Month: February 2006

International football phenomenon Freddy Adu says neighborhood friends and classmates helped him adapt to life in the United States when he emigrated from Ghana with his family at the age of eight, and the guidance […]

Washington, 23 February, 2006— The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the government of Benin February 22 signed a $307 million, five-year compact that is expected to benefit up to half of Benin’s population and […]

Washington, 23 February, 2006— The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is increasing funding for poor countries’ preparations for a potential avian influenza pandemic, agency officials say. In overall USAID programs, the agency also is […]

New York, 23 February, 2006— A new report criticizing the management of U.N. peacekeeping operations shows “the need for a fundamental shift” in the organization’s operating culture, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says. Calling on U.N. […]

Washington, 23 February, 2006— President Bush February 22 reinstated duty-free trade benefits for Liberia under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced in a press release […]

Washington, 23 February, 2006— President Bush thanked Iraqi political and religious leaders for urging calm after the February 22 bombing that destroyed the dome of a historic Shia shrine in the city of Samarra. “I […]

Washington, 23 February, 2006— Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reaffirmed the United States’ support for Lebanon’s efforts to re-establish full sovereignty and democracy and said she believes the Lebanese leadership will embrace full implementation of […]

I was not going to dignify a recent anti-Danquah report which was sourced to the Palaver newspaper and published by Ghanaweb.com on February 20, 2006, but it is extremely imperative that the records are set […]