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The top United Nations human rights official today voiced deep concern at the harsh sentencing of Vasil Parfyankou in the first of dozens of trials against opposition leaders and supporters in Belarus. Mr. Parfyankou was […]

Am Donnerstagabend haben sich Bundespräsident Christian Wulff und UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki-moon zu einem Gespräch in Schloss Bellevue getroffen. Anschließend äußerten sie vor der Presse ihre Besorgnis über die Entwicklung in Ägypten. Bundespräsident Wulff forderte ein […]

Sixty-two-year old Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has told the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that she wants to be a candidate for the Party’s 2012 presidential election, according to information reaching […]

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has dismissed media reports it is preparing ammunitions for possible military intervention in the election stalemate in the Ivory Coast. This follow reports of the return to Ghana of some […]

Head of Communications at the Presidency Koku Anyidoho has defended his publicity of a letter critics say has contributed immensely to Ghana’s confused foreign policy on Ivory Coast. The letter sent from the Head of […]

Pro-government militias in parts of Afghanistan are believed to be recruiting underage boys and sometimes sexually abusing them in an environment of criminal impunity, local people and human rights organizations say.   In a bid […]

Evictions and house demolitions are a growing humanitarian concern for Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The consequences for families can be devastating: In addition […]

In commemoration of the unconstitutional overthrow of Dr. Hilla Limann by Flt Lt. Jerry John Rawlings some 29 years ago, the Youth Wing of the People’s National Congress (PNC), has hit hard at the Rawlingses […]