Baghdad, 9 September, 2007— The monthly food rationing system on which millions of Iraqis depend is not working properly, according to officials. They warn that delays in food deliveries will have a serious impact on […]

The recent celebration of the musical compositions of four Ghanaian musicians of genius, namely, Dr. Ephraim Amu, Professor J. H. Kwabena Nketia, Dr. Gyima Labi and Rev. Robert Gaddiel Acquaah as part of the country’s […]

You may not like the man, but there is one thing that you cannot fairly begrudge him. The fact is that John Henry Mensah may, arguably, be the smartest Ghanaian statesman alive. Like the proverbial […]

Jerusalem, 4 September, 2007— The Palestinian economy is “totally dependent on political considerations” of outside powers, and its “development prospects are bleak under the Israeli internal and external movement restrictions,” a new UN report says. […]

Ndjamena, 4 September, 2007— Heavy rains in eastern Chad have caused rivers to overflow, washing out several camps for Chadians displaced by inter-ethnic fighting and refugees from Sudan’s Darfur region. “It’s already an enormously difficult […]

Nairobi, 30 August, 2007— Organisers of Somalia’s national reconciliation conference hailed the meeting as a success even as analysts expressed doubts over the outcome, saying major parties in the current crisis had been left out […]

NIORO DU SAHEL, 30 August 2007— Two years ago, in the western Malian village of Korera-Kore, a 13-year-old girl was forced into marriage during her school summer holiday. She died after complications during sex on […]

Sulaimaniyah, 30 August, 2007— Doctors in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah have asked for more help to cope with the rapidly increasing number of cholera cases. “We need urgent medical support as the disease is […]