The long view: Elusive reconciliation in Bosnia Fifteen years on from the end of the war that saw the former Yugoslavia disintegrate, there seems little hope of long-term agreement between ... Bosnia's quarrelling groups
Environment: Ways to save a continent A timely response is needed to the environmental crisis that threatens Africa. The best opportunity is during the negotiations leading up to ... a major summit in Copenhagen this December
Obama in Ghana: The world is what you make of it President Barack Obama's engagement with Ghana was not only warm but showed promise of deepening the debate about what Africa needs to move ... forward
Climate Change: Africa fights back on its own terms An energetic array of green initiatives is sprouting up across Africa to protect natural resources, harness sustainable energy and spur ... green growth.
Ghana/US: A stormy relationship comes good Relations between Accra and Washington have see-sawed between extremes. ...
The Akan shrine near the White House How some African-Americans in Washington DC look to Ghana for spiritual enlightenment as well as contact with ?the ancestors and the African ... gods of nature
The long view: South America’s conditional cash transfer experience Cash rewards to families that send their kids to school and try to keep them healthy have proven successful; their application in Brazil is ... now being reassessed to make them work better
A way out of the tunnel International institutions are prescribing higher social spending, more flexible monetary policy and a watchful eye on the banks. ...