Month: February 2006

I read Alhaji Harruna-Attah’s “Write-On” column of February 15, 2006, as usual, with much more than passing interest. His write-ons make for delightful reading, both for their terseness and poignancy. On this occasion, the theme […]

So far, I have patiently refrained from commenting on the raging brouhaha over the Representation of the People’s Amendment Bill (ROPA/B) because I have been fully and thankfully relishing the outright silly protest of the […]

The conference brought together leading experts from around the world to discuss and debate issues related to sexual and reproductive health programmes. Among the startling revealation to emerge from the deliberations included a realization that […]

On February 18, 2006, NewtimesOnline, the Internet edition of the Ghanaian Times, published an article titled “One Sexual Comment Too Many,” in which a mortuary attendant was reported to have been fired from his job […]

Berlin, 17 February, 2006— On his first visit to Berlin since the election of Mrs Angela Merkel as German Chancellor, Tony Blair said the issue of Iran‘s nuclear programme should be tackled “strongly but through […]

Washington, 15 February, 2006— As part of its growing presence in Africa, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has renewed its Short-Term Insurance Pilot Program for Africa (STIPP) for three years, beginning March 31, with an authorization […]

Washington, 15 February, 2006— The State Department plans to request a $75 million supplemental appropriation during 2006 to support democracy promotion activities in Iran, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Congress February 15. “That money […]

Washington, 15 February, 2006— The Bush administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2007 aims to support a foreign policy “devoted to the creation of a more hospitable environment for the forward march of freedom and […]