Month: January 2011

It seems Ghana has finally cleared it’s stance on the Ivory Coast political stalemate as President Mills has categorically stated that Ghana supports the International Community in accepting Alassane Quatarra as the duly elected leader […]

I have yet to read any of the news items regarding the dispatching of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, of Kenya, as an African Union (AU) emissary to the raging power struggle between the two leading […]

I hope it was not Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan who said that inducing a well-policed environment in order for elections and by-elections to peacefully take place is not part of the job description, or mandate, of […]

The Head of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Unit at the Presidency, Dr. Tony Aidoo says the news Conference addressed by the opposition New Patriotic Party Leadership has exposed the party’s lack of understanding of international […]

The flag-bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the legendary inconsistency of the government, particularly President J.E.A. Mills, relating to the Ivory Coast situation, had a dangerous potential to […]

Almost two years into the trial of Thomas Lubanga for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), several international justice experts and observers say the court has had a largely positive impact on the […]

Pro-government militias in parts of Afghanistan are believed to be recruiting underage boys and sometimes sexually abusing them in an environment of criminal impunity, local people and human rights organizations say.   In a bid […]

Evictions and house demolitions are a growing humanitarian concern for Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The consequences for families can be devastating: In addition […]