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."
The transitional president of Mali Dioncounda Traore has been admitted to hospital after protesters reportedly burst into his office and beat him. According to BBC, Traore was unconscious when he arrived at hospital. AFP reports that hundreds of demonstrators stormed the headquarters of the general secretariat next to the presidential palace because they were angry […]
Egyptians will vote on Wednesday, May 23, in what is considered the country’s first real presidential election. Local polls will proceed until Thursday, with a runoff round in mid-June if necessary. The 13 candidates contesting for the first round are: Abul Ezz Al-Hariri (Pyramid) Ahmed Shafiq (Ladder) Hamdeen Sabahi (Eagle) Hossam Khairallah (Camera) Khaled Ali […]
An unusual rainstorm dubbed ‘Hurricane Umbrella’ last Saturday swept through the southern part of the country, leaving in its trail, a number of casualties, uprooted trees and giant billboards alongside damaged properties worth millions of cedis. By the time the rainstorm was over, five lives had been lost and as at press time, casualties were […]
One of the sons of Ghana’s first President, Sekou Nkrumah, is set to join the campaign of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as part of his contribution to help kick out the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) from office in December 7, 2012 when Ghana goes to the polls. Sekou believes the main opposition […]
International judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war. Taylor, 64, has been on trial in The Hague at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone for almost five years. He was accused of backing rebels who killed tens of thousands of […]
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 Deputy Minister for Information, James Agyenim Boateng, on Wednesday morning sought to discredit a picture accompanying a story published by the Daily Guide newspaper and reproduced on Peacefmonline, claiming it was a fake. The story, headlined “PHOTO: NDC Goons On Rampage?”, was published on Friday, April 13th. According to the publication, “hundreds of […]
The age old saying that “Nkrumah never dies” seems to carry much more weight than many may think. Just when almost all Ghanaians have come to accept that Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has four children, a fifth child has surfaced and says he is a true son of Osagyefo. His name is Dr. […]
Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan has announced he will take an indefinite break from international football. In Gyan’s last appearance for his country, he missed a penalty in a 1-0 semi-final defeat at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations against eventual champions Zambia. The forward also missed a late penalty in Ghana’s 2010 World Cup […]
RFA Fort Victoria and a US Navy vessel intercepted the pirates’ boat, which had refused to stop despite warning shots from a Royal Navy helicopter. Royal Marines in speedboats approached the vessel and boarded it, capturing 13 pirates and seizing weapons. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the UK personnel, part of a Nato-led force, could […]