“Inference from sampling within Ghana’s capital points that throughout the country, women are calling on the next president to protect women from sexual harassment in the workplace and fight employment discrimination.” By Katrina Kalcic On December 8, 2016, Ghanaians elected Nana Akufo-Addo as their next president. Shortly before the election, my research partner—Sheba Frempong and … Read more
You see, the Trokosi Nationalist Cynics know that they cannot win the argument on the seemingly intractable question of tribalism, especially how the latter cultural orientation seriously militates against the dogged pursuit of a salutary democratic tradition in the country; and so they insolently resort to what they do best: take potshots at the man … Read more
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“There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute” (Ziggy Marley). FOOD FOR THOUGHT: A REMARKABLE STORY ABOUT THE CORRUPT MINDSET OF THE TYPICAL GHANAIAN It is quite obvious that we cannot seem to get over our grudging infatuation with institutional corruption … Read more
Andy Murray, Mo Farah, Lee Pearson, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katherine Grainger are all honoured British tennis champion Andy Murray and athlete Mo Farah have been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Paralympic dressage rider Lee Pearson also becomes a Sir, while heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and rower Katherine Grainger are made dames. There are … Read more
By Francis Kwarteng “I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice” (Robert Kiyosaki). Akufo-Addo’s and Bawumia’s policy idea to make the private sector the focal point of their yet-to-be-implemented governance style is a commendable one. However one looks at the Ghanaian political economy from the unique perspective of … Read more
Foreign Affairs, a renowned American foreign policy journal, recently published an article under the title Dysfunction in the Balkans, written by Timothy Less. In this article the author offers his advice to the new American Administration, suggesting it to abandon the policy of support to the territorial integrity of the states created in the process … Read more
Foreign Affairs, a renowned American foreign policy journal, recently published an article under the title Dysfunction in the Balkans, written by Timothy Less. In this article the author offers his advice to the new American Administration, suggesting it to abandon the policy of support to the territorial integrity of the states created in the process … Read more
..I am not a legal expert, nor do l pretend to be one, but is just a common knowledge, for example; when a teller at a bank or any other individual mistakenly, deliberately or even fickly makes a deposit of money into another person’s account, l think the purported error needs very short period and/or … Read more
Celebrities thrive on controversies. Their power lies in fomenting media battle. They don’t need to say anything sensible to the media. They are convinced the fourth estate of the realm has lost its radar and would hatch on to anything. Guided by no rules, celebrities will do and say unimaginable things to get publicity. The … Read more
This is your year victory! Now, you will pass over to that side of victory. Your victory has come. This is marking the end of you weeping, gnashing of teeth, agonizing, tormenting from the enemy. This is marking the end of that mockery. You have stayed too long on that side. Now, rise and go … Read more
Yet despite the desperate attempt to supress the facts and keep these tragic events out of public glare, the anger of the people continues to boil and their rage is mounting. Chief Kataps Ngwii of the Christian Information Network wrote the following: “Goska, Southern Kaduna, 25th December, 2016: another Fulani herdsmen raid, destruction and killings. … Read more
I was listening to an interview of Madereka Nyerere, son of late President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, on Voice of America TV programme, hosted by Salim Amin in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, 25th December 2016, Christmas day in Amin’s usual programme, The Scoop. Madereka’s father, Julius Nyerere, had had a leadership style of selflessness, … Read more
“The restitution of those cultural objects which our museums and collections, directly or indirectly, possess thanks to the colonial system and are now being demanded, must also not be postponed with cheap arguments and tricks.” One of the enduring characteristics of the supporters of the so-called universal museum seems to be a determination not to … Read more
“For education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent” (W. E.B. Du Bois). AKUFO-ADDO AND THE MAKING OF HISTORY Anyone can make promises but not everyone can honor such promises. It takes boldness of vision, conviction, and the sanctioning power … Read more
Author Godsent Koby Rhema One great man once said “an idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” We must understand that Ideas are very important but until that idea is released that idea is somehow powerless. Ideas are like seeds; A seed … Read more
Author Godsent Koby Rhema One great man once said “an idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” We must understand that Ideas are very important but until that idea is released that idea is somehow powerless. Ideas are like seeds; A seed … Read more
“The restitution of those cultural objects which our museums and collections, directly or indirectly, possess thanks to the colonial system and are now being demanded, must also not be postponed with cheap arguments and tricks.” Right side of Nefertiti, Egypt, now in Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany. One of the enduring characteristics of the supporters of … Read more
Just how different was this year’s election from previous ones? What makes 2016 stand out in Ghana’s political history? The stunning change in the 2016 results involved a sharp decline in voter participation across the country especially in strongholds of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). National voter turnout for 2012 was 79.43 percent while … Read more
In 2008 whilst I was still in secondary school and my interest in politics had just began to show, one person who I looked up to greatly was then Hon. Nana Akufo Addo who had been nominated as flagbearer for the NPP for the first time to contest against professor Atta Mills (Late). My interest … Read more