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Roughly six weeks after 34 striking miners were gunned down by police at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, the strikes are over and the miners have all gone back to work, having finally agreed to terms on a pay increase slightly lower than their original demands.  The dust […]

Is peace between individuals and societies possible, or is conflict simply a part of human nature? Does it differ from culture to culture, religion to religion, nation to nation? All human history is punctuated by conflict and endless struggle for peaceful coexistence. Even before the American Revolution in 1777 to […]

There is no doubt that Mobile Technology has changed Africa for the better and more is expected in the coming years. According to the latest Wireless Intelligence data by GSMA, “Total mobile connections in sub-Sahara Africa passed the 500 million mark in the first quarter of  2013, increasing by about […]

  The death of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills some weeks back presented a different test of how much Ghana’s democracy has matured. This West African nation ushered in democracy in 1992 and has since successfully held elections every four years. The way elections are conducted and the political […]

The International Olympic Committee is certainly not bashful about proclaiming its lofty ideals. The Olympics, it says, is about placing sport – silver platter style – at the “service of humanity and to thereby promote peace”. The iconic Olympic rings themselves signify a kind of brotherhood or “union between men”. […]