US President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2016. The property tycoon was awarded the title following his unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in November’s presidential election. Mr Trump told NBC’s Today show shortly after the announcement it was a “great honour” which “meant a lot” to him. He … Read more
By Kofi Ata Ghana goes to the polls on Wednesday December 7, 2016 to elect president and parliamentarians for the next four years. This would be the seventh general elections since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy under the Fourth Republican Constitution in 1992. As usual, the contest is between the candidates of the two leading … Read more
The regular use of Caesarean sections is having an impact on human evolution, say scientists. More mothers now need surgery to deliver a baby due to their narrow pelvis size, according to a study. Researchers estimate cases where the baby cannot fit down the birth canal have increased from 30 in 1,000 in the 1960s … Read more
By Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK December 4, 2016 Ghana goes to the polls on Wednesday December 7, 2016 to elect president and parliamentarians for the next four years. This would be the seventh general elections since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy under the Fourth Republican Constitution in 1992. As usual, the contest is between the … Read more
Italians are voting in a referendum which is being closely watched for further signs of anti-establishment sentiment in Europe. The vote, called by centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, is on plans to streamline parliament but is expected to be used by many as a chance to register discontent. Populist parties have campaigned for a “no” … Read more
Geopolitics, the study of how spatial dimension impacts on and affects states’ politics, may offer an important contribution to analysing strategies suited to developing rail infrastructures beween Italy and the Balkans. The Balkan idea sets and fixes the concepts and definitions between real and ideological, so as to generate a counterposition of geographical and geopolitical … Read more
Posters for Mr Bellen say “More than ever” while those for Hofer say For Austria, heart and soul Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer has said he would push for a referendum on EU membership, if the EU became more centralised after Brexit. He told the BBC that while the 28-country bloc was important for … Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is concerned that white supremacists in the United States are being emboldened by the election of Donald Trump and is watching developments closely. The Berlin government declined to give an official reaction to a video circulating on the internet that showed members of the “alt-right” movement, a grouping that includes … Read more
In its quest to attract investment to Ghana to facilitate employment generation , the Managing Director of Elenmines company limited Dr Mawuli Lincoln Eleblue Darlington has urged investors in Europe to take a look at the enormous opportunities in Ghana and channel their wealth in these areas to realize the maximum benefits. Addressing investors at … Read more
Ghanaian starlet Raphael Dwamena dominated the headlines among Ghanaian players across the globe after scoring a second hat-trick in three games. In England Albert Adomah earned raving reviews from Aston Villa fans while midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah made a surprise return to play the full 90 minutes for Juventus on Saturday. Defender Rashid Sumaila assisted a … Read more
In my essay titled “Head Bloodied But Not Bowed And The Ascension Of President-Elect Donald J. Trump” (Part 1) I wrote the following: “When I went to visit the great and brilliant freedom fighter, Nnamdi Kanu, who is the leader of IPOB and easily the most courageous, powerful and credible Igbo leader in Nigeria today … Read more
The Attorney General has no excuse for her failure to collect the GHS51million judgment debt paid to businessman Alfred Woyome by the state in 2010, private legal practitioner Kofi Bentil has said. “The matters are clear and speak for themselves. A few things are sure which is, Woyome took our money. A court determined that … Read more
A pre-dawn muslim call to prayer has provoked the main backlash from Israeli Jews Palestinian politicians in Israel have found an unexpected ally inside the government against a new bill banning mosques from using loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer. The so-called Muezzin Bill – named after the person who calls Muslims to prayer … Read more
NDC government don’t have the moral right to boast of infrastructure; even military governments built infrastructure The General Secretary of NPP Austria branch Mr. Frank Boakye has stated that President Mahama and his NDC government has no moral right to boast of the few infrastructural facilities they have put up in the last 8 years … Read more
Trump – The world just got more dangerous! K1: But Koo, how at all could the Americans do this? K2: What did you expect? That they would remember how afraid you are of the fact that drones would get into the hands of the tempestuous Donald Trump? Since when did Americans take note of the … Read more
Barnsley midfielder Andy Yiadom and Alhassan Wakaso of Rio Ave are the two new faces in Ghana’s 23-man squad to face Egypt in the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers in Alexandria on November 13. Both players have been called up to replace Gilbert Koomson and David Accam, who were dropped from the squad that faced … Read more
Ghana named debutantes Alhassan Wakaso and Andy Yiadom in a 23-man injury-ravaged squad without key players Asamoah Gyan and Kwadwo Asamoah for this month’s crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier against Egypt. The Black Stars coach, Avram Grant has been forced to travel to Alexandria for the very important match without Gyan and Juventus playmaker Kwadwo … Read more
The Government is not interested in collecting the GHS51 million from businessman Alfred Woyome probably because he is a financier of the governing party, anti-graft campaigner Vitus Azeem has said. “I don’t know whether they are scared or they don’t have the moral courage but all that has happened point to the fact that they … Read more
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has charged President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to account for monies wrongly paid to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome or face series of street protests. “We demand that President Mahama and his government retrieve the full value of our monies otherwise the party intends to … Read more
A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported. The quake, which measured 6.6 according to the U. S. Geological Survey, was bigger than one on Aug. 24 that … Read more