
By Kofi Ayim The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama said he used to think that the phrase “coup d’etat” was a game that children played. But he found out the hard way that “coup d’etat” was not a child’s’ play for a second grader. That was in 1966, when the […]
Jul 16 2012 | Posted in
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Dr. Kwaku Ohene Frimpong declared at the weekend of June 16 that only a few Ghanaian children have access to quality education. The famed professor of medicine was the chairperson at a dinner dance by the Akyem Association of New Jersey at the Ramadan Plaza Hotel at the Liberty International Airport at Newark, NJ. The […]
Jul 16 2012 | Posted in
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Back in February, high school students held a rally to protest a “jail-like” disciplinary environment in their schools, and advocates released sobering data on student arrests: Between Oct. 1 and Dec. 30 last year, police arrested 279 students — or the equivalent of five student arrests per school day during the 55 days […]
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News reaching Amandla indicate that a Nigerian native living in the city of Elizabeth, NJ has been arrested for identity theft. After scaling through regular several security background checks by the Port Authority Police, US Customs and Border Protection and the New Jersey Police in the past 20 years that he has been working with […]
May 21 2012 | Posted in
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Isaac Akoukoh (of Maryland) was the enterprise’s international broker and primary exporter NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, today announced the arrest of 14 individuals who operated a sophisticated international luxury-vehicle theft ring that stole dozens of vehicles valued […]
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The Old Black Stars football team on Sunday won the 2012 Political Tolerance Soccer Gala competition when they out played and beat the Political Stars team 2-0 to climax an entertaining football competition. The gala, which was organized by Pro-Image Communications in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, National Sports Authority […]
May 19 2012 | Posted in
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By Kofi Ayim A collaborative effort of a three-man team has unearthed what they believed to be a Ghanaian who came to New Jersey in the early periods of the slave trade. The tombstone of Naphy Accoo was discovered in a predominantly black church cemetery in Southern New Jersey by the leader of the team, […]
May 19 2012 | Posted in
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George Ayittey Police should NOT have arrested Kennedy Agyepong, MP or gotten involved in this case. This is police over-reach. The independence of parliament as an institution needs to be respected by the Police. Parliament has its own rules, regulations and protocol. If an MP misbehaves and spits incendiary rhetoric, the Parliamentary ETHICS or DISPLNARY […]
May 19 2012 | Posted in
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From African Services Committee March 14th, 2012 (New York, NY) On an unseasonably mild March day, 1,300 immigrants and their allies representing 94 organizations warmed up Albany even more. Coming from all corners of the state, they converged on Albany for the New York Immigration Coalition’s 15th Annual Immigrants’ Day of Action. The day […]
Apr 22 2012 | Posted in
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Leaders of some political parties have welcomed President J.E.A. Mills’s assurance to maintain peace in the run-up to this year’s election but asked the President to back his word with action. They said the President’s affirmation of peace was timely because it was only in an atmosphere of peace that the country could come out […]
Mar 21 2012 | Posted in
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