Sri Lanka brimming with promise
Two years after the end of a three decades
conflict, the lifting of the emergency rule in late August 2011
confirmed the beginning of a new era for Sri Lanka. With the recent
discovery of gas fields off its coast, its future looks bright. Dr
Dayan Jayatilleka, the ambassador of Sri Lanka to France, tells us
about the opportunities of this renewal for the country’s
development and the assets of its strategic positioning at the heart
of the Indian Ocean rim.
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Ghanaians need to be aware about climate change
“Earthly things have changed and it is because
we have started cutting down trees everywhere,” said middle-aged
Lariba Mohammed, a vegetable farmer near Tamale, the capital of the
Northern Region, 658 km North of the Ghanaian capital Accra.
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Shake hands with an Angel - meeting with Lt. Gen Romeo Dallaire
After Rwanda, Gen Romeo Dallaire gave leadership
in a project to develop a conceptual base for the elimination of the
use of child soldiers. In his best-selling book "They Fight Like
Soldiers, They Die Like Children," Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire
suggests to promote Zero Force, an international campaign to
eradicate the use of child soldiers. He is determined to fight to
eradicate the use of child soldiers in armed conflicts. It is a
mission to which Gen Dallaire has committed himself for the rest of
his life.
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Walking together to restore the old grandeur
For nearly three decades, Tiger terrorists
fought the government forces in Sri Lanka, once controlling its
Northern and Eastern regions. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan military
finally crushed the rebels, ending one of Asia's longest-running
conflicts. The threat of terrorism abated, and for all Sri Lankans,
life began to take an unbelievably good turn. People's aspirations
triumphed.
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