Africa-Related

It’s summer time in The Gambia and this period is usually full of entertainment and other social activities.

Born Ebrahim Suso, widely known music sobriquet, Trobul Smallz or Prince Talib, was born on the 9th August 1986, into the legendary line of Suso ‘Jalos’ (traditional griots).

Two international music festivals dubbed ‘The Festival Mundial’ and ‘Arteganza Festival’, recently took place from the 19th to 20th June 2010, in Netherlands {Holland}.

The singers Ary and Heavy C will be the main highlights of Angola day music-cultural show, as part of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) Games, happening since Thursday, in Maputo city, Mozambique.

The third edition of the international African music festival, dubbed “Africarythmes”, will begin 5 August in the Togolese capital, Lome, with several artists from the continent, including Lokoua Kanza from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).â-¨â-¨

The World Bank has provided US63 million (Sixty Three Million United States Dollars) grant to the government of Liberia for the implementation of Employment and skills projects in the country.

At a church compound in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, women and their children line up for food rations. Among them is Zipporah Mueni, an HIV-positive mother of five.

When Deputy House Speaker Tokpa Mulbah allegedly ordered the brutal flogging of police patrolman Lexington Beh late last month, darted into the sanctuary of his mansion with police in tow, got the spontaneous help of CDC officials and foot-soldiers to help him escape arrest, and claimed to be politically victimized by the Sirleaf Administration, it was all politics – Liberian style. And the day went to the swift. However melodramatic and revealing that police-deputy speaker encounter was, it did very little to shield and give the deputy speaker the carte blanche immunity he and his supporters assumed he has or should have. The deputy speaker came to that grim reality this week, when only the agility of his lawyers stood between him and an arrest order on criminal charges. The Analyst, reports.

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to furnish it with information on Senator Ahmed Yerima’s alleged marriage to a minor.

The Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has assured that the Corporation would support the efforts of the Nigerian Copyright Commission at enforcing the payment of royalties to collective management organizations for commercial use of music in hotels and other related organizations.