Month: October 2011

Reports of gender-based violence are on the rise in Kenya’s cities, and experts say the police must improve their handling of cases of sexual assault to build public trust in the security and justice systems. […]

For decades aid agencies have been tackling troubling ethical dilemmas about where to draw the line when negotiating with armed forces when trying to deliver aid to vulnerable communities. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) discusses some […]

Kobina Andoh, the Head of Communications in the office of former President Rawlings, has spoilt my day. He is reported to have issued a “strongly worded statement” to complain of what he termed “confidential information […]

The United Nations Security Council has decided by a unanimous vote to end international military operations in Libya by Monday, October 31, 2011. Feeling complacent that its mission to “protect civilians” has been accomplished, the […]

The presidential candidate of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ghana’s main opposition political party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, stressed in Berlin on Tuesday that Ghana has a satisfactory electoral structure to conduct credible elections. Addressing a […]

The resurgence of controversy over the resettlement of Ghana’s former Presidents is unnecessary. In sum, of all the problems facing this country, that of resettling the former Presidents is the least important. It is not […]

Vaccination is the key topic of the second day of the World Health Summit. “Every minute three children die from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccination,” said Dagfinn Høybråten, Chair of the Board […]

“Jede Minute sterben drei Kinder an Krankheiten, die durch eine Impfung hätten vermieden werden können”, so Dagfinn Høybråten, Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender der GAVI Alliance. Die im Jahr 2000 gegründete Public-Privat Partnership, der Regierungen aus Industrie- und Entwicklungsländern, […]