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MAURITANIA: Thousands of returnees await legal status

BOYINGEL THILLE Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - The Mauritanian government has promised thousands of repatriated citizens waiting for their residency papers for nearly a year that they will receive identity cards by year’s end. “Without papers, I cannot leave this [returnees] camp because I cannot get past the police checkpoints,” said Abdoulaye Samba Sow, chief of one of the 34 tent communities for returnees located in the southern regions of Trarza and Brakna. Sow belongs to one of...

Pay-TV viewers are promised more choice by next March

VARIETY is in store for South African viewers when three more pay-TV channels hit the small screen by March next year. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) initially received about 18 applications from independent pay-TV operators and five were shortlisted by the end of last year. Only three licences have been issued so far to MultiChoice, Telkom Media and On Digital Media. The other two operators, Walking-On-Water and E-Sat, are still engaged in talks with Icasa...

You're Scaring Me, Obama: Let the Bush Years Die

The whole idea of pre-emptive war (a.k.a. the Bush Doctrine) has no place in a civilized society. Mr. President-elect, you promised "Change we can believe in, "but across the board it's looking a lot more like "Business as usual."

NRA embarks on drainage works in Bakau

In order to maintain a good drainage system, the National Road Authority, on Tuesday, embarked on the digging of underground shallow ditches in Bakau New Town near the Independence Stadium. Fafa Bayo, senior road suprintendent officer, said that the importance of the execise is to facilitate an artificial underground drainage system that would assist the overflooding of water during the rainy season.  He revealed that drainage is necessary in order to remove the gravitational water so as to...

Lovelines: She stopped the visit

Lovelines Our relationship was just three months old when we started having problems. I do not know whether she still loves me or not because she has stopped coming to my house. She told my friends that she will never come back to me  and  that she would not tell me to stop loving her, because we promised to love each other forever. Sincerely, I still love her. What can I do? Sanjay Well, it is very difficult for me to know what you should do on this matter, because you did not explain...

Slok Air in bankruptcy?

Reports reaching the Daily Observer indicate that Slok Air International, a scheduled passenger airline, is owing its staff at least two months salary, amid fears of financial bankruptcy. Our reporter who was at the Slok Air headquarters on Kairaba Avenue, met some staff who were grumbling about their unpaid salaries and allowances. Some of them pointed fingers at their superiors in the airline for the prolonged problems. One of the disgruntled staff accused the management of ignoring their...

FOSS back again

Mrs Lindsay Smith, coordinator of the UK Sponsorship Programme for Sanchaba Sulay Jobe Lower Basic School, and Mr and Mrs Brown, Founder and coordinator of Friends of Sanchaba School (FOSS), on Wednesday visited Sanchaba Sulay Jobe Lower Basic School, as part of their annual visit to the school. In her welcoming remarks, Isatou Joof-Gagigo, Headmistress of Sanchaba Sulay Jobe Lower Basic School, said Mrs Lindsay Smith was in 2003, sponsoring one student called Awa Bangura in Sanchaba LBS. She...

Lovelines: More Views

I am having sex with my husband but no feeling Lovelines Ever since I got married to my husband we do have sex but I don’t have feeling. Moreover my husband is dating different girls outside. Lala ************** I am not an orthodox doctor but I think there are some symptoms that might be responsible for this if we are to look into it medically. If you can call me I will be able to ask you one, two or three questions in which if you are able to provide answer, I can say what could be the...

Manlafi Jarju speaks

Manlafi Jarju, the newly appointed APRC secretary general, has described his recent appointment as an indication of trust and confidence bestowed on him by President Jammeh, who is the chairman of the APRC party. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Observer, the former secretary of state for Local Government and Lands, promised to redouble his efforts to further boost the strength of the APRC party. The newly appointed APRC secretary general further promised not to let down the party and...

President Jammeh’s dinner speech

President Koroma’s speech was preceeded by a short welcome speech from His excellency, President Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh. The MC had invited President Jammeh to say “a few words”, and the President, in humourous top-gear, began by wanting a definition of the phrase “a few words”! The President’s attempts to get help from the English representative at the diplomatic table proved futile as the British High Commissioner had gone AWOL! Fourah Bay College President Jammeh went on to thank...