Archive for: March, 2015

Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone: A Failure of Leadership

by E. Obiri Addo The outbreak of Ebola crisis and its aftermath in Sierra Leone can be attributed to “a crisis of governance” at both national and international levels, according to Dr. Fredline A. O. M’Cormack-Hale, Associate Professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. She […]

Woyome walks as High Court frees him of criminal charges

by Kwabena Opong Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the man at the center of a judgment payment scandal was on Thursday, March 12 acquitted and discharged by an Accra Commercial High Court for criminal intent in receiving a payment of 51.2 million Ghana cedis (approximately US$15 million). Woyome was first arrested on February 3, 2012 after the […]

Let’s influence Ghana

by Kofi Ayim Let’s influence Ghana A New Jersey based Ghanaian traditional leader Beyeeman Gyensare V has called on fellow Ghanaians to come together to influence the way Ghana is managed. Nana Gyensare, Piankohene of Akwamu Traditional Area, Ghana, made this suggestion during a Dinner Dance at the Ramada Plaza Hotel Newark, organized by the […]

Kudos Mr. President: Mr. Goodluck Jonathan deserves accolades for his stupendous Management of the tragic Ebola virus in Nigeria

by Ugomma Duru-Duru Nigeria, the heartbeat of Africa was certified free from the monster virus popular referred to Ebola by WHO on October 20, 2014.The Ebola Free declaration of (Naija)from the World Health Organization came 42 days after the last reported outbreak,which broke out in Nigeria on July 20, 2014. With the eradication of this […]

The Ethnic Media cries out for City business

by Kwabena Opong According to the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at the CUNY graduate school of Journalism, ethnic and community media in the City carries 40 percent of news mainstream media would not carry. The ethnic and community media is among the 350 weekly and 26 foreign language dailies that deluge New York […]

TROUBLING SIGNS

By Ukachi Uwadinobi THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF HEAD-SCRATCHING AMONG DEMOCRATS THESE DAYS CONCERNING former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the wake of an explosive New York Times report alleging she had used a personal email account to conduct official business during her four-year tenure as head of the State Department. Republicans, […]

Should Nigerians re-elect President Jonathan?

By Osmond Ekwueme This month’s Presidential polls in Nigeria – Africa’s largest economy and most populous country in the continent will define the success or failure of Nigeria and her future. It is extremely important that many patriotic Nigerians get engaged. I am seriously engaged from outside. Following Nigeria’s political developments as I do, I […]

In Brooklyn, Countering Views of Nigerian Muslims

By Samuel Lieberman The light outside of the Nigerian American Muslim Integrated Community center (NAMIC) is brighter than any other city light. The president of the center, Shakim Kazeem, 49, said that when they bought the building on Dean Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the sidewalk just outside was so dark that parents did not […]

ROPAA: An Open Letter to Ghana’s Electoral Commissioner – Dr. Kofi A. Boateng

Dear Dr. Afari Gyan: I am sorry that your impending retirement from the pinnacle of Ghana’s Electoral Commission has being marred by the February 27, 2015 ruling by the country’s Supreme Court that your decision to hold the District Assembly elections on March 3, 2015 is unconstitutional and you must redo the process. How February […]

Africa, overlooked by syllabus, is focus of club

By Maya Rajamani By the end of seventh grade, Whitney Wyche had learned about Ancient Greece and Rome, British kings and French monarchs. “I’ve always learned about how great a lot of the European empires are. But we never really got to learn about African civilizations,” said the student at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. […]

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