Pambazuka News 421: Zimbabwe: Transitional justice without transition?

The National Executive of the MDC will meet Friday afternoon to discuss ongoing violations of the unity deal, that brought their party and ZANU PF into the shaky coalition government. On Tuesday Mugabe unilaterally announced the appointment of ministerial permanent secretaries without consulting the MDC. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his Deputy Arthur Mutambara then convened a press conference Wednesday to declare the appointments null and void.

The female journalist was snatched by members of a secret society, forcibly stripped and made to parade naked through the streets. It might sound like an atrocity from the time when Sierra Leone was ripped apart by a bloody civil war, but in fact the public humiliation was exacted in the diamond-rich eastern town of Kenema just this month. The woman's alleged crime was reporting on female genital mutilation.

A $5.3m United States Agency for International Development funded project in sub-Saharan Africa is seeking to further raise cassava production on farmers' field by 30 per cent in seven African countries. The project with the theme: “Unleashing the Power of Cassava in response to the food price crisis (UPoCA),” aims to maximize the utilization of cassava to address food price crisis in Nigeria, DR Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.

King Mswati III, has expressed concern over the standard services in the health sector of the country. He said the situation is unfortunate because the south African country has several health professionals working abroad. The Prime Minister of Swaziland has disclosed that the King has charged his officials to engage all working professionals outside the country to find the cause of leaving their home soil.

This research paper, written by Mr. Ebenezer Malcolm and Dr. Francis Godwyll from Ohio University, USA, explores the state of ICT integration in the educational system in Ghana. The emphasis is on how ICTs are currently being used in the education sector in Ghana, what is actually happening on the ground, what are the strategies and policies related to the use of ICTs? What are the common challenges or constraints faced by Ghana schools in the area of ICT integration in schools?

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