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World Bank appoints New Country Director for Nigeria
The World Bank has announced the appointment of Mr. Onno Ruhl as the new Country Director for Nigeria, a statement from the Bank said....
Obama : the theory of the controversial drum
The profoundness and earnestness of the poignant Obama speech on race is inarguably one of the best rhetorics on race of alltime. The subject...
OECD launched Wikigender.org
Since few days, visitors are invited to send their contribution to this global and worldwide database about inequality between men and women. The Organisation...
Kadhafi’s anti-bible speech causes massive uproar
Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi has attracted outrage from Christians in Uganda, over his remarks that any Bible and Tora (Old Testament) that do not...
Index connects with Africa’s economic upsurge
Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, has for decades been thought of as, at best, a volatile investment opportunity with the glamour and extreme risk of...
Refugees ask for forgiveness
More than 600 Liberian refug ees who face repatriation back home for breaking Ghanaian laws are pleading for clemency.
Police removed 659 refugees, mainly women...
Morocco to host 8th African fencing championship in April
The Moroccan city of Casablanca is to host from 26 to 28 April the eighth edition of the African senior fencing championships, sports sources...
Ghanaian president launches Alliance for Africa foundation in Paris
Ghanaian President John Kufuor will embark on a three day visit to Paris, France, Wednesday, to launch "The Alliance for Africa Foundation", an organisation...
Heroes’ Legend Rally starts in Mauritania
The Heroes' Legend Rally started Wednesday in Boulenouar, northern Mauritania, witnessed by several personalities, including officials from the Ministry of Crafts and Tourism, as...
South Africa launches another World Cup legacy
A new initiative to lay artificial pitches in SA cities which will not be hosting 2010 matches has been launched in Pietermaritzurg, South Africa....
GSPC terrorists pursued in Kabylia
Algerian forces continue to pursue the GSPC (Salafi Group for Call and Combat) terrorists supposed to have found refuge in the eastern algerian mountains...
Analysts react to the Obama speech
Reactions after the Obama Philadelphia speech "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union" are diverse. While the speech has drawn...
Obama – Clinton : Obama calls for end to ‘racial stalemate’
Barack Obama on Tuesday called for an end to the “racial stalemate” that he said the US had been locked in for years as...
Politicians branded ‘gay’ by pastor
The Zanu-PF election campaign sank to unprecedented levels of moral depravity yesterday when a party aligned pastor suggested that MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was...
Power Sharing legalised in Kenya
The Kenyan parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for a constitutional amendment in a historic exercise that will legalise the formation of a coalition government in...
Obama’s response to race
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these...
Conjugal sex for Ugandan prison inmates
Sex is an important issue bordering the development of Ugandan prisons. According to Dr. Johnson Byabasaija, Ugandan Prisons headquarters the Commissioner General, the government’s...
China’s dilemma
Overseas investment by Chinese companies in countries such as Sudan has damaged and in some cases “hijacked” Beijing’s foreign policy, diplomatic scholars in the...
Zimbabwe Voters List / Roll Margin of Error
Table of March 2008 ZIMBABWE Electoral Voters List Margin of Error
From our correspondent in Harare
A brief computer analysis based on the scanned...
Pressure on christian churches in Algeria
The Algerian christian church has been under immense pressure from islamists for several years now.
by Kaci Racelma our correspondent from Algiers....
Seychelles withdraws recognition for SADR
The Seychelles government has withdrawn its recognition of the self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), an official source here said Monday.
"Like most African countries...
Hundreds of naked women arrested
Some 600 liberian refugees who have refused to stop their protests have been arrested by the Ghana police. They are demanding to be resettled...
Urgent appeal made by Kibaki and Odinga
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister (designate), Raila Odinga Monday jointly appealed for international financial assistance to the tune of US$ 400 million...
Obama – Clinton : the product of negative numbers equal positive
After the Somali elder garb near-scandal which almost hurt his fame forcing Obama to publicly defend his religious stance, which some still doubted, Rev....
Al Qaeda Maghreb negociating with Austrian government
Austria says al-Qaeda militants holding two tourists have agreed to extend a deadline, set for midnight on Sunday, for their demands to be met....
Islamic states’ inequality, an OIC matter
Member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) are set to agree on ways to reduce poverty and revise their charter to address...
From ‘war lords’ to ‘aid lords’
Despite their charity to the needy in Somalia, Western humanitarian agencies are allegedly nurturing a culture of dependence that is likely to weaken the...
Deadline for Austrain hostages extended
A deadline set for Sunday midnight by al-Quaeda militants who abducted two Austrian tourists has been extended, to give more time for their demands...
Strict screening for journalists and observers begins
The Zimbabwean government is screening foreign journalists before letting them into the country before this month's elections, amid suspicion that some may be spying...
From the Bank of Ghana
Warning: This is a scam letter
FROM THE BANK OF GHANA
FROM BANK OF GHANA
To:
Dear Sir/Madam
During the auditing and closing of all financial records of...