Month: March 2008

Washington, 11 March, 2008— Two launches within three days are sending equipment and astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), which will represent for the first time the interests of all five space station partners […]

The former ruling party has been fairly successfully using infiltrators planted among the top-echelons of the ruling New Patriotic Party for some time now. The apogee of such internal collaboration occurred during the hectic run-up […]

Kano, 6 March, 2008— A species of cattail grass known locally as ’kachalla’ is taking over river banks and farmlands around the Hadejia-Komadugu-Yobe wetlands in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state, disrupting farming and fishing activities on […]

Mbabane, 6 March, 2008— A bloody week of the worst labour strife in a decade has exposed cracks in the Swazi government’s poverty-alleviation plan of creating thousands of low-paying jobs by promoting a textile industry. […]

Nairobi, 6 March, 2008— Weary of the violence that has plagued Kenya’s western district of Mount Elgon, residents have urged authorities to step up efforts to restore security in an area where long-standing disputes over […]

Freetown, 3 March, 2008— Sierra Leone has the highest child and maternal mortality rates in the world because of underinvestment in health programs, malnutrition, and harmful cultural practices, UN children’s agency (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann […]

Jerusalem/Gaza, 3 March, 2008— Hospitals in the Gaza Strip were struggling to cope with the influx of wounded after five days of intense Israeli military activity, including a ground incursion and repeated air strikes, which […]

I read Mr. Kofi Amonu’s three-paragraph article on Ghanaweb.com with great amusement. Amusement because the writer deviously pretends to be aiming for what might, implicitly, be termed as the truth, whereas in reality he decidedly […]