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."
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 […]
by Dr. E. Obiri Addo, Accra-Ghana “On March 6, 1957, Ghana’s first president, Osaagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared that `Ghana, our beloved country is free forever!’That “freedom”, however, was not necessarily attained with the declaration; it is an ongoing business; every generation must continue the quest for freedom.” Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante, Paramount chief of […]
Professor E. Obiri Addo, a faculty member at Drew University in Madison, NJ, has been invited to join the “New Jersey STEP” faculty beginning this summer. He will teach an African-American history course, “African Origins to 1877”. The New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-STEP) program is an association of higher education institutions […]
The world is in a turmoil over the legalization of same sex marriage in the United States of America. It is, however, sardonic because the U.S. is about the 13th country to make that decision. Countries, including Germany, Ireland, Mozambique, and South Africa, among others, have already done that. But the judicial decision in the […]
by Kofi Ayim The Brooklyn District Attorney, Kenneth Thompson, has warned that his office would continue to vigorously prosecute criminals and seek justice for the voiceless in the Borough of Brooklyn. Mr. Thompson made this remark at the 2nd Newsmakers Series in Manhattan, July 9, organized jointly by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media […]
by Kwabena Opong The NPP parliamentary primaries held Saturday June 13 in 245 constituencies belied the much heralded and trumpeted instability in the party. The exercise was executed seamlessly in almost all constituencies. According to NPP General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, the incidence free elections held nationwide is an indication that the party has put […]
by Dr. E. Obiri Addo, Accra-Ghana Dr. Molefi Kete Asante has urged all African people to insist on their own stories rather than continue to be objects of Westerners’ historical portrayals. In order to do this they have to interrogate the foundations of African cultural beliefs and practices. Dr. Asante is a professor of Africology […]