Month: September 2006

Luanda, 25 September, 2006— Although Angola is benefitting from a post-war economic boom, far more needs to be done to ensure the benefits are felt by all Angolans, warn humanitarian workers. The 27-year conflict killed […]

TYRE, 24 September, 2006— In southern Lebanon, one major component of the overall rehabilitation and recovery process is to ensure that children overcome the trauma of living through war as well as the distress of […]

The name of the Accra-based Ga Shifimo Kpee, or the Ga Standfast Organization, has been indiscriminately bandied about by ardent Nkrumacrats who either have no respect for meticulous and systematic scholarship on postcolonial Ghanaian historiography, […]

Johannesburg, 22 September, 2006— The rule of law is vital to getting Zimbabwe’s economy back on track, according to a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official. Changes in economic policy and exchange market reforms might […]

Dakar, 22 September, 2006— The United Nations says about 30,000 people living near Liberia’s second largest rubber plantation need urgent assistance now that former combatants no longer lord over the site. The government of President […]

Addis Ababa, 22 September, 2006— To make the best use of the promised doubling of aid to Africa, it should be distributed multilaterally, possibly by a United Nations fund “independent of political pressures”, according to […]

Johannesburg, 22 September, 2006— The dangerous side effects of an anti-AIDS drug commonly used in South Africa have forced medical experts to re-evaluate the limited treatment options available in developing countries. Stavudine (also known as […]

Accra, 21 September, 2006— Thousands of people have flooded Ghana’s hospitals since a scheme to make affordable healthcare available for all was launched last year, but many patients are still going untreated because of administrative […]