Archive for: October, 2021

Bajaj Qute vehicles in Ghana

The introduction of Bajaj Qute vehicles by the Coastal Development Authority (CODA) of Ghana into the country’s transportation system is welcome news. The bold initiative was conceived by the ruling New Patriotic Party government in the heat and passion of the 2020 election campaign. After much political wrangling, ‘CODA Drive,’ (as the mini-sized vehicle is […]

Ugandan MPs earn higher salaries than those in EU states

Politicians live like kings among poverty-stricken constituents GODREY OLUKYA Ian Clarke wondered in one of his columns in a Ugandan newspaper how the country could afford to pay higher salaries to MPs than those in Ireland from where he hails. He said that apart from earning very high salaries, Uganda’s parliament is also unnecessarily big. […]

NATO Studying ‘Options’ to Bolster Africa Anti-Jihadi Force, UN Says

NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel Joint Force in the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a surge in jihadis violence has cost thousands of lives, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter seen by AFP on Thursday October 7. The North Atlantic Treaty […]

Homosexuality, sex and politics in Ghana

The center stage of Ghanaian political debate has shifted to the issue of homosexuality inflaming passions, angering many and confusing Ghanaians about the legality and otherwise of the homosexual act. What is now dubbed LGBTQ+ whatever it means has now become a fad being bandied about with jest in some circles and with utter rejection […]

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