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."
by Kwabena Opong When the NPP announced its intention to boycott Neat FM and Okay FM shows of Adakabre Frempong Manso and Kwame Nkrumah Tikesie, it became fodder for political discourse. After a few ten or so days the intensity has died down. No surprises there. That is Ghanaian press. The only media house that […]
Frempong Manso of NeatFM and Kwame Nkrumah Tikesee of OkayFM, all of the Despite Group of Companies, are a throwback to the days of Kofi Batsa, Kofi Badu and Eric Heymann among others. The Evening News then was the most powerful newspaper that chewed up people perceived to be anti-Nkrumaist, including some leading members of […]
The comment by the Minister of the Interior, Prosper Bani, that Superlock Technology Limited (STL) was contracted by Ghana’s Electoral Commission to transmit tallied poll results in the 2012 elections was a “slip”, General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said. According to him, Mr Bani’s “mistake” may have […]
President John Mahama has touted Ghana’s economic resilience, despite the global economic downturn. According to Mahama, countries like Saudi Arabia and Nigeria are facing reverse economic growth unlike Ghana which is experiencing robust growth with expected growth rate at four percent. Speaking during his tour of the Eastern region on Tuesday, he attributed Ghana’s feat […]
18 February 2016 Social media has been blocked in Uganda on the day of presidential elections to stop people “telling lies”, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Mr Museveni, 71, is seeking to extend his 30-year rule, in a race widely seen as the tightest in the East African state’s history. His main rival Kizza Besigye […]
March 20, 2016 Telephone, internet and SMS services shut down for 48 hours for “reasons of security” as Congo heads to the polls.Congo is holding its elections under a media blackout and the tense vote is expected to see President Denis Sassou Nguesso prolong his 32-year rule over the oil-rich but poor nation. Interior Minister […]
March 24, 2016 Months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in Zambia, political opponents are being arrested. President Edgar Lungu has a tenuous grip on power after narrowly winning a snap election in 2015. A Zambian opposition leader was arrested Monday and charged with defaming the president, after accusing him of partying at taxpayers’ expense […]
By Anjli Parrin The International Criminal Court has suffered a major blow as the final case in an investigation into crimes against humanity committed in Kenya in post-election violence eight-years ago was dismissed. A majority of the three-bench Trial Chamber yesterday threw out the charges against Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and former journalist Joshua […]
By Habibou Bangré El Niño affects 550,000 people this season It wasn’t meant to be like this. The separatist rebels that had caused years of chaos in this southeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were pacified. The people who had fled their homes were back farming. The rains on which they depend […]
The IMF has expressed renewed concerns over Ghana’s deteriorating debt situation. According to the Fund, “Ghana is at high risk of debt distress and faces exceptionally high gross financing needs”. In an exclusive email conversation with Business Finder, the fund recommended a change in the country’s borrowing strategy, to consider changing market conditions when assessing […]