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KENYA: Census plans on track despite displacement

The political crisis in Kenya caused major population movements that may require a repeat of cartographic mapping in some areas before the 2009 census, but plans for the official count are on track, a government official told IRIN. "We are revising our work plan and looking at areas where we might have to repeat cartographic mapping but we expect to hold the census on 25 August 2009 as planned," said Chris Omolo, the census manager and principal economist at the Kenya National Bureau of...

LIBERIA: HIV rates lower than feared

Reliable statistics on HIV/AIDS have been hard to come by in Liberia, slowly recovering from years of conflict, but two recently released surveys indicate a much lower HIV/AIDS prevalence rate than was previously thought. "This is a reliable survey, involving 7,000 households across the country, where individual blood samples were collected and tested for HIV, and this exercise is the first in 25 years," said Edward Liberty, head of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information...

An introduction to computer forensics

Computer Forensics is the process of investigating electronic devices or computer media for the purpose of discovering and analyzing available, deleted, or "hidden" information that may serve as useful evidence in supporting both claims and defenses of a legal matter as well as it can helpful when data have been accidentally deleted or lost due to hardware failure. However, this is a very old technique but now it has been changed a lot because of technological advances, modern tools and...

ICB assets jump to U$884M

International Commercial Bank (ICB) world wide assets have grown to over U$884 Million, with loans amounting to U$490Million and deposit amounting to U$647 Million from 2005 to 2006, respectively. In 2006, the Bank made 66% of its loans to consumer sectors and 26% to Small Micro Enterprise (SME). Disclosing this to the Daily Observer yesterday in an exclusive interview, Mr. Villy Vellyappan, Chief Executive Officer of the ICB Gambia, said: ICB has an innovative business model and they see the...

SOUTH AFRICA: Latest survey records possible HIV decline

HIV prevalence in South Africa appears to have stabilised and may even be declining, according to the latest figures in the governments 2006 National HIV and Syphilis Survey. The Department of Health study estimated that 29.1 percent of pregnant women were living with HIV in 2006, compared to 30.2 percent in the previous year. Among pregnant women under the age of 20, HIV prevalence dropped from 15.9 percent to 13.7 percent, and fell from 30.6 percent to 28 percent among women aged between 20...

Quick Overview: Political Structure

Government type: Republic Executive branch The president is both the chief of state and head of government Chief of state President Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh (since 18 October 1996) (from 1994 to 1996 he was chairman of the Junta) Head of government President Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh (since 18 October 1996) Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy (since 20 March 1997) Cabinet Cabinet appointed by the president elections President elected by popular vote for a five-year term (no term limits) Election last...