Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Johannesburg — Fabrice Muamba has announced his retirement from football citing medical grounds. The midfielder, who collapsed on the pitch earlier this year, said that based on medical advice, he will not be able to continue his career. Fabrice Muamba has retired from professional football at the age of 24 due to health concerns. The […]
London — A £15.3 million (US$24 million) fund to build links between African research laboratories and strengthen their research capacity through mentoring has been launched by the Royal Society (the UK’s science academy) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The aim is to provide equipment and training for African scientists, and to establish […]
Ghanaians on Tuesday, July 24 received news of the death of their president John Evans Atta Mills with anger, sadness but not surprised. People were angry because they believed their president’s death was preventable; they were sad because it happened to a man who did not deserve to be neglected by his handlers; but they […]
Many Ghanaians raised in the traditional family setting where more than one nuclear family lived in a home may be familiar with such past times as storytelling. Invariably, the eponymous hero of such stories would be Kwaku Ananse and his family comprising Okonore Yaa and Ntikuma. Unfortunately, however, such forms of traditional entertainment are dying […]
by Kofi Ayim Normal body cells grow in a very organized way. They grow at a specific rate, and when they complete the function that they are supposed to perform, they stop growing. Eventually they die and are replaced by new cells. Cancer is caused when this orderly growth of cells is disturbed. There are […]
By Steve Maggi As an immigration lawyer, and a former immigrant, President Obama’s June 15th press conference announcing the new initiative called Deferred Action was something I have dreamed of for years. Many of the readers of this newspaper may benefit from the new program, which is why it is important to explain it in […]
The death was reported of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday, July 24, just three days after he had celebrated his 68th birthday. Ghanaians mourned until their president is buried on August 10 in the nation’s capital. The death of the president certainly came as a shock to Ghanaians as every death is, […]
The Larteh Ewuebi Association of North America was inaugurated on Saturday, July 28 at the Center in Newark, NJ. The organization, formed to increase networking among its members in the United States, Canada and elsewhere is principally aimed at the development of Larteh in the Eastern Region of Ghana. According to Mr. George Obiri Agyapong […]
The president of the newly formed Ghanaian Engineers & Architects of America (GEAAA), George Korley has urged members of the association to be guided by the acronym M.O.V.E. – , Momentum, Opportunity, Vision and Engagement. Mr. Korley was delivering his welcome address at the official launch of the GEAAA on Saturday, July 28 at the […]
China, one of the fastest developing countries plans to grant a loan totalling to $20billion between 2013 and 2015, a top official at the Chinese Embassy in Uganda has said. Speaking to The Independent in an interview on August 9, Zou Xiaoming, the counsellor at the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office said China is interested […]