Dhaka - Bangladesh's newly appointed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed Wednesday began her second term in office, paying homage to the memory of her slain father and the country's liberation war martyrs, officials said.
She was sworn in as head of government Tuesday after an alliance led by her Awami League (AL) party won a landslide victory in the December 29 general elections which ended almost two years of rule by a military-backed administration.
Nairobi/Accra - Opposition candidate John Atta Mills is to be sworn in as the president of Ghana on Wednesday after winning a tight run-off election.
Atta Mills, representing the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Saturday took the presidency by a margin of under 0.5 per cent from Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
While the election was tainted by allegations of fraud from both parties, the electoral commission said it had found no evidence to support the claims and international observers said that elections were free and fair.
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has come under fire for passing a bill that imposes limitations on the work of aid agencies related to human rights.
Parliament on Tuesday voted through the bill, which bans foreign agencies from operating in the fields of human rights, gender equality, children's and disabled persons' rights, conflict resolution and criminal justice issues.
Local charities that receive more than 10 per cent of their funding from abroad will also face these restrictions.
Washington - US President George W Bush designated three areas of the Pacific Ocean as national monuments on Tuesday, preserving vast areas of waters rich in sea life for scientific research.
The three new monuments in remote areas of the Pacific near the US territories of American Samoa and Wake Island consist of a combined 518,000 square kilometres - slightly larger than Spain.
Bush made the designations under the Antiquities Act of 1906 that allows presidents to set aside places of historic, cultural or scientific significance.
Amman - Jordan and the European Union on Tuesday reached agreement on setting up a "joint mechanism" for delivering humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip as the Israeli offensive into the salient continued its eleventh day.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's President Iajuddin Ahmed Tuesday appointed Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina Wazed as prime minister of the country for a five-year term, officials said.
Hasina, 61, whose AL-led alliance won a crushing victory in the December 29 general elections, was sworn in as the 12th premier of the country.
It is her second term in office as prime minister.
The newly appointed premier reiterated her pledges to lower the prices of essential commodities and improve law and order on an urgent basis.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's newly appointed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed Wednesday began her second term in office, paying homage to the memory of her slain father and the country's liberation war martyrs, officials said.
Nairobi/Accra - Opposition candidate John Atta Mills is to be sworn in as the president of Ghana on Wednesday after winning a tight run-off election.
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has come under fire for passing a bill that imposes limitations on the work of aid agencies related to human rights.
Washington - US President George W Bush designated three areas of the Pacific Ocean as national monuments on Tuesday, preserving vast areas of waters rich in sea life for scientific research.
Amman - Jordan and the European Union on Tuesday reached agreement on setting up a "joint mechanism" for delivering humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip as the Israeli offensive into the salient continued its eleventh day.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's President Iajuddin Ahmed Tuesday appointed Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina Wazed as prime minister of the country for a five-year term, officials said.
