
By Kwabena Opong The fourth African Diaspora Festival was held on Sunday, September 9 at Lincoln Park in Newark, NJ. with African cultural and dances from the African and African American communities in the city. The event which was held in honor of Mr. Balozi Harvey, former Executive Director, Essex County Economic Development Corporation, […]
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By Kwabena Opong Ghanaians and friends of Ghana congregated at The Riverside Church in New York to pay tribute to the memory of Late President John Atta Mills who died on July 24 at 68 years. Welcoming the audience to his church, Rev. Stephen Phelps, rector of the Riverside Church recollected his acquaintance and […]
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by Kofi Ayim Indigenes and friends of Akwapim Traditional Area in Ghana has been urged to help build an Information Technology Center at Akwapim in the Eastern Region of Ghana. This challenge was made during the 27th anniversary celebration of the Odwira Festival by the Okuapeman Association of USA and Canada (OKUSACA) September 1, at […]
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By Peter Dörrie Ouagadougou — On October 15, President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso will celebrate his 25th year in power. To spend that much time in office, he had to run coups against two governments. In the first in 1983, he helped his friend and fellow revolutionary Thomas Sankara become president. In the […]
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By Bezawit Bekele and Mahlet Mesfin The condolences pouring in from all corners of the world by different world leaders following Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s death at the age of 57 had one similar feature. They all appreciated his diplomatic clout at regional and international level. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations’ (UN) Secretary General, […]
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Addis Ababa — Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state TV announced on Tuesday. Mr. Zenawi who was 57 has been sick for the last four months and was for two months receiving medical treatment in Europe for an undisclosed illness. He died around 11.45 pm local time on […]
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Ghanaians on Tuesday, July 24 received news of the death of their president John Evans Atta Mills with anger, sadness but not surprised. People were angry because they believed their president’s death was preventable; they were sad because it happened to a man who did not deserve to be neglected by his handlers; but they […]
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Ghana’s late President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, was on Friday, August 10 buried with full military honors at a location near the Osu Castle called the Geese Park after some 90 minutes of burial service held at the Independence Square in Accra. The first to lay the wreath on behalf of the government and […]
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Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama took the oath of office as president of the African republic on July 24 following the death of President John Evans Atta Mills on the same day. In his acceptance speech at the Ghanaian parliament house in front of the country’s legislators, John Dramani Mahama bemoaned the untimely […]
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Ghana is mourning the passing of President John Evans Atta Mills, who was succeeded in office late Tuesday by his vice president, John Dramani Mahama, The president died at the 37 Military Hospital on Tuesday, “while receiving medical attention after being taken ill a few hours earlier,” according to a statement released by the presidency. […]
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