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."
DANIELLE HAYNES American citizens will be allowed to return to the United States on expired passports through the end of March, extending a COVID-19 relief measure originally set to end this month, the State Department announced Tuesday December 28, 2021. The measure allows U.S. citizens who have passports that expired on or after Jan. 1, […]
Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise in San Diego County and nationwide DAVID HERNANDEZ The job usually gets done in less than five minutes: Thieves jack up the vehicle, slide underneath and shear off the catalytic converter — an emissions control device in the exhaust system. It’s easy — and prevalent, police say. In […]
NATASHA ROBINSON & DAVID MILLS “China wasn’t my first option for a PhD. Honestly, in Ghana the perception about China or the Chinese system, Chinese products, Chinese whatever, it is not very positive.” Dr. Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe is one of the thousands of Ghanaians who recently got their PhDs from universities in China. In […]
President had put restrictions in place as the Omicron variant began spreading around the world, but it is now the dominant strain in the U.S. President Biden will lift a travel ban he imposed last month on non-U.S. citizens traveling from South Africa and seven other southern African countries, according to a senior administration official. […]
A commission in Gambia has suggested that former President Yahya Jammeh be brought before an international tribunal for crimes committed during his 22-year dictatorship. A truth and reconciliation commission in Gambia has found former President Yahya Jammeh responsible for a spate of killings, rapes and torture during his 22-year long dictatorship and recommended that he […]
Families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 can apply for reimbursement from the federal government for up to $9,000 to cover the cost of funeral expenses STEVE LeBLANC When Wanda Olson’s son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to grapple with more than just their sudden grief. They had […]
President had put restrictions in place as the Omicron variant began spreading around the world, but it is now the dominant strain in the U.S. President Biden will lift a travel ban he imposed last month on non-U.S. citizens traveling from South Africa and seven other southern African countries, according to a senior administration official. […]
Kenyans will enjoy lower call rates in Kenya, according to new guidelines released by the Kenya Communications Authority. Kenyans will benefit from lower call rates, which will see costs come down after CA’s review of mobile termination rates (MTRs) and fixed termination rates (FTRs), according to a statement by CA General Manager Ezra Chiloba. The […]
Women are sorting bad nuts from good nuts at the Sagnarigu shea processing facility in Ghana’s Northern Region, a gated facility equipped with cooking stoves produced from mud with an accompanying saucepan stand. Some 90 women, skilled in processing and trading Shea from across the Tamale area, work here to process the nuts from the […]
Years of frustration with the racial composition of the political influence industry have begun to boil over. HAILEY FUCHS & LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have a warning for Washington, D.C., lobbyists: Diversify your firms or you won’t have an audience with us. Long a bastion of white men, K Street has […]