{UAH} Liberia: Death of Ugandan doctor, DHL’s implication in drug trafficking dominate media

Liberia: Death of Ugandan doctor, DHL's implication in drug trafficking dominate media

Posted by: APA Posted date : May 6, 2016 at 9:07 am UTC 213 views In : Africa

The Death of Ugandan Doctor Omoruto who is considered a heroine in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and the DHL's implication in Drug Trafficking dominate the headlines in the Friday, May 6 editions of Liberian newspapers.Dr. Atai Annae Omoruto, the Ugandan doctor who led the the team of Ugandans in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Liberia is reported to have died Thursday in Uganda.

Dr. Omoruto is said to have succumbed to pancreatic Cancer. Dr. Omoruto was a family physician based in Kampala, Uganda and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the Makerere University College Hospital.

The Heritage newspaper published this story as its front page banner headline under the caption: Doctort Atai Omoruto Succumbs To Death.

The Daily Observer also published this story on its front page under the headline: "Liberia Ebola Heroine Dies of Cancer."

The implication of two DHL workers in the trafficking of drugs from abroad has raised eyebrows.

�Despite efforts by the Government to prevent the country from falling into the hands of drug peddlers , global currier service provider , DHL-Liberia, has been providing safe haven to smuggle illicit narcotic drugs into Liberia,� the Daily Observer quotes a court indictment as declaring.

The Daily Observer newspaper published this story as its back page banner headline story under the caption: DHL ‘New Drug Haven?'

A delegation of leaders from indigenous and forest communities in Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia and Peru have protested in London, United Kingdom, calling for action against human rights violations and land grabbing linked to the global trade in palm oil.

According to reports, at a press conference Wddnesday, the delegation revealed new evidence showing the involvement of European institutions in financing palm oil grown on illegally deforested lands, and highlighted accounts of human and environmental violations compiled by the Forest People's Program (FPP) and the Environmental Investigation Agency, both based in the United Kingdom.

The Daily Observer carried this stpry on its front page under the title: Liberia, 3 Others Oppose Human Rights Violation in 'Conflict Palm Oil Trade'.

Other eadlines in the Friday editions of Liberian newspapers include: NEC to Accredit Two Proposed Political Parties Today (Heritage); Many Fathers In Lofa Abandon Children (The Inquirer); AFL Soldiers Attacked For Preventing Sand Mining (The Inquirer); Decriminalize Speech Offences…PUL Urges Gov't ( The Inquirer); Abandoned Sip Offshore Robertsport: State Security Was Unaware for 2 Days (Daily Observer); Senators Split Over Political Parties Reduction (The News).

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

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