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 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 […]
by Kofi A. Boateng, Phd There is a political party in Ghana that claims to be brimful of highly educated people. This party does not hesitate to scorn the appointees of the ruling party as clueless and not up to the task. You wake up any of their leaders at any time and they can […]
by Kwabena Opong The New Patriotic Party’s decision not to attend the four day economic forum at Akosombo on May 13, has been variously described as unfortunate and well thoughtout. While some believe the NPP with its intellectual muscle could make a meaningful contribution there are yet others who opine that it is a disastrous […]
Kofi A. Boateng, PhD, New York, NY There is a political party in Ghana that claims to be brimful of highly educated people. This party does not hesitate to scorn the appointees of the ruling party as clueless and not up to the task. You wake up any of their leaders at any time and […]
Sometime in the 1970s a Ghanaian pop group did a song titled “Afe aso ama makae masεm bi.” Literally translated, it means ‘the end of year brings back some memories.’ Among the Akan of Ghana the end of year is also the time to remember the departed. Indeed the song strikes a chord in the […]
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ten years ago this month, Liberia began its journey from peace to recovery. The peace accords signed in Ghana ended the second of two devastating civil wars, leaving more than a quarter of a million dead, my country’s infrastructure destroyed and the lives of exhausted survivors shattered. The task before us […]