Month: July 2011

The outcome of the just-ended special delegates’ congress of the NDC at Sunyani sifted the political chaff from the grain. President Mills polled 2,771 votes (96.9%) and Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings had 90 votes (3.1%) out […]

Once again, the United Nations has portrayed its double standards and given clear signals that it can’t be relied on to administer world affairs impartially. It is becoming increasingly clear that the UN has two […]

Promise-making in Ghanaian politics is a double-edged sword that cuts both ways. While it may help put in power whoever seems to be the glibbest, it also may turn out to be the cause of […]

Chad’s Hissene Habre will go into the record books as the first former African leader whose flight from justice for many years has been cut short by the very country that has harboured him for […]

The troubling issues arising from US’ image as “Policeman of the World” are difficult to understand The Reuters News Agency reported today that a move to stop funding for President Barack Obama’s military intervention in […]

Neue Behandlungsform durch Universitätsklinikum entwickelt Die Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin hat ein neues Therapieverfahren an der Klinik für Radioonkologie und Strahlentherapie am Campus Virchow etabliert, welches ausgewählten Patientinnen und Patienten die Behandlung von rezidivierenden Gehirntumoren […]

Government has been advised to be cautious in its spending and pricing of petroleum products in order not to impact negatively the 2011 budget. In its latest analysis of the fiscal situation of the country, […]

Now in its 15th week, the Libyan crisis seems to defy solution. To me, the conflicting rhetoric from all the parties involved in this crisis amounts to one thing: a failure to set a good […]