For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists, this year’s Muslim holy month of Ramadan carries a bitter taste. “Our homes and cars have been destroyed, our family separated,” said the former bank manager in Iraq’s second largest city. “Why should we have to wait … Read more
For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists, this year’s Muslim holy month of Ramadan carries a bitter taste. “Our homes and cars have been destroyed, our family separated,” said the former bank manager in Iraq’s second largest city. “Why should we have to wait … Read more
Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing electricity blackouts, poverty and Israel’s blockade, analysts and officials say. The situation is likely to be further complicated by the Saudi-led diplomatic row with Qatar, which has been a major donor to the Gaza … Read more
Ghanaians were horrified when members of a vigilante group loosely affiliated with the ruling party stormed a court to free 13 members standing trial for assault late last week. The Delta Force is just one of a handful of groups responsible for commandeering public facilities since New Patriotic Party (NPP) leader Nana Akufo-Addo won December’s … Read more
In the heart of the Gaza Strip’s Shati refugee camp, machines buzz as Mohammed Abu Shanab’s employees sew small, round pieces of cloth: Jewish skullcaps for export to Israel. It may seem an unlikely product to be made in the Palestinian enclave run by Islamist movement Hamas and hit by three wars with Israel since … Read more
A member of the Economic Management Team of the governing New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah has castigated the NDC government for failing to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets aimed at ensuring macroeconomic stability. Contributing to a debate on the President’s State of the Nation Address in Parliament, the MP for New Juaben South, … Read more
Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, saying it had treated more than 55,000 people wounded during a Saudi-led intervention in the country. “Since the violence escalated in March 2015, MSF has treated… more than 55,000 war-wounded patients across the country,” said Djoen Besselink, using the French … Read more
Ghana’s finance minister hopes to tap international capital markets for the fourth time in as many years, but dismissed concerns that government spending and borrowing ahead of elections increased the risk of the nation’s debt becoming unsustainable. Seth Terkper said the Treasury would like to issue a new bond by the end of the year, … Read more