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."
The former president wants his fellow Christians to lead the country to reconciliation. But churches are in a period of profound uncertainty. Jimmy Carter, 91, has a wish for his fellow Baptists: end racism. “Our country is waking up now to the fact that we still have a long way to go in winning a […]
By Manasseh Azure Awuni The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is under serious political persecution. That is the glaringly awful spectacle any objective watcher of our disturbing political scene would see. But I don’t think the NPP deserves the sympathy of Ghanaians in this regard. If you give the NPP power tomorrow, they will do […]
By Kristy Siegfried OXFORD, 28 September 2015 (IRIN) – Around the world, more people are being driven from their homes by wars and persecution than ever before. At the same time there appears to be less agreement than ever about how to deal with simultaneous refugee crises of unprecedented scale and duration. There could hardly […]
By Francisco Bozzano-Barnes on September 28, 2015 By Hyewon Lee It seems like everybody is obsessed with being beautiful. Of course, this eagerness for being pretty has been a part of human instinct, regardless of the region, age, and culture. But was it ‘this much’ serious, enough to make people willing to be molded into […]
By Dr. Kwasi Sarpong Afrifa Introduction On October 18, 2014, NPP leadership will assemble in different parts of the country to address the invidious distinction between modernity and tradition in an attempt to nominate the Presidential Candidate for the 2016 general elections. At this time, the fault lines have already been drawn and while most […]
by Dr. Uchenna Ekwo As current world leaders converged in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly this week, notable former presidents of different countries gathered in Seoul, South Korea along with religious and thought leaders to share ideas on the pursuit of enduring world peace in the face of threats to global […]
For five years as Ghana’s economy was flagging, government kept Ghanaians the impression that the economy was growing in leaps and bounds. In 2012, when the state of the nation’s economy was much better but jobs had started dwindling, a junior minister went on radio and told Ghanaians that his government had created 1.6 million […]
By Uchenna Ekwo As the international press corps waited for President Barack Obama’s press conference inside the State Department auditorium to zip the three-day US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, I was engaged in a discussion with two journalists from Nigeria and Cameroon who came to cover the summit. Both reporters —Amarachi Ubani, Chief Foreign […]
by Daniel Pelz, The US-Africa summit focused on economics but sidelined issues of democracy and human rights. Daniel Pelz, DW’s head of English for Africa, thinks the meeting’s emphasis was a big mistake. It was a textbook summit for diplomats and heads of state. It boasted warm words about “a continent full of opportunity,” investment […]
By: Dr. Peter Ikre As we make plans toward the commencement of the second Open Enrollment Period (OEP) scheduled from November 15, 2014 to February 15, 2015, it is prudent to revisit the outcome of the recently concluded enrollment process that took place between October 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014. Although the first OEP […]