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 Zainabu Issah, Accra The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has signed a cooperative agreement with the City of Newark, New Jersey in the United States of America (USA), to study mutual opportunities in both cities that would facilitate the development of joint ventures and exchanges in the fields of industry and commerce, among others. Under […]
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Dr. Ben Carson probably should know this better than anyone else. There comes a time when a doctor has to look their patient straight in the eye and tell them the truth about their prognosis if it shows they’re not going to make it. Perhaps it’s time for Dr. Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon to look […]
WASHINGTON –The Department of Homeland Security amended its regulations today to improve the programs serving the H-1B1, E-3 and CW-1 nonimmigrant classifications and the EB-1 immigrant classification, and remove unnecessary hurdles that place such workers at a disadvantage when compared to similarly situated workers in other visa classifications. This final rule, posted to theFederal Register […]
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has redesignated South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS designation for that country from May 3, 2016, through Nov. 2, 2017, due to the ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in South Sudan that prevent its nationals from safely returning. These actions […]
By Jesse Weaver Shipley In much of the global south there are increasing income gaps between a small middle class and a growing mass of poor who cannot earn a living wage. Foreign investments in Africa and Latin America often focus on major infrastructure development projects that promise trickle-down development. But what is this money […]
Chris Matthews in Accra Soaring prices for electricity, water and fuel have triggered protests amid concern that politicians are mishandling Ghana’s economic downturn Dressed in the red and black clothing traditionally worn at funerals, waving anti-austerity placards and accompanied by drums and bellowing horns, thousands of Ghanaians descended on the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra […]
by Kwabena Opong Unexpected it was that even as Ghanaians were gloating over a manifold increase in petroleum prices they were informed that their country would play host to some unwelcome guests from Africa and Guantanamo Bay. The word Guantanamo, not so familiar in Ghanaian lexicon has suddenly become a household word. Two men, namely […]
By: Dr. Peter Ikre The month of January is unique in many ways. Aside from ushering a new year, it epitomizes the period when taxpayers reconcile their accounts with Uncle Sam via the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The 2016 tax season began in earnest a few weeks ago (01/19/2016 to be precise). In light of […]
Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad The early abolition movement in North America was fueled both by slaves’ efforts to liberate themselves and by groups of white settlers, such as the Quakers, who opposed slavery on religious or moral grounds. Though the lofty ideals of the Revolutionary era invigorated the movement, by the late 1780s it […]