I am more inclined to believe that they are out to make Mills the first single-term President in Ghanaian politics. And they may succeed if they are able to take enough votes away from him come December, 2012 unless they are not interested in fielding a presidential candidate.

Government should also put in place as a matter of urgency, environmental courts and a polluter pay policy as well as build the capacity of law enforcement agencies and state attorneys on environmental issues to aid prosecution of offenders who contribute to environmental degradation.

All over, we keep labeling the youth as irresponsible and lacking discipline when in truth, they are not really to blame! Children grow up into what they learn. What children learn from their homes, schools, streets, etc, forms a greater part of their future!

It is sometimes disturbing when we listen to the kinds of promises made in the name of politics. They sound too good to be true! Imagine a person seeking for a job and yet promising one in return? How likely is that?

The time has come for a rigorous cleansing of the journalistic profession.

Well, my legal advisers tell me that what the Mills-Mahama government ought to have done, should have been to file the more relevant charges of incitement to violence and hatred against the understandably angry, albeit rather intemperate, Mr. Agyepong with any of the countryÂ’s legitimately constituted circuit courts.

Within just 32 days of operations in Ghana, Glo Mobile has already knocked out its first victim, the only CDMA player, Expresso. With the CDMA operator behind it, Glo is now heading for the real competition, which lies with the GSM operators.

That was once our identity! These days in our media are stories of ambushing, murder, robberies, rape, molestation and abuse, fighting and rivalry, among others. The clashes are becoming rampant with each passing day. I keep asking myself: Where are the true Ghanaians?

Whatever the true nature of affairs may be, it is tragically clear that 20 years of stable democratic governance has not been healthily accompanied by the most salient ingredient of viable progress and development – continuity of policies and legal/economic obligations that stand to minimize wanton wastage of limited public monetary and other capital resources.

When people accuse you of doing something wrong and you are presented with the opportunity of setting the records straight, all you need to do is to tell it all by leaving no room for more snooping.

Even with all the turmoil, some NDC Ministers and MPs and especially the Vice President say they will win a landslide victory in December. How are they going to do this? President Mills has gone quiet again. Campaign strategizing? Behind closed doors? Praying? Too many guesses these days.

I will not be surprised if Dr. Aryeh after getting a firm grounding in the NDP goes ahead to sell the party for peanuts. I wish the NDP good luck but with people like Dr. Aryeh in the helm of affairs in the NDP, the party is already a recipe for disaster.

President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated Justice Aloma Mukthar as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN)

As the New Partnership for AfricaÂ’s Development (NEPAD), the blueprint for the continentÂ’s development marks 10 years, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) convened a panel to reflect on NEPADÂ’s achievements and challenges in advancing Africa Â’s development.

Senegal's new President Macky Sall wins a huge majority in legislative elections.

The UN Security Council has said it is not ready to back a West African intervention force in northern Mali, which has been seized by Islamist militant groups.

Against the backdrop of calls by some states governors for the establishment of State Police Force to complement the present Nigeria Police Force,NPF, Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday, in Kaduna kicked against it, saying Nigeria was not ripe for it.

Chinese police have broken up two major child trafficking gangs and freed 181 children, officials say.

The secret-spilling group WikiLeaks said Thursday it was in the process of publishing material from 2.4 million Syrian emails — many of which it said came from official government accounts.

Mortality rates in a refugee camp in South Sudan are nearly double the threshold for an emergency, Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned.