Month: December 2007

Kinshasa, 24 December, 2007— Hundreds of Congolese officials and representatives of neighbouring states, civil society and the international community are scheduled to gather in the North Kivu capital of Goma from 27 December for a […]

Much of what constitutes this series is purely anecdotal, in the sense that it is wholly made up of the experiential recollections of one alumnus-writer of PERSCO upon whom the latter legendary institution registered a […]

Freetown, 20 December, 2007— The Sierra Leone government has called for an inquiry into unrest over diamond-mining operations in the east of the country after residents were killed in protests last week. The government has […]

Washington, 21 December, 2007— This article is part of a series of materials exploring U.S. efforts to support political, social and economic development in the Palestinian Territories. Jerusalem — Palestinians traditionally value education as the […]

Washington, 20 December, 2007— “It’s the economy, stupid.” President Bill Clinton’s staffers used this popular slogan in his 1992 campaign against George H. W. Bush to indicate that, with the country deep in a recession, […]

I was pleasantly surprised to read on the website of the Ghanaian Statesman, the half-century – or Golden Jubilee – anniversary of St. Peter’s Secondary School, affectionately called PERSCO. Pleasantly surprised because, for the most […]

Freetown, 20 December, 2007— The Sierra Leone government has called for an inquiry into unrest over diamond-mining operations in the east of the country after residents were killed in protests last week. The government has […]

Dakar, 20 December, 2007— In Senegal drug traffickers stand to face 10 to 20 years of hard labour, double the current punishment, under a new law adopted in parliament. “We will take every measure to […]