Transfer technical skills to private sector - Mahama urges investors

President John Dramani Mahama has urged foreign investors willing to invest in Ghana to be prepared to transfer technical know-how to the local private sector.

South Africa: Elderly Victims of Forced Removals in Maclean Town to Get New Homes

Elderly people who were dispossessed of their property and land in Maclean town when the area was declared a White Group Area in 1970 will get new homes from the Eastern Cape Government.

North Africa: U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Egypt, Algeria & Libya

Excerpts from the United States Department of State daily press briefing:

Q&A: Press regulation

Press regulation has become a controversial topic. Why, and what are the arguments involved?

Top sites for booking tours

Travellers often book flights and hotel stays ahead of their trip, but many don't realise they can save time - and sometimes money - by booking classic tours and activities in advance as well, such as Paris's open-excursio- boats, Les Bateaux Mouches, or an after-hours tour of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

Senegal Looking More Vulnerable to Extremism, Instability

Dakar — As violence rages in northern Nigeria, and international peacekeepers gear up to keep the peace in northern Mali, fears abound that Islamist movements will spread across borders, stoking instability elsewhere in the region, including Senegal which is not immune to the spread of extremist rhetoric, argues a just-published report by the Institute of Security Studies (ISS).

Think tank commends Tullow, Kosmos for transparency but …

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), a think-tank in the energy and extractives industries has commended Kosmos Energy and Tullow Oil for satisfying some major requirements for deepening transparency and accountability in the oil and gas industry.

Ghana Local contractors to boycott gov′t contracts

Road contractors working on government contracts have threatened that if government fails to pay their outstanding arrears owed them from past contracts, "we would have to turn our backs on all g

Uganda: Survey - More Women Think Dometic Violence Is Justified

Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, the Isis-WICCE′s executive director, linked domestic violence to early marriage. Many girls are married off before they turn 18, which leaves them at the mercy of their hu