Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon Hanna Tetteh has expressed surprise at the concerns raised by the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana concerning the arrival of the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Ghana. “I am surprised that she [Israeli Ambassador] did not call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs to understand the context in which this meeting is
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The German Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development, Mr Dirk Niebel today received the Burundian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Mr Laurent Kavakure to his office in Berlin. Issues discussed by the two ministers include how to strengthen state institutions in Burundi to make them more efficient. Protection of human rights also featured
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today (Friday May 18) that efforts to revive the global economy must be based on a long-term vision of sustainable and
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Remarkable material development in Africa, according to Busia, can only happen if Africans begin to radically alter their cultural values, especially with regard to the
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The future prime minister of Ghana, and a leading scholar of African social theory and institutional structures, provides the most cogent answer yet to those
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The Federal Convention, Germany’s largest political representation elected a new president Sunday (March 18) following the resignation of Christian Wulff on 17 February. According to the German Constitution, or the Basic Law, a new president has to be elected within 30 days. The front-runner and favourite, the Lutheran pastor, Joachim Gauck, became the eleventh president
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Under the colonial enterprise, the British and their rival European powers knew only one way to grab resources—entering other people’s worlds and plundering their resources. That colonial enterprise was motivated by nothing but greed and a heartless exploitation and subjugation of other people, including those in the United States. As if oblivious to its own
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China has taken its relationship with Africa to a new level by snuggling to the continental body, the African Union. It has given a concrete evidence to authenticate that relationship and provided a new $200m (£127m) AU headquarters, funded and built by it. The building was officially opened on Saturday for use by the African
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Bundespräsident Christian Wulff hat am 9. November die neue Synagoge in Speyer eröffnet. Am Vormittag zeichnete er in Schloss Bellevue Margot Friedlander mit dem Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus. Anlässlich der Pogromnacht vom 9. November 1938 und des Mauerfalls vor 22 Jahren rief Bundespräsident Wulff dazu auf, für Einigkeit, Recht und
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The entry by Libyan opposition fighters into Tripoli clearly marks a turning point for the Libyan opposition after six months of fighting against Col Muammar Gaddafi’s government. But while the balance of power appears to have shifted decisively in Libya, some observers are raising strong concerns over the protection of civilians as Gaddafi’s successors prepare
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