International

WEST African regional bloc ECOWAS plans to send more than 600 troops to Guinea-Bissau in the coming days to protect institutions and political figures after a military coup there, a senior ECOWAS source and another informed official said on Wednesday.

ALMOST two rhinos a day are being poached in South Africa for their horns, which are worth more than their weight in gold.

THE New York Times has claimed in a report that Bo Xilai, a Chinese politician, ran an extensive phone-tapping system that spied on high-level officials, including the president, and this contributed to his downfall.

Former head of Ghana’s UN Peace Keeping Mission in Rwanda, Major General Henry Kwame Anyidoho, is appealing to Ghanaians to reject hate-speeches.

Growing consumption in Sub- Saharan Africa driven by the growing economies may be having an opposite effect on the level of national savings that have remained the same in the recent past, affecting the ability of the region to mobilise cheap capital for social development.

Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former head of public service Francis Muthaura have asked the International Criminal Court Trial Chamber to delay proceedings against them until their appeals are determined.