J P Tindana from Accra, Ghana, writes following news that Ghana's Narcotics Control Board have arrested two British teenagers for allegedly attempting to smuggle about six hundred thousand dollars worth of drugs.

I heard about this story with dismay. Teenagers should be thinking about getting good grades in school, not drug-smuggling.

This insatiable craving for money and materialism is detrimental to the morals and values of our future leaders.

Parents and educational institutions should rise to the challenge of instilling good values into our children.

Young people should learn that the real value of a person does not lie in the number of material goods he or she possesses.

Thursday12th July

A survey by the charity Actionaid, which helped organise a protest march says that 1 in every three Nigerians go to bed hungry due to extreme poverty, but Abimbola Oladiran Johnson from Bauchi State makes this observation

There is plenty of hunger here in Nigeria!

You only need to go to places like the northern part of the country to see it. But just as government is to blame so too are our people themselves!

How can one man have 4 wives and more than 10 children?

How does a man hope to take care of them all and himself.

Wednesday 11th July

Earlier this week, Monica Arac de Nyeko from Uganda was awarded the 2007 Caine Prize for African Writing. Ikenna Michael Oforma writes from Lagos, Nigeria...

First it was Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie winning the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and now Monica wins the Caine Prize.

What we truly lack in africa is not the skill or manpower but an enabling and supportive environment. If we can have female champions in this literary field, who says we can't do it in other much needed fields?

Ikenna calls for a change of attitude.

Unfortunately, the only kind of promotion many of our youth are at home with is the glitz of commercialised media. This mentality can be reshaped only if our own peoples and governments openly start rewarding hard work. Presently, all the rewards and recognition come from outside our continent.

Tuesday 10th July

The failure of Sudan's national government in Khartoum to withdraw all their troops from the south of the country, as had been outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed two-and-a-half years ago, prompted Peter Kuol Lual to write from Maridi, South Sudan.

The National Congress Party in the North should bear in mind that they have already signed this agreement with the SPLA in the South, so I urge both parties here in Sudan not to sabotage it.

It was agreed that only the integrated army would remain, so please comply with the deal that you put your names to.

Monday 9th July

This weekend, the rain finally stopped falling over the Wimbledon tennis courts in London and the outcome of one match in particular made a happy man out of Israel Ambe Ayongwa in Bamenda, Cameroon.

Congratulations to Venus Williams following her emphatic victory over Marion Bartoli in the engrossing Wimbledon Women's Finals match.

I followed the entire encounter online and on FM here in Bamenda using my cell phone.

Previously tennis has not interested me as much as football but I am developing a keen interest in it now thanks to the style of Venus. Bravo!