All social indicators predict a short, miserable life for those unlucky enough to be born Black males in America. By Phillip Jackson Welcome to America where too many young [Read more]
SweRoad contracted by the World Bank to embark on a study aimed at “reaching a consensus with Government of Sierra Leone and multi sectoral stakeholders on improving road safety management [Read more]
French authorities announced last month that the government would pay for the removal of false breast implants made by a now bankrupt company, Poly Implant Protheses, (PIP) which a British medical group says were made from “non-medical grade silicone believed by the manufacturers to be made for mattresses.” Founder of the company, Jean-Claude Mas, has been arrested at last [Read more]
WASHINGTON: On the week marking the 10 year anniversary of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Health for [Read more]
The Arab revolutionists are constantly chanting DEMOCRASY in their fights against the autocratic regimes. But one would wonder whether they really want the Western DEMOCRACY, or something else… Abdulai Mansary presents a critical view about the situation with special emphasis on the ongoing hullabaloo in Syria [Read more]
Several police officers and the local commissioner are under investigation over the escape of Boko Haram leader Kabiru Sokoto . A 50 million naira ($307,000) reward was also offered by police Thursday for any information leading to Sokoto’s re-arrest. [Read more]
National teams from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal, are all determined to lift the cup for their supporters back home. They have called on governments and the international community to show equal determination to help protect millions currently threatened by a looming food crisis across the Sahel region
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A RELIEVED burglar must be as pleased as punch to get out unharmed after sneaking into Mike Tyson’s hotel suite while the boxing legend was asleep. The former undisputed world [Read more]
By Abdulai Mansaray, UK When the Arab League decided to send a team of inspectors on a monitoring mission to Syria, there was a sigh of relief that the uprising [Read more]
By Abdulai Mansaray Abdulai Mansaray, Author The last boot of US combat troops had barely left the Iraqi soil than the country celebrated the withdrawal with a spate of [Read more]
By Alexander Bratersky Late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (l) with President Dmitry Medvedev during a summit in Siberia in August this year. The sudden death of maverick North [Read more]
By Kay-Alexander Scholz German President Christian Wulff has broken his silence over an undisclosed home loan from a friend. The president apologized for not being more open, but said he [Read more]
African Press Organization, Dakar, Senegal Millions of people in West Africa could be protected from a serious food crisis if preparations are scaled up across West Africa, Oxfam (http://www.oxfam.org) said [Read more]
By Abdulai Mansaray. Lauren Gbagbo has been transferred to The Hague to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Although the methods used to transfer him at best, be described as [Read more]
"Germany and France are the two big economies of Europe. To risk us diverging is to risk us destroying Europe. The crisis requires of us an extra commitment for unity [Read more]
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