Month: March 2012

Twenty years ago, South Africa’s cities were braced for a massive influx of rural migrants following the scrapping of apartheid-era pass laws which had restricted black people’s movements. Cities such as Johannesburg and Durban have […]

It is just before noon in the village of Limayi in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Half a dozen empty beer bottles lie scattered at the feet of five Congolese soldiers lounging in easy […]

Bob Marley of blessed memory said in one of his songs that if you have knowledge through education, no one can take it away from you. It is often said that education makes a woman […]

Mr Fred Hochberg, Chairman and President of the United States Export-Import (Exim) Bank, on Monday assured Ghanaians of the bank’s intention to help to create more jobs in country. Mr Hochberg recounted a similar partnership […]

President John Evans Atta Mills says the people Ghana have seen “the unprecedented achievements” of his government in just three years and will give him another chance. Addressing journalists in the United States, the president […]

The discovery of 70 battered men and women held captive in a remote area of Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate near the Saudi Arabian border has sparked an investigation into the torture and extortion of African immigrants […]

Lack of adherence to the full course of Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) treatment is threatening the effectiveness of the drug recommended as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in countries where the disease is endemic, according […]

One year on from the start of several months of popular revolts in Burkina Faso, the situation has settled down, but the calm is fragile, say observers. The government has adopted several measures to appease […]