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."
Of the department’s latest batch of 650 new officers, two speak ‘Ewe,’ the primary language of thousands of people from Ghana and Togo — a first for the force. Two of the 650 recruits that joined the NYPD Police Academy Thursday speak the primary language of Ghana and Togo — a first for the 168-year-old […]
By Nina de Vries Sierra Leone’s National Power Authority [NPA], which is responsible for providing the country with power, has deployed a new device that can detect faulty underground cables. The hope is to help provide electricity around-the-clock through the use of this equipment. It will have a great impact on Sierra Leoneons, who face […]
by Elias Ntungwe Ngalame West African states in the Niger River Basin are seeking to tackle climate risks and reduce poverty by constructing three hydropower dams in the next five years. In late November, the Council of Ministers of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA), meeting in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde, endorsed an environmental and climate action […]
by Kwabena Opong Amiri Baraka, a major African American writer described as a primary intellectual architect of the Black Arts movement of the 1960s died January 9 at a Newark hospital aged 79. Cause of death has not been reported but Prof. Baraka has been hospitalized in intensive care since December 2013. Baraka closely identified […]
Cairo – AFP A US team in Egypt has identified the tomb of pharaoh Sobekhotep I, believed to be the founder of the 13th dynasty 3,800 years ago, the antiquities minister said Monday. The team from the University of Pennsylvania had discovered the quartzite sarcophagus of Sobekhotep I, which weighed about 60 tonnes, a year […]
Rev. Eugene Yeboah Ansah, a commissioned officer and Chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserves was ordained a Pastor last month at the First Presbyterian Church, Irvington, New Jersey. A product of the University College of Education, Winneba, Ghana, Rev. Yeboah Ansah holds two graduate degrees, Master of Divinity and Master of Art Marriage […]
by Kofi Ayim The City of Newark, NJ celebrated last month’s Kwanzaa on the 2nd day of the festival in pomp. The celebration, held at the Rotunda of Newark City Hall paid a special and glowing tribute to Nelson Mandela. In a brief speech Newark City Mayor Luis Quintana said that the mosaic nature of […]
Paul A. Offit, This week, the Annals of Internal Medicine—one of the world’s leading medical journals—published three studies evaluating the benefits of vitamins and dietary supplements. The first study determined whether healthy people who received daily multivitamins had a lesser incidence of cancer or heart disease and whether they lived longer. The study was quite […]
French drug maker Sanofi is expected to make 50 to 60 tons of artemisinin each year, striving to supply enough demand for the global market. by Christina Sarich Natural Society / News Report According to studies that were published in an issue of Life Sciences, artemesinin – a derivative of the wormwood plant used in […]
by Lauren F Friedman, Business Insider New evidence suggests that a drink a day could help keep the doctor away — when it comes to cold and flu season, that is. While plenty of research has touted the benefits of resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine, a small study published Dec. 18 in the journal […]