short period grown rapidly and was able to raise $260,000 towards their $300,000 goal of bringing solar power to Sulayman Junkung General...

MAURITANIA: After one year in power, democratic president gets vote of confidence

President Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Cheikh took office as Mauritania’s first democratically elected civilian president in 47 years one year ago on 19 April 2007. He marked the completion of his first year in office facing down terrorist threats and a shaky economic outlook. Abdullahi is nonetheless expected to continue on the path of reform, analysts told IRIN. The path to Abdallahi’s presidency was laid by Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritania’s ex military leader, who took power in August...

CHAD: Ambitious plans to get 90,000 displaced to return home

Some local and UN officials in Chad say a pledge by President Idriss Deby that half of the nearly 180,000 displaced people in Chad will return to their villages by July could happen if promises on security are met. "This is the hope we all have," said United Nations deputy humanitarian coordinator in Chad, Fatma Samoura, from the humanitarian aid hub Abéché in eastern Chad. Until now, none of the 180,000 Chadians displaced across the three eastern regions of the country is known to have...

Harnessing The Suns Energy

Solar power technologies, the harnessing of the renewable energy of the sun for our electrical power, include the use of either photovoltaics or implementation of passive solar heating. Lets take a look at each. Photovoltaics PV for solar power are solar cells whose purpose is to convert the light from the sun directly into electricity. These Photovoltaic cells are made of materials that have semi conductive properties. In their simplest forms these solar power cells energize...