Month: March 2009

It is increasingly becoming a common feature in Ghana that when glaring human errors lead to multiple road accidents or other calamities we have always attributed them to unseen forces or sins against God by […]

Before the final report of the Transition Team on the Executive Assets Committee was presented to the president for review, the notorious former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani was reported to have pulled out the […]

Antananarivo, 23 March, 2009— Andry Rajoelina’s attempt to legitimize his rule as Madagascar’s president by holding his inauguration on 21 March is serving to galvanize international opposition to his new administration. Rajoelina, the former mayor […]

Colombo, 24 March, 2009— Thousands of civilians escaped fighting in the north over the weekend, according to official sources, as the UN warned of deteriorating conditions for those still trapped in the combat zone. More […]

Cairo, 20 March, 2009— The expulsion or closure of 16 aid groups in Sudan could worsen North-South relations, stall the Darfur peace process and deter future humanitarian action, analysts said. The decision, and the 16 […]

Dakar, 20 March, 2009— In his first public statement on condoms and AIDS earlier this week, Pope Benedict XVI reignited an international debate between religious leaders working with AIDS patients and European governments that fund […]

Colombo, 16 March, 2009— International concern is growing over the security of tens of thousands of displaced people trapped in Sri Lanka’s northern combat zone where government forces are battling the Liberation Tigers of Tamil […]

Baghdad, 16 March, 2009— On 12 March the Iraqi government and a number of UN agencies launched a $47 million initiative to remove dykes and canals built by the regime of former President Saddam Hussein […]