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."
First it was the biggest cannabis haul seizure at the UK Heathrow airport but British officials today September 28, 2012 say they have intercepted another drug consignment smuggled from Ghana. The UK Border Force says it has seized a consignment of cocaine weighing about 7.5 kilos. The agency found the consignment Tuesday September 25, 2012 […]
Personnel of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service have arrested a 58-year-old Jamaican for cultivating 400 acres of cannabis (wee) at Koru in the Alavanyo-Nkonya District in the Volta Region. Also arrested with the suspect, Wesley Appleton, were 10 suspects including three women who were found on the farm during the […]
By Kofi Ayim and Pamela Appea Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama told a cross-section of Ghanaians in the New York area that even though confidence in Ghana’s economy is high, political pressures preceding the December 7 elections is one reason his country’s currency has experienced diminished value. He conceded that his government has challenges because […]
Kwabena Opong The African Commission of the Newark Municipal Council joined Nigerians Monday October 1 for a flag raising ceremony at the City Hall to commemorate the 52nd independence anniversary of the African super power. It has become customary for the Mayor’s African Commission to celebrate the independence anniversaries of the various African countries […]
By Uchenna Ekwo Although left out or ignored in the current presidential campaigns, Africans in the Diaspora last week sought to add their voices to the democratic process in the United States. The Channel: CMPI-produced documentary on the civic participation of Africans in the United States. The gathering of Africans in America at 115 Street […]
By Kwabena Opong Africa Day Parade 2012 in New York City held Sunday, September 23, 2012 would probably go down as one of the most memorable festivals organized by Africans in recent times. The highlight of the Parade, besides its goal was the artful acrobatic performance of a masked man from Burkina Faso. The […]
By Hans Awude As climate change makes agricultural employment increasingly precarious, trade unions could have a big role to play. With climate change increasingly altering weather patterns and environments, it is likely that developing countries, those who have contributed the least to the problem, will suffer its worst impacts. Agriculture in particular will be […]
By Marishka Van Steenbergen Nyamizi, a 73-year-old widow from Sukumaland, Tanzania, was returning home from work one night when she was attacked by a man with a machete. He chopped off her hand and slashed her head, knocking her unconscious. She had earlier received a threatening letter telling her to leave her village. Nyamizi […]
By Richard Dowden After 26 years of the most horrific war, Liberia seems to have settled down despite noisy disenchantment with the rule of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, now in her second term. I recently attended a conference on Liberia for some 300 investors and potential investors. During this, I heard very many positive statements […]
By Matthew Onah It was a black Independence Day for the inhabitants of Mubi town, Adamawa State, as at least 46 persons, mostly students of three tertiary institutions, in the town were massacred in cold blood on Monday night by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram. The casualties, believed to […]