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."
Counsel for Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) bankroller, and the state attorney handling the case in which the state is seeking to claim a GH¢51,283,480.83 judgment debt paid to Woyome, yesterday prayed an Accra Commercial Court to adjourn the case. Musah Ahmed, counsel for Woyome, and Dorothy Afriyie Ansah, the state attorney, […]
After a long silence, President John Mahama has finally spoken about the ongoing election petition in the Supreme Court challenging his mandate as the winner in the December 2012 presidential election, saying he will accept whatever verdict the apex court hands to him. He gave this assurance yesterday when the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs […]
By Tariro Washinyira Evelyn Handiseni founded a support project called Divine Caring Hands in 2012. The idea was born from her desire to help women who face challenges similar to those she has faced in her own life. She helps women to realize their potential and to not limit themselves because of their immigrant status. […]
Dakar — Some 6,500 Malians forced to flee to a remote area near the border with Algeria following the French-led military intervention against Islamist fighters are surviving under trees and in wrecked vehicles without sufficient food, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. They fled to Tin Zaouatène area in Mali’s north-eastern Kidal […]
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern over widespread looting and displacement in various parts of the Central African Republic (CAR), and appealed to the Government to enhance access to vulnerable population so they can receive assistance. After conducting an assessment mission last week in Bambari, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) found […]
Khartoum — Sudanese government and a splinter group of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on Sunday signed a cease-fire agreement in Doha before to engage political talks. A rebel faction led by Mohamed Bashar signed on 24 January a framework agenda to negotiate a peace deal based on the Doha Document for Peace in […]
Kutum — Multiple sources assert that 200 Land Cruisers with Islamist militants from Mali fleeing the hostilities in their country have arrived in Kutum, North Darfur, in the past 10 days. They told Radio Dabanga on Monday the groups are stationed in three different areas around Kutum, adding they are “inciting a state of fear […]
Kano — Commercial activities in the northern trade hub of Kano are down by half since 2010 because of the campaign of violence waged by militant group Boko Haram and government efforts to curb it, says the Kano traders’ union. “The north is losing heavily due to the violence. When you destabilize Kano, which is […]
Wazobia FM journalists, Yakubu Musa Fagge (presenter) and Mubarak Muhamad Sani (reporter), arrested on Sunday, were arraigned before a Magistrate court today. Arraigned alongside with them was the former director of the Kano Films and Censorship Board, Abubakar Rabo. The trio were arraigned for alleged criminal conspiracy, abetting, inciting disturbance, obstruction of public officers from […]
By Lester R. Brown Washington — The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is […]