Year: 2010

It appeared as an “Editorial” on the website of Peacefmonline.com; and it was fully captioned “In The Unlikely Event That Akufo-Addo Becomes President…” (7/27/10). What attracted my attention and also piqued my utter contempt was […]

I had almost forgotten the meaning of the word “rictus,” which I learned some three decades ago, at Okwawu-Nkwatia’s St. Peter’s Secondary School (PERSCO), until the patently retching and outright unsightly picture of what clearly […]

The economic and emotional toll of seeking answers continues for families of more than 1,000 missing during Nepal’s decade-long civil conflict which ended four years ago. While legal answers are proving elusive, widow-headed households are […]

Build camps and run the risk of long-term dependence, or build nothing and watch basic needs grow: this is the dilemma facing aid workers in Southern Sudan amid an unexpectedly large deluge of people leaving […]

While political rivals in Côte d’Ivoire trade barbs, diplomats make declarations and regional groups issue warnings, many Ivoirians are eating less so they can feed their children, as prices for basics like cooking oil, rice […]

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has explained that the recent meeting he held with President John Evans Atta Mills at the Flagstaff House was not about the National Democratic Congress (NDC) affairs but the tense situation […]

The First National Conference of the Democratic Left (CDL)will be held in Johannesburg from 20-23 January 2011. It is a call to social movements, trade unions, progressive mass and civil society organisations and supportive individuals […]

A Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has dismissed media reports of an imminent reshuffle by President Mills as pure speculation. The Statesman reported that President John Evans Atta Mills is beginning the New […]