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."
Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Agyemang Konadu Rawlings, has asked Ghanaians to trust Ghana in the hands of a woman. She said men have been tried and tested in leadership positions and it is high time women assumed the helm of affairs and turn people’s lives around for the better. Mrs. Agyemang Rawlings made […]
The US government has threatened to cut about $500 million in private investments intended to help shore-up the dipping fortunes of the Electricity Company of Ghana, if the government remains unconcerned about curbing the threat of modern forms of slavery. The US Ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson has told Starr News his country, may be […]
by Kofi Ayim After fourteen years of absence in the New York Metro Area, the fastest growing airline in Africa has resumed a direct flight service to West Africa. The Newark City – Lome three times a week flight has been on the drawing board for the past twenty years, according to Group Chief Executive […]
by Kwabena Opong Plant medicine otherwise known as herbal medicine in Ghana has long been and would continue to be the most accessible and reliable component of health care delivery in Ghana. This assessment was made by Mr. Barffuor Osei Akoto, head of Public Relations at the Center for Plant Medicine Research at Mampong Akwapim […]
Myjoyonline.com The United Nations (UN) says it is opposed to any idea to restrict social media access in Ghana ahead of the November polls. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas said such an attempt is aimed at restricting the democratic space which […]
By Nanjala Nyabola and Obi Anyadike Sudan is a lynchpin in the flow of migrants out of Africa. It is also a serial human rights abuser. For a European Union keen to throttle that flow, it’s an unfortunate combination. Sudan is already benefitting from a $45 million regional programme to “better manage migration” in the […]
Digital dumping ground. World’s largest e-waste dump. Whatever you call it, Agbogbloshie, Ghana, is among the top ten “worst polluted” places on earth where tons of discarded electronics, refrigerators, microwaves and televisions – also known as e-waste – end up decomposing in a massive scrap heap there. “Mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic – these are the […]
by Kwabena Opong Plant medicine otherwise known as herbal medicine in Ghana has long been and would continue to be the most accessible and reliable component of health care delivery in Ghana. This assessment was made by Mr. Barffuor Osei Akoto, head of Public Relations at the Center for Plant Medicine Research at Mampong Akwapim […]
Ghana’s police chief has said if it gets to the crunch, nothing and nobody can stop him from blocking social media sites on Election Day if that is what it would take to safeguard the peace and security in the country. “I don’t want to use some words, I think everybody has his opinion, everybody […]
Richard Miniter Congo, one of the poorest nations on Earth, offered former President Bill Clinton a speaking fee of $650,000–a sum equal to annual per-capita income of 2,813 Congolese. Indeed, the International Monetary Fund ranks the Democratic Republic of the Congo dead last in its global income rankings. What did it expect in return for […]