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Gay rights debate heats up in Ghana
June 27, 2011The debate over gays and lesbian rights in Ghana is heating up, with both the ruling party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition National Patriotic Party (NPP) are calling for the holding of a stakeholders conference on the issue.
Nigeria: President Jonathan vows to address falling education standard
May 18, 2011Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has described as “unacceptable” the falling standards in the quality of graduates coming out every year from schools at various levels in the country, vowing to address the problem.
Nigeria: poll violence dampens Christians’ Easter celebration in Kano
April 24, 2011Security has been reinforced around Churches across the northern Nigerian state of Kano and other northern states, as Christians marked the Easter celebration in a low key fashion amidst tension sparked by post election violence.
At Easter, Ghana Pres Mills calls for peace, unity
April 22, 2011As Christians across the world celebrate “Good Friday” as part of their Easter celebration, Ghana's President John Attah Mills has used his speech to mark the occasion to preach peace, unity and stability in his country and war torn countries.
Reforming Sierra Leone's chieftaincy system
April 4, 2011Chieftaincy remains a key cultural and political institution in Sierra Leone.
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