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."
Police in Norway are investigating the theft of some of the Ghanaian Ashanti crown jewels from a hotel in Oslo. The jewels were travelling with King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the ruler of the Ashanti, who is representing Ghana at a conference in the Norwegian capital. A suitcase was snatched from the lobby of the […]
First it was the biggest cannabis haul seizure at the UK Heathrow airport but British officials today September 28, 2012 say they have intercepted another drug consignment smuggled from Ghana. The UK Border Force says it has seized a consignment of cocaine weighing about 7.5 kilos. The agency found the consignment Tuesday September 25, 2012 […]
Personnel of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service have arrested a 58-year-old Jamaican for cultivating 400 acres of cannabis (wee) at Koru in the Alavanyo-Nkonya District in the Volta Region. Also arrested with the suspect, Wesley Appleton, were 10 suspects including three women who were found on the farm during the […]
By Kwabena Opong Africa Day Parade 2012 in New York City held Sunday, September 23, 2012 would probably go down as one of the most memorable festivals organized by Africans in recent times. The highlight of the Parade, besides its goal was the artful acrobatic performance of a masked man from Burkina Faso. The […]
By Emmanuel Akli, Associate Editor The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have summoned a senior policy analyst at the Centre for National Affairs (CNA), Mr. Richard Rocky E. Obeng, and the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Madam Betty Mould-Iddrisu, and two others to a […]
By Steve Maggi, Esq. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) launched on August 15, 2012, a product of an Executive Order signed by President Obama, is designed with one person in mind, even if it purports to be accessible to many young illegal immigrants. That person is the model student who has kept his […]
Libya has launched an investigation into Tuesday’s attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, in which Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were … ( Resource: Libya Launches Probe Into U.S. Embassy Attack Confrontations between security forces and protesters have started again outside the United States embassy in Cairo on Thursday. The clashes erupted late […]
He was once one of the most feared men in Libya. Now Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi’s former spy chief, is back in the country – after being … ( Resource: Gaddafi Spy Chief in Libyan Hands Johannesburg — Buried in the filing cabinet of a Libyan intelligence chief, Human Rights Watch found evidence of collusion […]
By Bhan Sahu, My 17-year-old son is a good homemaker. Anu cooks and cleans the pots. He also washes clothes. This is something my late husband and my other male relatives never did. They all thought that doing household chores was shameful for a man. In most villages you will see women and young […]
By Sheena Magenya Windhoek — There is a young woman I will call Hilda who comes in once a week to help with washing and ironing my clothes. In return, I give her money that she is saving to pay for her university fees. A recent incident involving Hilda and I about underwear got […]