South Korean prosecutors have raided the offices of Samsung Electronics as part of a probe into the political scandal around President Park Geun-hye. The prosecutors are investigating allegations that Samsung gave money to the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, a close friend of the president. Ms Choi is accused of using their friendship to interfere in … Read more
A Political Analyst Dr Richard Amoako Baah has predicted that the 2016 Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party Mrs Hillary Clinton will win the US elections. Americans go to the polls tomorrow, November 8, 2016 to elect their President. Speaking on Ultimate Breakfast Show hosted by Lantam Papanko, he observed that the Republican Party presidential … Read more
The 1920’s was an extraordinary period for Germans. It was a period of extreme economic hardship, occasioned, not by a sharp drop in oil prices as is the case with Nigeria, but as a comeuppance of the First World War. Just smarting from the loss of the war, one could imagine the exasperation of the … Read more
US election: What does the rest of the world think? As the voting day in the US approaches, the world’s attention is focused on perhaps one of the most polarised elections in US history. Not only will the winner seal the fate of Americans for the next four years, but the result will also have … Read more
US Business mogul Donald J. Trump has defied the gods, turned the political pundits into liars, re-written the prophecies Planet Earth’s wise men made about him, thrown the Republican Party into a state of anarchy and placed himself on a firm path to possibly becoming the USA’s next president. Another unimpeachable evidence that: “America is … Read more
I will first begin with the Obama administration and its policy toward Liberia. The administration was faced with a weak economy left by the Bush government. When Obama took office in 2009, unemployment was about 7.2%. Despite the Democrats having control of both houses, the economy was down. Like in Clinton’s first term, the Democrats … Read more
Election year is here again and along with it have come its shenanigans. One of such is the “Voters Region” tag some have given to my region, the Volta Region. I suppose the geniuses behind the coinage thought it clever because its a play on the name of the region. It sounds punny and who … Read more
The FBI and U. S. intelligence agencies are examining faked documents aimed at discrediting the Hillary Clinton campaign as part of a broader investigation into what U.S. officials believe has been an attempt by Russia to disrupt the presidential election, people with knowledge of the matter said. U.S. Senator Tom Carper, a Democrat on the … Read more
U. S. Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Robert P. Jackson has lauded Ghana’s electoral system describing it as “excellent”. Speaking on Class91.3FM’s America Decides programme with host Dr. Etsey Sikanku on Friday, Mr. Jackson said: “I think Ghana has an excellent electoral system in place and I am confident that the Electoral Commission and the voters … Read more
It is very difficult to rig an election in the United States of America, the country’s Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Robert P. Jackson has said. America heads to the polls on Tuesday, 8 November to elect their 45th President and 48th Vice President. With the race to the Whitehouse heating up, Mr. Jackson has allayed … Read more
Ideological differences are not so clear in Ghanaian politics, U. S. Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Robert P. Jackson has observed. Speaking on Class91.3FM’s America Decides programme with host Dr Etsey Sikanku, Mr. Jackson said: “One of the things that I notice about Ghanaian politics is that it somehow, sometimes less clear what the ideologies differences … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he nearly absconded from office, when he saw there was no money to work for the Nigerian people after winning the 2015 elections. The President made this confession on Thursday while addressing the Course 38 participants of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies who presented their course … Read more
The FBI has unexpectedly released documents concerning ex-president Bill Clinton’s pardon of the husband of a wealthy Democratic donor, in a surprise move just days before the election in which his wife is seeking to become America’s first female president. The release of the heavily redacted 129-page report over the pardon of trader Marc Rich … Read more
The FBI has been conducting multiple investigations of alleged connections between Russia and Donald Trump, his presidential campaign or its backers. But none so far have yielded proof of criminal connections between the parties. US law enforcement and intelligence officials investigating hacks of Democratic Party organizations view Russian spy agencies as trying to sow chaos … Read more
John Legend’s trophy cabinet contains an Oscar, a Golden Globe and 10 Grammy Awards but he says true love trumps all that. “Everyone is scared of love because you might get hurt,” he told Newsbeat. The singer’s latest album, Darkness & Light, deals with heartache and happiness. “Men have the added challenge of feeling like … Read more
Foulmouthed Mahama hangers-on like Mr. Abraham Amaliba, the so-called National Democratic Congress’ legal-team member, can throw all the insults in his vocabulary arsenal, as well as the proverbial kitchen sink, against Nana Akufo-Addo, the thee-time presidential candidate of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), in a bid to having the former Justice Minister docilely … Read more
In September, 2016, Civil Society and Media practitioners in Nigeria gathered in Enugu to review the country’s anti-corruption war. The meeting, supported by the Justice for All of the British Council was attended by about fifty Civil Society and Media practitioners interested in the anti-corruption war. Top on the agenda were the several cases involving … Read more
In my article four years ago on the US presidential election of 2012, I mentioned several factors that could determine the winner. The candidates, Baraka Obama and Mitts Romney, were known politicians and each had a political record to review and judge. Moreover, their individual party was united and determined to win. Although the polls … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that cyber attacks or other types of interference in other countries’ internal affairs were intolerable. The U. S. government has formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election. Russian officials have denied those allegations. Join … Read more
A feature by Akolgo A. Samuel, Senior Civic Education Officer of National Commission for Civic Education, Bolgatanga Regional office A key indicator of democracy and good governance in the developed world is credible and peaceful elections. However, elections in most developing countries, especially in Africa, have not been the best since they bring untold hardship, … Read more