
by Kwabena Opong The wrath of nature was once again unleashed on Ghana’s capital Accra on Wednesday, June 3. The city of Accra was pounded by a rainstorm in what has become known as perennial flooding – caused by among others, clogged drainage systems – that began on Tuesday night. As in previous years, this […]
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Former vice chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Fred Oware has stated that the seeming division in the party is being fueled by a lot of misconceptions about certain individuals. “I think there is just too much noise in the NPP at the moment and misconception. The issue isn’t who is right or who […]
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by Matthew Knott, Deborah Snow. May 4, 2015 The Australian government would sell the right to immigrate to Australia – with migrants no longer accepted based on their skills or family connections – under radical proposals being examined by the government’s independent think tank. The Productivity Commission is investigating a price-based immigration system that would […]
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by Kofi Ayim The initial registration for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for citizens of the Ebola-raged West African countries ends May 20, 2015. This warning bell was sounded by Dr. John E. Thompson, District Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at an Ebola-Related Immigration Information Session organized by the office of Congressman […]
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by Kwabena Opong Nigeria’s fledgling democracy took a turn for the best as the country’s ruling PDP led by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was defeated in the just completed general elections on March 28. A four-time presidential candidate General Muhammad Buhari led his opposition APC to wrestle power from the PDP that had since 1999 […]
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by Ben Alexander Sporting bright kente cloth of the same design as shown on the front cover of his book, author Kofi Ayim spent a pleasant Saturday afternoon at Newark’s Priory discussing “The Akan of Ghana” with an eager and receptive audience. In the course of his presentation Ayim urged attendees to know their cultural […]
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by Kofi Ayim The Vice Presidential candidate of the largest opposition political party in Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu has remarked that an NPP government would prefer to borrow ideas from the best brains to resolve Ghana’s dire socio-economic situation instead of going aborrowing. Dr. Bawumia drove home this point at a get-together with the New Jersey […]
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by Kwabena Opong Nigeria’s fledgling democracy took a turn for the best as the country’s ruling PDP led by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was defeated in the just completed general elections on March 28. A four-time presidential candidate General Muhammad Buhari led his opposition APC to wrestle power from the PDP that had since 1999 […]
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by Kofi Ayim Amoako Buachie was born autistic in Brooklyn to Ghanaian parents some 23 years ago. A self-taught talented artist, Amoako Buachie graduated from a special program at Public School 370 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. His first major work, a watercolor painting called My friend Andre in honor of his close friend, won the […]
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By Ben Alexander Four years ago, Kofi Ayim published Jack Cudjo, in which he pieced together the life of a once-enslaved man from Africa who fought in the American Revolutionary War and then established himself as an entrepreneur in the city of Newark. In that book, Ayim traced Jack Cudjo’s lineage to the Akan of […]
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