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."
By Blake Evans-Pritchard Although the United States remains outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, it is increasingly showing support for the court, and more generally for international efforts to bring the perpetrators of atrocities to justice. Over the past 12 months, the US government has ratcheted up efforts to catch Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, […]
By Walter Menya Plan to give existing African court powers to handle international-scale crimes come under scrutiny as skeptics question whether it could be independent and sustainable. Ahead of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa this week, legal experts are urging caution over plans to expand the jurisdiction of the African Court on Human […]
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, as a threat not only to Nigeria, but also to the entire African continent and called for international efforts to curb its activities. Jonathan, while fielding questions on a CNN program, Amanpour, from the World Economic Forum, Davos said the sect was not fuelled […]
The Supreme Court has granted the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) application to be joined in the petition by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in which the opposition is questioning the integrity of the December 7 polls. This ostensibly opens the way for the substantive matter to be heard by the Court. The nine-member bench presided […]
President Obama called Wednesday for a new and tougher assault-weapons ban and a 10-round limit on magazines, as part of a comprehensive plan to curb gun violence that includes 23 steps he would take without congressional action. Already facing stiff opposition from gun-rights advocates and Republican lawmakers, the president called on Congress to pass several […]
By Prof. George Ayittey The situation in Ghana is infuriating. In Africa, we take one step forward and then three steps back. Same problems, same rituals and the repetition of the same foolish mistakes in one country after another. We touted Kenya as a “bastion of stability” in the East African region; then after the […]
By Edgar Angumya Uganda is the biggest recipient of illicit financial flows in East Africa, according to data from the Global Financial Integrity (GFI). The report places Uganda at position 66, with close to $680m of illicit money. Tanzania comes second in the region with about $333m, landing at the 86th position. Meanwhile, Rwanda and […]
The Mayor of Addis Ababa, Kuma Demeksa and the Mayor of New Delhi, Meera Aggarwal, have signed a twinning agreement to establish sister-city relationships between Addis Ababa and New Delhi. The agreement was signed in New Delhi during a visit by Mayor Kuma Demeksa to the city. The agreement will enable the two cities to […]
Ethiopia has begun construction of a 6,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river, a move that has been greeted enthusiastically by many Ethiopians but that is causing concern in the downstream nations of Sudan and Egypt. The project, which is scheduled to take six and a half years to complete, is being […]
Award winning highlife musician Daniel Amakye Dede has denied media reports that he deliberately refused to perform at the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) victory party held at the Trade Fair Centre at La in Accra on Monday, January 7. According to him, although he was informed by one Fred Darko that the organizers of the […]