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Global Warming: What Gives for Africa at COP28?

The layman on the street only sees rains, snow and sunshine. In Africa our diviners claim the hand of the divine is obvious in occurrences of violent storms and floods. Many see what they describe as the end times. 2023 is considered the warmest year so far. There have been floods in China, India, parts […]

Daasebre, Da Yie (Fare Thee Well)

The people of Kwahu are mourning their former Omanhene, Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng with a funeral at the Okwahu state capital, Abene. Kwahu is part of the Akan stock, and their funerals are essentially Akan. What one might see at the funeral at Abene might not be any different from what would occur elsewhere in Akan […]

Ghana’s Ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Selects a New Leader

Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) announced the victory of Vice President Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Bawumia in the primaries held Saturday, November 4, 2023. Bawumia won 118,210 votes representing 61.47 percent of the votes as against 71,996 (35.52 percent) of his closest rival, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The two other contestants Owusu Afriyie Akoto and Francis Addae Nimo […]

Ghana’s Volta Dam Spillage: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward

The thought of a dam spillage and/or breakage is not very comfortable: it could be rather ominous, threatening, worrying and menacing. And especially for those living in the water’s flow path the thought could be a warning most gloomy. The Volta River Authority, (VRA) managers of Ghana’s premier hydro-electric dam at Akosombo in the Eastern […]

2024 General Elections in Ghana: The Heat is on

In fifteen months, Ghana will be heading for general elections and the climate is lively with political activity. The government is under the weight of assessment and examination by both the opposition and supporters at the same time. Also in the works are the selective processes of choosing flag bearers and prospective members of parliament, […]

Skin Bleaching by African Women

The potential dangers and harmful side effects of skin bleaching notwithstanding, it is on the increase in Africa. It is believed that about 25 to 80 percent of women regularly use skin whitening products to achieve what they believe is a beauty enhancement. Among the many reasons why women bleach their skin, particularly their faces, […]

Niger Coup: Flagged momentum and confused leaders

Recent developments in post-coup Niger indicate either a change of mind or a loss of momentum even among both the military junta and the people. First of all, attitudes towards those perceived to be pro-French, and by implication, the Americans who share the same repressive economic and political attitudes towards Niger have flagged considerably. Generally […]

Azumah Nelson hits 65

On his return home after a rematch against Jeff Fennech, the Australian boxer in 2008, Azumah Nelson replied journalists at a press conference, “I beat him like father and son.” It was a funny response but the truth was that Nelson brutalized the Aussie boxer nicknamed “The Marrickville Mauler” after a couple of fights had […]

The Okada Menace in Ghana

Okada, the imported transportation system introduced into Ghana from neighboring West African countries, has become “unofficial but thriving mobility option,” write Oteng Ababio, et al in the African Studies Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Sept. 2015. They add that the problem of policy failure owing to pressure on authorities from riders and some civil society […]

The Fits and Starts of African’s Peace trip to Ukraine and Russia

The fits in the trip to help resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine by Africa started in Poland with the grounding of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s flight leading to a delay by Polish authorities. It was Ukraine that meted out a similar humiliation to African students at the beginning of the war in […]

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