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...situation should be limited to basic humanitarian aid. The African Union and Kenya’s neighbors are far better positioned to understand the intricacies of the situation and mediate an acceptable political compromise. Already these countries have shown their willingness to do so; several African presidents including Ghanaian President and African Union chairman John Kufuor have gone to Kenya to attempt to make peace or at least ameliorate the situation. This week, Ghanaian former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will arrive in Nairobi to renew that push...
After a week of violence, Kibaki and Odinga came under heavy international pressure--and intensive lobbying by African leaders like Tutu and Ghanaian President John Kufuor and by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer--to reach some sort of compromise. But the question of who would rule was unresolved, leaving many Kenyans worried that the furies unleashed by the stolen election would lurk close to the surface, ready to break out at any time...
...rugby has spread far beyond its traditional domain as the erstwhile preserve of posh public-school types. Though a strong elite element remains, the current England team owes its success in part to such stars as Laurence Dallaglio, Paul Sackey and Jason Robinson (sons, respectively, of Italian, Jamaican and Ghanaian immigrants). Expect that diversity to grow: As television helps fuel rugby's popularity from the ground up, a rising number of the nation's best players will emerge from more modest milieus than Eton, Harrow and the school that gave the game its name, as kids from all social background...
...Here in a Ghanaian village, though, it wasn’t the “how much” that captured my attention, but the “how.” If it’s this difficult to hand out candy to children, what happens when millions of aid dollars are at stake...
...Shabbat dinner with Cohen almost every Friday night during their time at Harvard, recalls a particular meal when her friend introduced herself to 50 or 60 people at dinner and evoked laughs. “Here was this Friday night Jewish dinner and she was comparing it to a Ghanaian feast, bringing the world together in a sense.” Cohen’s involvement in HASA, including a stint as social chair this past year, facilitated friendships that fostered a better understanding of the continent. “I really got to know such a wide range...