Month: January 2011

President Mills has reshuffled his team of ministers, moving embattled Attorney-General Betty Mould-Iddrissu to the Education Ministry. Martin Amidu, until today Interior Minister, will now be in charge of government prosecutions. Conspicuously absent from the […]

It was systematic rape to assert dominance and shatter resistance. That is how Luis Moreno-Ocampo described the campaign of terror allegedly committed seven years ago by a Congolese militia group against civilians from the Central […]

Six anti-slavery activists are in prison in Mauritania in a case rights experts say points to the challenges of ensuring a 2007 law criminalizing slavery is more than just words on paper. The six men, […]

Gut ausgerüstet sind die Alpin-Skifahrer in die neue Wintersaison gestartet. Nach vorläufigen Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamtes (Destatis) wurden von Januar bis September 2010 insgesamt 317 000 Paar Alpinski im Wert von 25,8 Millionen Euro nach […]

The price of petrol and diesel in Ghana will rise 30 percent on Tuesday to account for rising oil prices and help pay off debt owed by the West African country’s oil refinery, authorities said […]

NPP UK and Ireland Press Statement This Christmas and New Year period has been a traumatic time for Ghanaians as many could not even to buy ‘’knockouts’’ or even sweets for their children or even […]

In a career spanning 20 years and taking in spells with the likes of AC Milan, Arsenal, Schalke, Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart, Jens Lehmann travelled the world and collected honours aplenty, including the UEFA Cup […]

Some 22,000 community health volunteers in Afghanistan are vital to the country’s health system but some are beginning to wonder if they might provide a more effective service if they were paid, and had formal […]