Clair MacDougall – A letter from Ghana

As Liberia heads into its runoff vote this week many commentators are expecting President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to claim victory, extending her leadership for another six years. Opposition leader Winston Tubman’s decision last week to boycott the runoff, has also

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One morning back in late May, I stumbled up the street to buy my morning paper. I opened the paper to find a headline that read: ‘8,000 Homos In Two Regions: Majority Infected With HIV/AIDS’. I looked up at my

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