Month: February 2012

South Sudan, one of the poorest countries in the world, reliant on oil for 98 percent of its revenues, in January took the drastic step of halting crude production, as a row with former civil […]

Après un an de manifestations massives et de batailles de rue qui ont mené le pays au bord de la guerre civile, le Yémen se prépare pour l’élection présidentielle qui doit se tenir le 21 […]

After a year of mass demonstrations and street battles which brought the country to the brink of civil war, Yemen is preparing for presidential elections on 21 February; the sole candidate, Vice-President Abdu Rabo Mansour […]

A category four tropical storm, Cyclone Giovanna, is expected to make landfall on 14 February close to the Madagascan east coast town of Toamasina and thereafter head for the capital Antananarivo. “This is a particularly […]

In Egypt’s political turmoil, one segment of society has been largely forgotten: the first aid responders who risk their lives to rescue victims of violence. Ambulance drivers and paramedics say they do not have adequate […]

I read Benjamin Essuman’s article with the stentorian snort that it more than aptly deserves (See “NPP Govt’s Complicity on [sic] Cocaine (1)” Modernghana.com 2/13/12). Under the specious guise of exposing the infamous MV-Benjamin cocaine […]

The Woyome fraud has opened a wide window through which we can peek into the web that makes it difficult for anybody to attempt fighting or eradicating corruption in Ghana. What is it about Woyome’s […]

The recent insistent call by the chiefs of Chiraa and Fiapre townships in the Brong-Ahafo Region for the presidential candidate of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to select a running-mate who hails from […]