Articles by ANA

MTHATA, 1 August, 2007— By the time winter has ended, thousands of young South African boys will have gone through a month-long traditional rite of passage and become men. But becoming a man can be […]

Bukavu, 1 August, 2007— Janet Furaha fled the violence in her home area of Kaniola in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) South Kivu province in May to live with relatives in Walungu, but she […]

Washington, 1 August, 2007— Lesotho’s economic growth prospects have become brighter with the recent Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) decision to help the small southern African country build a much-needed dam. The dam, in Lesotho’s Metolong […]

Washington, 1 August, 2007— U.N. Security Council Resolution 1769, which authorizes the deployment of a U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force to Sudan’s Darfur region, is a “new and unique form of cooperation” between the two international […]

Washington, 1 August, 2007— Arab leaders meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Defense Robert Gates in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, July 31 agreed to continue aiding Iraqis and expressed support for intensified […]

On the wall of the Sleek Garments factory in Ghana, overlooking a bustling assembly line of 300 workers, is a sign that says “Quality First, Quantity Second.” Nora Bannerman, Sleek’s founder and chief executive, was […]

It is getting to be ever more ridiculous in Ghana’s National Assembly these days. Then again, hasn’t it always been ridiculous? What with indefinitely boycotting opposition parliamentarians being guaranteed their fat paychecks, even as they […]

Washington, 27 July, 2007— NASA managers have cleared space shuttle Endeavour’s August launch after a two-day flight readiness review that assessed mission risks and determined the shuttle’s equipment, support systems and procedures are ready to […]