Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
The Convention People’s Party (CPP), on Tuesday launched its 2012 manifesto in Accra, with strong messages of hope and prosperity for the party as well as the entire nation. The launch was under the theme, “Ghana Must Work Again…Yabre!” The occasion was graced by some of the leading members of the party including the Chairperson […]
The Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) remains among the most persistent perpetrators of grave violations against children, says a new United Nations report. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s first report to the Security Council on the situation of children affected by the LRA documents violations committed against children, and measures taken to […]
A recent South African court judgement that wants Pretoria to investigate Zimbabwean officials for alleged human rights abuses brings the SA justice system into disrepute, a Cabinet minister has said. Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday described the ruling as irrelevant saying it was a general judgement without specifics. Judge Hans Fabricius handed […]
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), one of the largest mining groups listed on London’s stock exchange, must publicly address concerns over corruption risks associated with its rapid acquisition of mining assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said Global Witness in a memo to ENRC’s shareholders published today. Between September 2009 and July 2011, ENRC […]
By Paul Dada, Abiodun Oluwarotimi, George Okojie, Gloria Usman, Nkem Osuagwu, and Samuel Abulude As Dana Air’s woes continue to mount over its plane that crashed on Sunday in Lagos, its senior managers of Indian nationality have reportedly fled the country as Nigerian aviation officials investigate the cause of the crash. LEADERSHIP gathered that […]
H.Caux/UNHCR Hundreds of families have crossed the border from Mali into Niger (file photo). France is worried that Al-Qaida’s influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to Tuareg separatists, reportedly allied to the Islamist group. “We are […]
The Liberian government, in response to recent renewed cross-border attacks, has announced the immediate closure of its border with the Ivory Coast as part of series of measures aimed at tackling the problem. In a joint press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, Defense Minister Brownell J. Samukai […]
Latest reports indicate tension is escalating in Kpanyili, a village near Nankpanduri in the Northern region following intense fighting between Kokombas and Bemobas there. Eye witnesses say several houses have been set ablaze and there are exchanges of gun fire. Residents are said to be fleeing to neighbouring towns. The clashes are said to have […]
Marc-André Boisvert/IRIN Polling station. Cape Town — An opposition party led by a veteran Basotho politician who once served in the Cabinet of long-time Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has made an unexpectedly strong showing in the country’s elections. With results in three-quarters of the country’s constituencies declared on Monday, Tom Thabane’s All Basotho Convention […]
Renewed violence erupted between the two factions in the Akyem Kotoku chieftaincy dispute on Saturday. Three persons, including the Oda Municipal Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr. Issah Mohammed Cantona, sustained gunshot wounds. ASP Cantona, whose right chest was grazed by a bullet, has been treated and discharged, while Kwame Mintah, 35, and […]