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 Dan Eden for viewzone. They have always been there. People noticed them before. But no one could remember who made them — or why? Until just recently, no one even knew how many there were. Now they are everywhere — thousands — no, hundreds of thousands of them! And the story they tell is […]
Nana Asirifi Twereboo, Nkosuohene (Chief of Development/Progress) of Akyem Asafo, has gone to his ancestral village. The passing occurred July 4 at the Harlem Hospital, New York. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in December 24 1943, Nana Asirifi Twereboo (nee Joseph Sargent) graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1962. As a young man […]
by Kwesi Biney If we let this Talensi situation become the norm, what will be the point? Politics of stealing, bribery, violence will lead to more poverty and despair in a nation with no excuse not to be prosperous. What a shame! (Papa Kwesi Nduom). A shame indeed it is and has been over the […]
by Dr. Andrew Baddoo Air travel is a trying ordeal at best—long lines, cramped seats, tiny bathrooms. More people are traveling, using air travel as a means to get to their destination quickly. The utilization of air travel brings forth hazards like deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pulmonary embolism (PE) if preventable measures are not […]
Just ten years ago, Ghana had the most reliable electricity supply in all of Africa and the highest percentage of households connected to the grid in all of Africa – including South Africa. The Volta River Authority, the power producer and distributor was, in my very considerable experience, the best run and most efficient public […]
By Clement Manirabarusha Burundi on Sunday rejected a second U.N. diplomat named to help resolve the country’s political crisis, saying a critical report about last week’s parliamentary elections demonstrated bias. The tiny east African country plunged into turmoil in late April when protests erupted in response to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term. […]
It is a reality of life that ‘sometimes marriages just do not work out’ It is finally official: adultery is no longer part of South African law and a “wronged spouse” may no longer sue for damages. A unanimous decision by the judges of the Constitutional Court delivered today says that marriage is based on […]
By Boureima Balima and Jennifer Lazuta Boko Haram came to 25-year-old Fanna Liman Mustafa’s home in Baga in northeastern Nigeria in November and burnt it to the ground. She took her four children and fled across the border into Niger. As fate has it, she is one of the lucky ones. The Islamist militants returned […]
By Sylvestre Tetchiada More than a week after floods caused by heavy rain in Cameroon’s economic capital, Douala, killed at least four people and destroyed the homes and businesses of thousands of others, displacing at least 2,000 people and directly affecting more than 30,000, the city remains devastated. Fallen electric poles are a grim reminder […]
The National Diabetes Association (NDA) Ghana is frantically chasing a $40 million lifeline from the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) which appears to have disappeared in a black hole. According to the association, the money was given to the Ghanaian partner, National Diabetes Management and Research Centre, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, headed by Prof Albert […]