Month: April 2006

When Mrs. Esi Sutherland-Addy vehemently decries the apparently perennial solicitation of development aid by postcolonial African leaders from Western governments, she appears to hit the proverbial nail smack on its head. And we herein hasten […]

Berlin, 24 April, 2006— Six newly accredited ambassadors to Germany today presented their Letters of Accreditation to President Horst Köhler at a ceremony in Berlin The Ambassador of Romania, His Excellency Mr Bogdan Mazuru was […]

Johannesburg, 21 April, 2006— There is growing concern that World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries are unlikely to meet the 30 April deadline for broad agreement on agricultural and trade tariff cuts. “We are not […]

Addis Ababa, 21 April, 2006— The United States will provide an additional US $25 million in humanitarian aid to Ethiopia to alleviate the effects of prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa country. Michael Hess, […]

Kathmandu, 21 April, 2006— The Nepalese monarch King Gyanendra announced on national television on Friday that he is handing executive powers to the Himalayan kingdom’s seven main political parties. “Active participation of the political parties […]

Monrovia, 21 April, 2006— In an effort to get more women to sign up to Liberia’s revamped police force government and United Nations officials on Friday re-launched a flagging police recruitment drive. Authorities said the […]

Washington, 22 April, 2006— Sub-Saharan Africa, which had long lagged behind other regions of the world in economic growth, achieved an annual growth rate of 4.8 percent in 2005, surpassing its 4.1 growth rate of […]

Washington, 21 April, 2006— Each April, the United States celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), an opportunity to savor a major American contribution to world culture. Initiated by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, […]