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."
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Africa’s quest for greater connectivity and improved intra-regional trade could soon become a reality after the continent’s leaders agreed to increase public spending on infrastructure and set in motion a programme to create a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by 2017. The recent 18th summit of the African Union noted that the continent’s regional integration […]
United States President Barack Obama has had high praise for Ghana’s economic transformation and democratic credentials, pointing out that while it is important and right to focus on Africa’s challenges, it is equally important focus on the good news. “There are sometimes — there’s sometimes a tendency to focus on the challenges that exist in […]
Nguruman — The repeated hooting of the Ostrich bus announces the break of dawn in Nguruman, a pastoralist village about 150 kilometers south of Nairobi near the Tanzania border. It also stirs Kipaa Ole Kitesho from sleep to answer the call of a new day. On any other morning, Kitesho, 24, would be rounding up […]