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."
Dr. Kofi A. Boateng, New York February 2, 2015 Every four years Ghanaians go through two predictable rituals. One occurs on the football field where we scream, clap, cry, and engage in antics to show a unified support for the nation’s Black Stars. Oh how glorious those days are when Ghana is one, and the […]
BY ELIAS MESERET ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, an African Union official said Saturday, as the international community, including long-time foes the U.S. and Iran, rallied in support of Nigeria against the militants. The move came after the council […]
By Robert Madu Daily and steadily, the United States, Britain and their allied passportpartners continue to lose the grip, scope and capacity of easily trashing Boko Haram as the terrorist network musters strength and sophistication. Such adds to the burden of the continent even as the entire North Africa still lives with the unending consequences […]
The US Justice Department has been covertly gathering and storing hundreds of millions of records about American motorists for a national database, The Wall Street Journal reported. The database can track the movements of vehicles across the country. Government documents, as well as former and current government officials, confirmed to the Journal that the license […]
By NORIMITSU ONISHI MONROVIA, Liberia — Life is edging back to normal after the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. At the height of the epidemic, Liberians met horrific deaths inside the blue-painted walls of the Nathaniel V. Massaquoi Elementary School, as classrooms became Ebola holding centers and the education of a nation’s children, shuttered in […]
Jan 26, 2015 On a cold Sunday afternoon 10 years ago, Comfort and Kofi Boateng stood with Comfort’s mother and their three children before a quarter-acre parcel in a brand-new subdivision in the center of Prince George’s County. The place was called Fairwood. They stepped onto Lot 71, an empty stretch of gravel, and closed […]
Our society is reeling from its own canker. When news broke recently about an alleged rape or sexual assault incident, it was not only the merits that came into sharp focus, but the broader problem of sex with children that exploded right in the face of Ghanaians. Coming just weeks after the arrest of a […]
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was on Friday January 30, elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Mugabe took the rotating chairmanship of the pan-African bloc at the opening of the 24th AU summit at the AU Headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Mugabe took over from Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, […]
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria is postponing presidential and legislative elections until March 28 because security forces fighting Boko Haram extremists cannot ensure voters’ safety around the country, the electoral commission announced Saturday in a decision likely to infuriate the opposition. Officials in President Goodluck Jonathan’s government have been calling for weeks for the postponement, saying […]
By Ian Hughes Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry saved and scored the crucial spot-kicks that handed Ivory Coast a dramatic 9-8 penalty shootout win over Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Barry, who appeared to cramp up during the shootout, denied fellow keeper Brimah Razak – one of five efforts missed – before slotting in […]