Month: September 2007

Dakar, 7 September, 2007— Flooding in northeast Ghana has killed at least six people and displaced some 10,000, according to local news reports. Local media reports said floods destroyed some 4,500 homes in the Upper […]

Khartoum, 7 September, 2007— Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels on ending over four and a half years of conflict are to start on 27 October in Tripoli, Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban […]

Brazzaville, 10 September, 2007— Congo’s former rebel leader, Frédéric Bintsangou, alias Pastor Ntoumi, is to take up his position in the government and participate in efforts aimed at restoring stability. “We’ve come to Madibou [a […]

Baghdad, 9 September, 2007— The monthly food rationing system on which millions of Iraqis depend is not working properly, according to officials. They warn that delays in food deliveries will have a serious impact on […]

The recent celebration of the musical compositions of four Ghanaian musicians of genius, namely, Dr. Ephraim Amu, Professor J. H. Kwabena Nketia, Dr. Gyima Labi and Rev. Robert Gaddiel Acquaah as part of the country’s […]

You may not like the man, but there is one thing that you cannot fairly begrudge him. The fact is that John Henry Mensah may, arguably, be the smartest Ghanaian statesman alive. Like the proverbial […]

Dakar, 4 September, 2007— The international community is sending therapeutic food to communities in Togo, where a UN study into children’s health and welfare has shown that in some areas nearly one in three children […]

Jerusalem, 4 September, 2007— The Palestinian economy is “totally dependent on political considerations” of outside powers, and its “development prospects are bleak under the Israeli internal and external movement restrictions,” a new UN report says. […]