The year 2008 would have rounded off without any major romantic event until STV’s rising star, Constantain Mbom took the stage with Mercy Ngahene Assama in holy matrimony.
She went in for the CNN Multi-choice African Journalist Awards 2008 like any other contestant. The outcome was uncertain but there was something to hang on - hope! After many years into the art of making radio documentaries, the moment of glory came for the Cameroonian-born radio entertainer, Evaline Ngono, on July 19, 2008, at the State Banquet Hall, Osu in Accra, Ghana. Ngono came into the international spotlight when it was announced that one of the two documentaries she forwarded, titled; “Mythe Et Realite Du Mont Cameroun” [The Myths and Realities of Mount Cameroon] had won an award in the many categories at the prestigious CNN Multi-choice African Journalist Awards 2008. While the dust around the awards are yet to settle, Ngono was in Buea at the close of 2008 to present the “booty” to a cross section of the people and why not to the ancestors of the region that inspired her to ultimate victory. In the course of the ceremony, she spoke exclusively to The Post.
She went in for the CNN Multi-choice African Journalist Awards 2008 like any other contestant. The outcome was uncertain but there was something to hang on - hope! After many years into the art of making radio documentaries, the moment of glory came for the Cameroonian-born radio entertainer, Evaline Ngono, on July 19, 2008, at the State Banquet Hall, Osu in Accra, Ghana. Ngono came into the international spotlight when it was announced that one of the two documentaries she forwarded, titled; “Mythe Et Realite Du Mont Cameroun” [The Myths and Realities of Mount Cameroon] had won an award in the many categories at the prestigious CNN Multi-choice African Journalist Awards 2008. While the dust around the awards are yet to settle, Ngono was in Buea at the close of 2008 to present the “booty” to a cross section of the people and why not to the ancestors of the region that inspired her to ultimate victory. In the course of the ceremony, she spoke exclusively to The Post.
United States President George W. Bush on Monday authorized an immediate airlift of equipment and supplies to the international peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
Uganda’s largest university will begin a two-year study this month (January) of how to improve health research and health service delivery in the country.
The United Nations is continuing to rush assistance to help those uprooted by clashes in the war-torn far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including victims of violence at the hands of the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
As we say goodbye to 2008 and ushered in 2009, we anticipate that the New Year will bring Liberians many good fortunes, both in their individuals and collective lives.
Antoinette Hynes was in a Taxi coming to town when she was informed that she had won US$10,000 from Libercell raffle draw just a day after the New Year celebration.
As Ghana’s president-elect, John Evans Atta Mills, prepares to take office, he has his work cut out for him translating several years of strong macro-economic performance into tangible benefits for the majority of Ghanaians.
United States President George W. Bush met with South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit at the White House on Monday, January 5. Their remarks to the press follows:
