Month: November 2011

The Lesotho Government plans to spend 100 million maloti (US$12.7 million) over the next two years in an effort to breathe life into the crucial textile industry. “The objective… is to stabilize employment in the […]

Across the road from Maiduguri railway station, in the corner of a now abandoned property, a leafy neem tree provides a canopy for the remains of a mosque flattened by the Nigerian army. The mosque […]

The persistent issuing of threats by NPP activists has reinforced the horrible image that their political camp has. Of course, once perceived as a leopard, the NPP is not expected to shed off its dark […]

I have chosen to be the devil’s advocate and will say aboveboard that the NDC is digging a deep grave fort itself. As its functionaries engage in misguided actions and the government continues to lose […]

Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has on a visit to Burundi praised Burundi and Uganda for their commitment to the peace process in Somalia. He said: “Burundi and Uganda must hold themselves […]

Dirk Niebel, Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, hat heute in Berlin bekanntgegeben, dass er den zweiten Teil der für 2011 vorgesehenen deutschen Unterstützung von 200 Millionen Euro an den Globalen Fonds für den Kampf […]

Ein internationales Forscherteam aus England und der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin hat neue Erkenntnisse zur Funktion von Muskelstammzellen vorgelegt, die in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Fachzeitschrift Nature Genetics* veröffentlicht sind. In ihrer Arbeit beschäftigten sich […]

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has surfaced again, drawing needless attention to himself by making utterances that confirm my stance that he will be better off when silent. Doubtless, he has become one of those […]