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."
Kofi A. Boateng, PhD, New York, NY There is a political party in Ghana that claims to be brimful of highly educated people. This party does not hesitate to scorn the appointees of the ruling party as clueless and not up to the task. You wake up any of their leaders at any time and […]
Ras J. Baraka has served as South Ward Councilman since May 2010 and is running for Mayor in the 2014 election. A native of Newark where his family has lived for over 70 years, Baraka was educated in the Newark Public Schools and went on to receive a BA in Political Science from Howard University […]
There is nothing more important to the future of our city than the development and education of our youngest residents, the children of Newark. My campaign, “Believe in Newark,” is based on the principle that the people of Newark, working collectively and in a coordinated way, have the ability to transform our city to ensure […]
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MAMDOUH THABET, The Associated Press MINYA, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian judge sentenced to death the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and 682 other people Monday in the latest in a series of high-stakes mass trials that have been unprecedented in scope, drawing sharp condemnation from international rights groups. The verdicts — which were appealed by […]
by Adeleke Mainasara Education Ministers in Africa are key to Africa’s rising to occupy its place in the global arena, Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga, Commissioner for Human Resources Science and Technology (HRST) of the AU said at the opening of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union […]
Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader has told the BBC. Pogo Bitrus said there had been “sightings” of gunmen crossing with the girls into Cameroon and Chad. Some of the girls had been forced to marry the […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday May 2 made a surprise visit to South Sudan where a power struggle between supporters of President Salva Kiir and his rival, former deputy president Riek Machar, has been raging since December 2013. Both sides have been accused of widespread atrocities. Before Kerry met with President Kiir, […]
Pete Kasperowicz, The Blaze Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said May 2 that passing immigration reform would do untold damage to the Republican party, and dismissed the latest Democratic claims that an immigration bill would actually help the GOP. King spoke to TheBlaze a day after Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gave a blistering critique of King […]
Linda Jumah, Newark’s South Ward District Leader has expressed her support for Newark City Councilman and Mayoral Candidate Ras Baraka. Below is the e-mail sent to Amandla: Newark is a very diverse city. It is an International City as Ras Baraka likes to call it. People from all over the continent have migrated into Newark […]