Month: May 2008

Mankind through the ages had been drifting from its societies and criss-crossing more advanced western societies for education and on the large scale for greener pasture or a means of livelihood. Africans in particular are […]

Johannesburg, 17 May, 2008— Banning a military weapon said to inflict a 98 percent civilian casualty rate is seen by many as an open-and-shut case, but for two weeks government representatives and interested parties will […]

Dakar, 16 May, 2008—- Faced with frequent armed robberies, many aid groups in eastern Chad say the European Union Force (EUFOR), deployed there since February, is not doing its job of protecting them. At the […]

Imagine that it is May 25, 2063, the 100th anniversary of Africa Day, a day for reflecting on Africa’s successes and failures. The newspaper headline announces, “Last Remaining Oilfield in West Africa’s American Territory Dries […]

ZIGUINCHOR, 9 May 2008— After years of delays linked to instability in strife-torn Casamance, the government finally launched a landmine clearance programme in the region in February 2008, but lack of adherence to the 2004 […]

The victim of the alleged rape was 15 years old; her “assailant” was a 45-year-old neighbor. Obviously, there is something psychologically wrong with a man who decides to have sexual intercourse with a teenage girl […]

Among the very few Ghanaian writers who have had quite a profound impact on my literary career, particularly in the field of journalism, is Mr. Chris Asher, firebrand and patriotic publisher of the Palaver newspapers. […]

Berlin, 5 May, 2008— President Horst Köhler presented one of Germany‘s highest honours, the Grand Cross First Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Kofi Annan, former United Nations […]