Year: 2011

The ongoing crisis in the Ivory Coast gives a twisted meaning to African politics: How could Alasane Dramane Ouattara serve as the Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast yet be seen by Gbagbo and his […]

Since May 25, 1963, when African Heads of State formed and ratified the Organization of African Unity (OAU) as a continental instrument to bring them together and to synchronize their efforts at tackling issues of […]

President John Evans Atta Mills, at the week-end, urged African leaders to move with a calculated speed, to remove the barriers that continued to slow the Continent’s progress. He was emphatic that, the development of […]

As Uganda becomes the battle-ground ground for benign and fanatic Islamists, the United States has increasedits  funding to $440,000 in 2011 to prevent despondent Muslims from getting radicalized. US embassy records shows that it is […]

As the African Union meets in Ethiopia, two of its long-serving members will not be there. Tunisia’s former President, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has been forced out of office by a determined mass of those […]

The 41st World Economic Forum Annual Meeting closed today on a note of hope, progress and optimism. On the final day of the meeting, the Co-Chairs of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 expressed […]

Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerin Ilse Aigner hat auf der Internationalen Grünen Woche den Förderpreis Ökologischer Landbau 2011 an drei ökologisch wirtschaftende Betriebe in Rheinland-Pfalz, Niedersachsen und Bayern vergeben.  „Die ausgezeichneten Betriebe haben Mut zu Innovationen und ein hohes […]

It is a tragic story, albeit all too common an occurrence in Ghana – the random and rampant running over of children by motorists and teamsters/truckers. Oftentimes, the cause of such violent and accidental deaths […]