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Mauritania, to be Sanctioned or Spared?

Thursday, November 20, 2008 

By Alhassan Atta-Quayson, AfricanLiberty.org, Accra 

MauritaniaToday is exactly a month since the European Union issued an an ultimatum for the coup makers in Mauritania to prepare to put the country back on its journey to constituional rule.
The question bothering observers is whether after the one-month ultimatum, Mauritania, with its new oil finds, will be sanctioned to maintain the credibility of the EU or be spared for reasons yet to be known.

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Unchain Africa's Melodies

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

By  Alec van Gelder and Mark Schultz

Alec van Gelder (L) and Mark Mark SchultzThe worst piracy in Africa is not in boats off Somalia:  fake copies of drugs, movies and music hurt African economies even more. Western businesses may complain the loudest but sub-Saharan Africa's own musicians have even more to gain from clamping down on rip-offs.

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Government Intervention Counterproductive: Economic Crisis Calls For New Thinking On Managing Risk, Stimulating Economies

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

On the eve of a meeting of government officials from the G20 group of leading economies, a new report from a global group of think-tanks argued that the attempts by governments to intervene in the financial crisis have been counterproductive and it calls for clearer thinking on how to manage the risks inherent in the financial system.

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Nana Akufo-Addo's Utopian Campaign Promises in Perspective

Monday, November 17, 2008 

By Alhassan Atta-Quayson 

Once again Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flag bearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the December 7 2008 Presidential Election has firmly landed himself in the land of Utopia, making more impractical and unrealistic campaign promises.

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Understanding the Financial Crisis

Thursday, November 13, 2008



A detailed analysis of events that led to the financial crisis and the half-hearted measures being proposed by governments to solve it.