African Economic Conference 2011 / AfDB, UNDP and UNECA to hold a joint online press conference TUNIS, Tunisia, October 7, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Mr Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist [Read more]
Another round of violence flared in turbulent Syria Tuesday, as reports of more deaths surfaced amid the relentless government crackdown on protesters. The nearly seven-month-long offensive has drawn world condemnation [Read more]
Investing in agriculture is the best way to prevent famines in Africa / IFAD President to held Virtual Press Conference on 29 September, 2011 at 1 p.m. GMT ROME, [Read more]
Vaccines against major childhood diseases to reach 37 more countries / GAVI Alliance delivers on its promise to tackle diarrhoea and pneumonia GENEVA, Switzerland, September 27, 2011/ — The [Read more]
The Pope was greeted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff Benedict XVI, the German head of the Roman Catholic Church, has begun his first official visit to [Read more]
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, CEN Commentator, NY Kofi Busia Ghanaians are enjoying their 19-year-old democracy. Why not! They have spent most of their 54-year statehood in autocratic one-party systems and dictatorial [Read more]
Comment/Ghana Development, By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, CEN, NY President John Atta Mills Let’s go into the mind of President John Atta Mills, a PHD in law, and envision with him [Read more]
Washington — U.S. officials have "specific, credible but unconfirmed" information about a potential al Qaeda threat against the United States coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist [Read more]
The column of military vehicles rolled into the village of Ibleen shortly after dawn on Thursday. Residents said artillery fire and machine gun fire followed soon after. The troops left [Read more]
A day after a plane crash outside the Russian city of Yaroslavl killed dozens of Russian and international hockey players, hundreds of residents and supporters gathered Thursday at the arena [Read more]
The trial of former French President Jacques Chirac on charges of illegal party funding during his time as mayor of Paris has opened in his absence. A medical report said [Read more]
Two German men who disappeared in Afghanistan last month have been found dead, officials in Parwan province say. The pair vanished near the Salang Pass, north of Kabul. Both men [Read more]
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer which has spread to other organs, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. The cable, published by whistle-blower site Wikileaks, cites central bank [Read more]
Just days after it was announced in Freetown that a new “National” carrier incorporated as Leone Airways will start a joint operations soon with the Nigerian based Arik Air, the [Read more]
Maputo, Mozambique, 2 September 2011—The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidibé and Mozambique’s Minister of Youth and Sports Pedrito Caetano launched the UNAIDS [Read more]
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