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."
Ghana’s fight against corruption has been dealt a deadly blow. The corruption perception index by Transparency International (TI) ranked the West African nation the second most corrupt country in Africa behind South Africa. The last time TI published its rankings, Ghana was placed in the 60s. This time around TI’s list of the most corrupt […]
By Christina Thornell, Nov. 25 Miriam Kone migrated from Mali in 1994 when she was 16-years-old. As a young girl in Mali she was expected to marry at age 13, but she had other plans. She convinced her mother, who had left Miriam to her grandmother’s care, to help her go to America. “You have […]
Mike Norman: Hey everybody! Mike Norman here for Contrarian Media where we like to bring you news and information that is free of mainstream media distortion and misinformation. You know me. Anyway, my guest today is Owusu Kizito, Dr. Owusu Kizito who is a financial and management consultant and the President of Investigroup Company. Dr. […]
Bizu Riki Mullu sets up a table covered with jewelry in a corner of the social hall of the Town & Village Synagogue in on East 14th street in Manhattan. In the opposite corner coffee is roasting over an open flame. Behind the podium at the front of the room is a line of colorful, […]
by Kofi Ayim The United States Immigration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) no longer accepts Statutory Declaration of divorce in customary marriage from Ghana from sources other than those legally approved. This advice was given to a cross-section of Ghanaians by the American Ghanaian Lawyers Association (AGLA), at a Legal Clinic organized by […]
Ghana’s fight against corruption has been dealt another setback after the country was ranked as the second most corrupt African nation behind South Africa. The corruption perception index by the Transparency International stated about 71 percent of people living in Ghana say corruption has increased over the last twelve months. Most governments across Africa are […]
by K. Opong Bribery and corruption have become the norm rather than the exception in Ghana and their impact on quality of life does not bode well for anybody in the country. The canker of corruption has permeated almost the entire spectrum of life in the West African nation to the extent that as we […]
The AKAN people probably came from North Africa and very early on settled in the center of today’s Ghana. Around the middle of the 17th century, the AKAN were divided into a lot of small kingdoms, sometimes linked by alliances, sometimes subjected to bloody conflicts. A great man decided to unify this divided people; OSSEI […]
NAIROBI, Kenya — Pope Francis’ visit to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi Nov. 25_27 will bring healing and reconciliation to the East African nation that has suffered key setbacks in the recent past, senior bishops here say. Kenya, a country with 14 million Catholics, recently announced the theme of the papal visit: “Stand firm and […]
October 26, 2015 4:47 AM ET At Pope Francis’ synod on the family, African bishops played a crucial role in the debate for the first time. Steve Inskeep speaks with Archbishop Charles Palmer-Buckle, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Accra, Ghana. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We heard there that Pope Francis was engaged in discussions with conservative […]