Month: February 2012

We often talk about the democratic ideological underpinnings of the Danquah-Busia Tradition, but not much is discussed about what Ghana Oxbridge-educated second premier in the postcolonial era has stood for, in terms of our national […]

A political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kwesi Amakye Boateng, has called on President Mills to resign in order to uphold the integrity of the Office of the Presidency […]

With global funding for HIV/AIDS on the decline, Zimbabwe’s innovative AIDS levy – a 3 percent tax on income – has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in […]

More than two decades after it unilaterally asserted its independence from the rest of Somalia, Somaliland plans to lobby hard at a major conference in London in February for something it has sorely lacked since […]

Once a fortnight, Moses Sserwada travels from the capital, Kampala, to northern Uganda to pick up a truckload of charcoal destined for the popular Owino market in the city. “I have been in this trade […]

It is often said that revolutions end up eating their own children. How true! Never before have we been told, though, that the children of revolutions also end up eating their own children. That is […]

If you thought 2011 was a historic year for the Middle East, 2012 is likely to be even more unpredictable. The region was swept up by mass demonstrations that forced four dictators out of power, […]

This year donors are stepping up more quickly to meet Sahel’s humanitarian needs compared to 2010, when they were slow to respond. However, they are still at fault for taking a quick-fix approach rather than […]