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."
Municipal Council elections this year in Newark, NJ would field an interesting array of candidates. At least for the first time in the history of one of the nation’s oldest cities, an African immigrant is one of the candidates. Dosso Kassimou is a recent immigrant, a student and an activist. He is also the chairperson […]
Municipal Council elections this year in Newark, NJ would field an interesting array of candidates. At least for the first time in the history of one of the nation’s oldest cities, an African immigrant is one of the candidates. Dosso Kassimou is a recent immigrant, a student and an activist. He is also the chairperson […]
The Gods May be Angry with Ghana News that celebration of the 57th anniversary of Ghana’s independence in Accra was rained off did not come as a surprise. The Gods must be angry with Ghana. 57 years after political independence, Ghanaians are yet to feel their sovereignty in their hearts and minds as all their […]
Ghana once again finds itself in the throes of fiscal woes and it is strange and difficult to understand, especially at this time in the country’s economic history. Only a few months ago the country was reported to be among the few countries in the world – not Africa – whose economies were growing faster […]
Events since 2009 seem to have raised corruption in Ghana to higher proportions. Early in 2011 news broke on the payment of 51 million Ghana Cedis (GHC) as judgment debt to Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a known financier of the ruling party. The recipient could not authenticate the grounds on which the money was paid to […]
Africa woke up on December 6, 2013, to the grim but not un expected news of the death of Nelson Mandela, the black South African leader who showed the world of bigots that a man and a black man for that matter is capable of humanity and humility at the same time even in the […]
A recent report appearing on allAfrica.com indicates that in spite of the seeming economic growth in Africa, people on the continent continue to be at the bottom of the global economic ladder (“Africa isn’t Rising”, allAfrica.com, 10/2/2013). A survey directed by Afrobarometer in a project coordinated by independent institutions in Ghana, Kenya, Benin and South […]
The judgment delivered by the nine-member Supreme Court panel to uphold the election of John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was received by Ghanaians in a calmness that belied the high-strung security precaution that was put in place in the nation’s capital. But it did not do much to improve national cohesiveness. […]
Ghana these days has become an interesting place. Depending on where you stand, the country is witnessing a drama of ironies. Yet still some on one side feel that free speech is being sanitized. Whichever way you look at it Ghanaians are still talking despite the price some have had to pay for talking. The […]
A report on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 indicates that some 300 Chinese illegal miners have opted to leave Ghana voluntarily. This follows a number of arrests made recently of some foreign nationals engaged in illegal mining in several parts of Ghana. At Kyebi in the Eastern Region alone, 56 foreign nationals were arrested and are […]