Throughout the year, kitesurfers in need of an adrenaline rush travel the globe to glide on the waters of the Dakhla lagoon in Western Sahara. It is a unique seaside treat which the Moroccan government has turned into a touristic mirage, writes Camille Lavoix. Some see it as Morocco reinforcing its hold on the region … Read more
The fifth African Union High Level Dialogue on Human Rights is slated for November 23 to November 26 at Arusah, United Republic of Tanzania to take stock and reflect on our achievements in the search of a better life for all segments. The dialogue is being organized by the African Court on Human and Peoples … Read more
The press should not ignore major issues during the election campaign The media as the fourth estate have a major responsibility to maintain focus on the national interest during the election campaign. At independence, we maintained that the liberation of Africa was vital to Ghana’s interest. Ghana played a major role in the eventual liberation … Read more
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, established the Centre 40 years as part of an industrialisation programme to expand international trade especially inter-African trade. The Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited was incorporated as a Limited Liability Company under the Statutory Corporations (Conversion to Companies) Act 1993, Act 461 in April 1997. With this vision, successive … Read more
The African Union is the west’s gendarme in Africa with it’s combined national armed forces increasingly primed to invade and occupy rather than keep the peace. The latest potential victim of the African Union, backed by its big brother, the UN, is South Sudan. Before that Burundi was threatened with invasion by the AU “peacekeepers”. … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Mugabe on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations which are commemorated annually on May 25, to mark the formation of the Organisation of African Unity on May 25, 1963. President Mugabe is the only surviving Head of State and Government who attended the formation of the OAU in … Read more
After President John Dramani Mahama delivered his State of the Nation address two weeks ago, most of the discussions were on local and internal affairs, and this being an election year in the country, the debates were heated and will continue for a long time. But hidden somewhere in the speech and lost in all … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned the JOB 600 multi purpose office complex for official use by Members of Parliament. The post-independence structure, which is just behind the Parliament House, was commissioned by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, in 1965. It was constructed to serve as the venue for the 1965 meeting … Read more
Today Ghana joins other African states to commemorate African Union (AU) Day Today, with the theme “We are Africa”. On 15 April 1958, in Accra, African leaders and political activists gathered at the first Conference of Independent African States. In attendance were representatives of the governments of Egypt (then a constituent part of the United … Read more