There is absolutely nothing wrong for President John Evans Atta-Mills to invite the leadership of the Christian Council of Ghana to his Osu-Castle office in order to broach matters of conscience and ethics. However, his rather facile and at once brazen attempt to get the established Christian Church of Ghana to institute an annual week
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Jacmel, 29 January, 2010— Crowds in Haiti stampede out of buildings at the hint of a tremor; mothers refuse to breastfeed for fear of passing on their depression; people complain of headaches and insomnia. Mental health specialists say that until routines are in place and the basic needs of food, water and shelter are there,
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Hairgeisa, 29 January, 2010— The latest bomb explosion in Somalia’s self-declared independent republic of Somaliland raises concerns over the lack of government presence in the Las-anod area, says an analyst. Among those injured in the blast, which killed one person and injured five on 28 January, was the governor of Sool region, Askar Farah Hussein,
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Nairobi, 1 February, 2010— The peace agreement which ended years of war between north and south Sudan could unravel unless immediate steps are taken to salvage it, two key former diplomats say. “Today, five years after the historic Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed between North and South Sudan, there is a real threat of
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