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."
Malawi’s new leader Joyce Banda has sacked her foreign minister, Peter Mutharika, the brother of the late president who recently died in office. He had been anointed as heir-apparent for the 2014 elections when Bingu wa Mutharika was due to retire. The dramatic cabinet reshuffle comes days after the burial of the former president at […]
A speech delivered at the 55th Anniversary Celebration of Ghana’s Independence Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Dr. Kwabena Osei-Bonsu Introduction When approached by friends to give a presentation on Ghana, the initial idea was to shed light on the much heralded status of Ghana, joining the exclusive club of oil producers and what would be the development […]
From African Services Committee March 14th, 2012 (New York, NY) On an unseasonably mild March day, 1,300 immigrants and their allies representing 94 organizations warmed up Albany even more. Coming from all corners of the state, they converged on Albany for the New York Immigration Coalition’s 15th Annual Immigrants’ Day of Action. The day […]
By Kwabena Opong Nima Police Station in Accra, Ghana’s capital won an award as the best police station in Africa following a program initiated by the Altus Police Station Visitors Week (PSVW). The award was received on behalf of the station by the District Commander of Nima Police, Police Superintendent Justice Anthony Aduhene-Benieh. Prior […]
The founder of the Ramblers International Band, Mr. Jerry Hansen, passed away this Saturday morning after battling with an ailment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Citifmonline.com gathers the renowned musician has been hospitalized for about a week at the nation’s premier hospital before his demise this morning. The music icon received an award at the […]
DAKAR (AFP) – Senegalese superstar Youssou Ndour has been appointed the country’s new tourism and culture minister in President Macky Sall’s cabinet, according to a decree issued on Wednesday night. The Grammy-award winning singer, a fierce critic of former leader Abdoulaye Wade who hung up his microphone to campaign for Sall, forms part of a […]
The United Nation’s Joint Program on Human Security (UNJHS) has nurtured an innovative idea of promoting, marketing and rebranding the Northern smock for the local and the international markets so as to increase income for weavers and create jobs for the youth. Mr. Kwame Asante, National Programs Coordinator for the United Nations Industrial Development […]
By Rosemary Onuoha The actions of the Boko Haram sect have led to economic paralysis in some Northern states of the country. However, experts are of the opinion that collaboration between the government and the insurance industry can salvage the situation. As terrorism daily assumes a widening dimension, international reinsurance companies no longer extend […]
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Monday in Khartoum urged the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to assist in developing Africa. He challenged the bank to set aside 40 per cent of its operational budget for the implementation of the second phase of its Special Program for the Development of Africa (SPDA-II). Sambo gave the charge in a […]
By Catherine Karongo Kenyans should be prepared to pay more for medical insurance starting from the first of May after the High Court threw out a petition by the Central … ( Resource: Kenya: New Medical Insurance Rates Nairobi, Kenya — A new scheme by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is set to streamline […]