Archive for: July, 2012

Africa: Mobile Gender Courts – Delivering Justice in the DRC

Can mobile gender courts’ swift justice tackle impunity in the DRC’s remote regions? Since 1996, as many as 500,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been victims of rape and sexual violence, according to UN estimates. To compound this, these brutal crimes, which have devastated countless lives and communities in the DRC, […]

Africa: ‘A Servant of Africans, Not South Africa’ – Dlamini-Zuma’s Ground Rules

Speaking for the first time since her election to the chair of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma told a gathering of the ANC Women’s League that she would not be a lackey of South Africa’s own interests in her new position. Pretoria — The ANC Women’s League convened at the Pretoria City Hall on […]

Hidden Secrets…Mills Was Sent To Maternity Ward

Information available to the Daily Guide newspaper indicates that President John Evans Atta Mills might have died before arriving at the 37 Military Hospital where he was rushed to after he slumped at the Castle a week ago. Sources said the late president got to the health facility at around 1:35pm unannounced, looking pale and […]

Tears as Ghanaians mark first week of Mills’ death

There is grieving across the country as Ghanaians mark the One Week of the death President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday July 24, 2012 at the 37 Military Hospital. The whole country is expected to go quiet for a minute in observation of exactly one week after the passing of President Mills. In almost […]

Ghanaians in New York Mourn Mills

The Ghana Mission and Consulate in New York, NY will open a book of condolence for the public.  The address for the embassy is 19 East 47 Street, New York, NY.

John Mahama Takes Oath of Office as President as Mills Dies

  Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama took the oath of office as president of the African republic on July 24 following the death of President John Evans Atta Mills on the same day. In his acceptance speech at the Ghanaian parliament house in front of the country’s legislators, John Dramani Mahama bemoaned the untimely […]

Kenya: Iranian Terror Suspects Now Face Fresh Charges

By Susan Muhindi   TWO Iranian nationals arrested over terrorism links were yesterday charged afresh after the state preferred more charges against them. They were initially charged with two counts. According to the charge sheet, the two put an explosive substance at the Mombasa Golf Course with intent to harm golf players in June. The […]

Nigeria: I Can Rule Beyond Eight Years – President Jonathan

By John Chuks Azu   President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told an Abuja High Court hearing a suit against his alleged 2015 re-election bid that his stay in office could legally go beyond eight years under certain conditions. Jonathan was responding in a suit asking the court to declare him ineligible to run for re-election because […]

Ghana: Shock Greets ‘Untimely’ Death of President As VP Takes Office

Ghana is mourning the passing of President John Evans Atta Mills, who was succeeded in office late Tuesday by his vice president, John Dramani Mahama, The president died at the 37 Military Hospital on Tuesday, “while receiving medical attention after being taken ill a few hours earlier,” according to a statement released by the presidency. […]

Prez Mills is dead; Mahama to be sworn in shortly

RadioXYZonline.com can sadly confirm that President John Evans Atta Mills has died. The President died on Tuesday afternoon hours after announcing to Parliament that he was leaving for Nigeria. He is said to have died from an acute cardiac arrest. President Mills on Saturday celebrated his 68th birthday on a low key with orphans in […]

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