Some civil society groups in the country have joined forces to establish 10 election situation rooms in the regions to gather and disseminate data on this year’s December 7 general elections to the public. About 5,600 observers of these civil society groups are expected to be deployed on the election day to the various polling … Read more
President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, expects the price of gold to remain under pressure for most parts of 2016. This, he explained, will be largely due to the US Federal Reserve Bank easing its quantitative monetary programme. “Since this is likely to trigger a rise in interest rates of near … Read more
How the West changed its mind on Libya’s Gaddafi In the 42 years that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya, Western views went from considering him a cartoon villain to believing him a model of international conduct – and back to villain again, when the West backed an armed rebellion against him. The Libyan Army officer … Read more
Despite conflicts and instability in some parts, Africa’s fast growth and development, at least during the past decade, has attracted several external countries mainly from Asian region, European Union (EU) and the United States. In this special interview, David Shinn, an Adjunct Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs, a former U. S. Ambassador … Read more
The Electoral Commission of Ghana is late with its processes in connection with the December 7 polls, Mr Peter Mac Manu, the National Campaign Manager for the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said. In his estimation, the EC should have gone through certain processes and done certain things a long time ago, but … Read more
Deputy Minister for Finance, Ms Mona Quartey has underscored the importance of an efficient and transparent procurement system in ensuring the achievement of Ghana’s pursuits in economic development. The Deputy Minister said various surveys and studies had attributed the failure of procurement systems to achieve good value for money and economic growth within Sub-Saharan Africa … Read more
The Police has invited the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Daniel Bugri Naabu for questioning over a statement he made at the party’s rally held at Savelugu recently that the party has decided to deploy about 40 macho men to every single polling station in the Northern Region. Mr Naabu … Read more
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) is raising concerns about the country’s security preparedness in some constituencies across the country with forty eight (48) days to the December 7 polls. A pre –election observation report released by the coalition identifies major security gaps in some constituencies. The coalition’s findings reveal that police visibility in … Read more
Do we have a functioning government at the moment? We are afraid not. Everything points to a non-functioning governance system, as the President and all his men and women take to the road, campaigning for the December 7 Presidential and Legislative elections. It looks liked beyond the December vote, nothing matters anymore in this country. … Read more
Ghana is in a debt crisis. Despite having had significant amounts of debt cancelled a decade ago, the country is losing around 30% of government revenue in external debt payments each year. 1 Such huge payments are only possible because Ghana has been able to take on more loans from institutions such as the International … Read more
A new report, jointly published by seven organizations, has revealed that Ghana is in a debt crisis because the country is losing around 30% of government revenue in external debt payments each year. It attributed the situation to a combination of the recent fall in the price of commodities and the loans not being used … Read more
A NEW report, jointly published by seven organizations, has revealed that Ghana is in a debt crisis because the country is losing around 30% of government revenue in external debt payments each year. It attributed the situation to a combination of the recent fall in the price of commodities and the loans not being used … Read more
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has commended the European Union for supporting the Commission to embark upon voter education in all the ten regions of the country. Mr Samuel Akuamoah, the Deputy Chairman of Operations of the Commission, said this at Sandema in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region at … Read more
A coalition of local and international non-governmental organizations in governance in Ghana, is warning of a full-blown financial crisis if the continuous dependence on commodity exports is not immediately halted. In a report released in October, the group warned that failure of lenders carrying the cost of any irresponsible lending to the country, could plunge … Read more
The Ghana Integrity Initiative Coalition has expressed its worry that the emerging trend of ‘Vote Selling’, if not addressed, could erode the moral and ethical fibre of the society. The Coalition, made up of four civil society organisations – the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and … Read more
Once again, some few misguided individuals have put the name of Tamale and its good people in the news, not for the good reasons but bringing the city’s name & its people into disrepute. Why? Off late, it has virtually become a fashion across the Tamale metropolis to see and hear that old and young … Read more
A new research by the Social Enterprise Activity in Ghana has revealed that 98 social enterprises in Ghana currently employ 998 young people directly, impacting 103,148 lives in Ghana. This was announced at the British Council Ghana high level launch of the Social Enterprise Activity in a Ghana Research Report. The event which was held … Read more
In both theory and practice ,the criminal justice system of most democratic jurisdictions ,refers to that level of maintaining effective and efficient law and order involving the active and tacit functioning of the various state institutions as the police ,the court systems ,the prisons and the probation or community correction services Admittedly , each of … Read more
The opposition New Patriotic Party has always used violence as a weapon to prosecute its electoral agenda in the Ashanti Region, Deputy Minister of Defence Kenneth Adjei has said. Addressing party faithful in Kumasi on Saturday October 15 as the party launched its campaign to win 1 million votes in the Ashanti Region in the … Read more
Despite the governing National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) increasing share of votes in the Ashanti Region from past elections, it will be a miracle if the party polls more than 300,000 votes in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections, Sam Pyne, the General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated. Mr Pyne made … Read more