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."
By Julie Blussé Across Africa, academics and researchers face financial barriers that keep them from accessing the same knowledge their peers elsewhere in the world can afford. But some young Africans are fighting to change this. Open access publishing is their weapon of choice. While participating in the 2011 campaign to pass Kenya’s Cancer Bill, […]
By K. Ofosu-Barko, FGCP Your Excellency, I bring you greetings and extend a warm and hearty congratulations to you on your election to the highest office of our beloved country. I join my fellow Ghanaians to wish you the best of luck in the execution of your duties. Mr. President may I respectfully state at […]
By Prof. George Ayittey The situation in Ghana is infuriating. In Africa, we take one step forward and then three steps back. Same problems, same rituals and the repetition of the same foolish mistakes in one country after another. We touted Kenya as a “bastion of stability” in the East African region; then after the […]
By Uchenna Ekwo In A Culture of Secrecy: The Government Versus the People’s Right to Know, Athan G. Theoharis examined the secrecy perpetrated by successive US administrations of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Contributing scholars, journalists, and attorneys reviewed different policies of previous US governments and brought to focus the constant conflict between the public’s […]
By Kofi Ayim More than five million Ghanaians are angry at the Chairman of their country’s Electoral Commission Dr. Afari Gyan, because they are convinced he helped rig the recent Presidential and Parliamentary elections for President John Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) party. Even before the general elections were held Dr. Afari Gyan, […]
By Axel Van Trotsenburg, 19 November 2012 column The World Bank’s fund for the poorest, IDA, was created more than 50 years ago to meet an urgent need—to make sure the world’s most vulnerable have a real chance at a decent life. A lot has happened since then. With IDA’s help, hundreds of […]
By Tim Wigmore The December elections may prove to be one of the sternest tests faced by Ghana’s electoral commission. Ghana’s Electoral Commission has proven robust in trying circumstances in the past. But the coming elections this December may test its capabilities like never before. A re-drawing of constituency boundaries has […]
By Helen Clark , UNDP Administrator New York — The rule of law underpins achieving the mission of the United Nations: to advance peace, human rights, and development. In our rapidly changing, unequal, and, at times, dangerous world, implementing the rule of law is critical for establishing the justice, stability, and inclusive growth required […]
Contrary to the theme of peace that pervaded the funeral ceremonies of Ghana’s late President John Evans Atta Mills, unfolding events do not ensure peace in the country’s upcoming elections. And that is cause for worry among peace-loving Ghanaians. The decision by the Electoral Commissioner to create 45 more constituencies in the country some two […]
By Kofi Ayim As Ghana’s election approaches, the fast-paced political climate in the country makes it difficult to keep up with events. Critical issues that need national attention risk being ignored or swept under the carpet. However, one thing that must not be left in the corridors of obscurity is the myth surrounding the […]