In the Dakar suburb of Thiaroye/Mer earlier this year 22 children died from lead poisoning over a three month period and in June a further 31 children were found to have potentially lethal levels of lead in their blood.
In the aftermath of massive human rights abuses such as the Srebenica massacre, the Rwanda genocide, or in Liberia and northern Uganda, the search for justice and reconciliation can be a controversial and dangerous business.
Côte d'Ivoire's Defence minister, Nguessan Amani Michel, Wednesday here thanked the Angolan officials for their assistance in tackling the political crisis that prevailed in the Western African country.
The Côte d'Ivoire Defence minister, Nguessan Amani Michel, Wednesday in Luanda laid a wreath at the monument of the first Angolan President, António Agostinho Neto.
Simone Gbagbo, the wife of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, and former Ivorian economy minister Paul-Antoine Bohoun Bouabré failed to respond to a summons from French investigating judge Patrick Ramaël for questioning on 10 July 2008 in Paris as witnesses in
FORMER Ambassador to Ethiopia, Segun Olushola, has given reasons for Nigeria to accept the World Court verdict ceding the ownership of the controversial Bakassi Penuisula to Cameroon.
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoaaka is one man who is known for his frankness on any issue irrespective of how some quarters may feel about it.
The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) is famous for its pro-poor services that have made the private organisation the largest not-for-profit institution in the world. Its founder, Fazle Hasan Abed, was recently in Nigeria to offer tips to some development
Imagine this: It's a busy day at Heavensgate. Celestial traffic control is in full swing. Visitors from Earth are being directed to the only two possible destinations - a glorious place called Heaven and the other not-so-nice neighborhood that is
At a debate organized for mayorship candidates by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) two days before local council elections, acting Mayor of Freetown City Council made a yet-to-be fulfilled promise.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday disclosed at a press conference that Sierra Leone will be receiving three embassies in India, Senegal and Brazil as donations.
Our Central Area District Phase II was not provided with infrastructure to make possible its full development due to the same paucity of fund that prevented the development of the down town boulevard ever since.
