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."
Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean clergyman, rose to prominence in the spring, when he draped the national flag around his shoulders and took to YouTube to call for change in his country, which has been ruled for more than three decades by President Robert Mugabe and is beset by chronic economic problems. “This flag, every day […]
By Kofi Ayim The Central Regional Chairman of the ruling NDC party in Ghana, Mr. Allotey Jacobs has pointed out that he is among the only four people who know exactly what killed Ghana’s former President John Evans Atta Mills. According to him, the others are Dr Cadman Atta Mills, Sammy Atta Mills brother and […]
By Korshie Quashigah Over the last few months, I have carefully followed the furore brewing ahead of the 2016 elections campaign as the expected fierce contest of national development ideas start their journey into our hearts and minds, hoping to convince us to cast our December 7 vote for the best of these campaign messages. […]
By Eromo Egbejule Boko Haram is on the run, and much of the credit must go to vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria who have risen up to protect their local communities from the jihadists. But there is a growing concern that they represent a whole new security threat. Abba Aji Khalli is an auditor employed by […]
International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) of the United States of America have observed that Ghana cannot afford an Electoral Commission (EC) that is not transparent, accountable and credible. The international bodies have therefore, charged the commission to do everything possible to ensure that the crucial December general election is conducted […]
By Ana B. Nieto For Bárbara Rodríguez, 2010 was a bad year. Her husband fell ill and required assistance during most of the day and night. His situation was so dire that Rodríguez was forced to request a onemonth unpaid family leave. “There was no chance for me to get it if it was paid,” […]
by By Melissa Noel For almost a decade during her childhood, Melissa Elias communicated with her mother mainly through phone calls – or she’d hear from her when she received goods sent in a shipping barrel. “I remember the barrels… there were a lot of foodstuffs she (my mother) would send. She would send sneakers […]
Considering the response to Ghana’s President John Mahama’s reprieve of the four-month sentence for contempt of the Supreme Court by Salifu Maase (alias Mugabe), Alistair Nelson, and Ako Gunn (the Muntie 3), there is no doubt that the president flexed his constitutional muscle for political gains and reasons. We find it rather disturbing that President […]
by Kwabena Opong In a statement signed and released on Monday, 22 August, by Communications Minister Dr . Edward Omane Boamah the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, in consultation with the Council of State and in exercise of his constitutional powers under Article 72 of the constitution, remitted the remainder […]
Zambia’s constitutional court on Monday September 5, threw out an attempt by the defeated presidential candidate to annul August’s election results, clearing the way for President Edgar Lungu’s inauguaration . H a k a i n d e Hichilema, who lost the election by 100,000 votes, claimed that the result was rigged and launched a […]