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Ouattara re-elected as Ivory Coast president

By AFP Abidjan (AFP) – Alassane Ouattara was re-elected as president of Ivory Coast, official results showed on Wednesday, in a vote seen as key to cementing peace in the west African country after years of violence and upheaval. The 73-year-old won a second term outright by garnering almost 84 percent of ballots in the […]

Do not lose hope – Nana Addo tells Ghana’s youths

By Kwabena Opong Legon, Nov. 4: The flag bearer for Ghana’s New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, assured students and youths in Ghana Wednesday November 4, not to lose hope “because change is on its way.” Nana Addo was speaking at the 15th anniversary of the NPP’s Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) at the Mensah […]

Science to the African is a cultural experience – Kofi Asare Opoku

By Kwabena Opong Presec, Accra: Professor Kofi Asare Opoku, former Vice President, Institutional Vision Advancement at the African University of Communications in Accra, Ghana has declared that science to the African is a cultural experience that meets the basic needs and understanding of the environment in which he lives. Professor Asare Opoku made this declaration […]

Mysterious giant cephalopod washed ashore on beach in Ghana

By Nana Kwasi, MeridianFM, Tema The remains of a giant sea creature with a warty body and tentacle-like arms have been washed up on a remote beach in Ghana. It was found on the shoreline of the Titanic beach at Tema Community 3, close to Sakumono. Scientists have yet to identify the strange prehistoric-like “mutant”, […]

Presby Church Withdraws US Pastor Over Gays

Tension is mounting between the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) and its partner in the United States (US), the Presbyterian Church United States of America (PCUSA), as a result of the legalisation of homosexuality in the US. The PCG has written to withdraw the resident pastor of New York-based Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, a major branch […]

Africa: Issa Hayatou is Acting FIFA President

Thursday, October 8, 2015: In accordance with FIFA’s Code of Ethics, Joseph S. Blatter was relieved of all his duties as FIFA President following the decision of the Independent Chairman of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee to provisionally ban him from all football activities on a national and international level. Joseph S. Blatter, […]

Bribery and corruption rock Ghana’s judiciary

by Kwabena Opong The judiciary in the West African nation of Ghana is on the verge of suspense and fear as judges, magistrates and other workers of the judicial service are caught on video negotiating and taking bribes to drop and set culprits free, among other things. This follows a painstaking, investigative report by Anas […]

69,000 children work full time

by Kofi Ayim More than sixty-nine thousand children, between the ages of 7 and 14 are full time workers in the second smallest administrative region of Ghana. The Upper East Region of Ghana, is surprisingly, the most culturally diverse. These statistics were given by Dr. Gabriel Ayine at the inaugural ceremony of the Upper East […]

Don’t be afraid- Baraka

Kofi Ayim The Mayor of the City of Newark, Hon Ras J. Baraka has challenged the immigrant African community to get involved in the processes of New Jersey’s largest city. He said it is not enough for African immigrants to spend their money in the city without getting their share of the socio-economic, educational, and […]

Implement ROPAA – PPP charges in NYC

by Kofi Ayim The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) of Ghana has thrown its unflinching support in the implementation of the Representation of the Peoples’ Amendment Act (ROPAA). ROPAA is the legislation, passed almost a decade ago by Ghana’s Parliament to allow Ghanaians in the diaspora to exercise their voting rights. It is however, yet to […]

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