Next Step Unclear For Gabon’s Jean Ping
Gabon’s president Ali Bongo is due to be sworn in on Tuesday after the country’s highest court validated his re-election Friday. Opposition leader Jean Ping rejected the court’s ruling and said...
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NCCE Educates First Time Voters
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has encouraged first time voters to actively participate in the December 7 General Election. They must not sell their votes and or be influenced by...
Bring Your Campaigns To Us, Prisoners Urge Politicians
Inmates of the Navrongo Prison in the Upper East Region, have called on politicians to visit and educate them on their manifestos to enable them make informed electoral choices. The inmates made the...
Africa Needs Well-Trained Negotiators To Defend Continent
A former diplomat, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, has underscored the need for African countries to train a new crop of negotiators who will be able to defend the interests of the continent in the...
China Slowdown ‘biggest Economic Risk’
The former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund has told the BBC a slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy. Ken Rogoff said a calamitous "hard landing" for one of...
Ping Rejects Court Ruling On Bongo Election Win
Announcing its decision in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Constitutional Court also partially changed the results of the close vote, awarding Bongo more votes in his victory over Ping....
Gabon’s Bongo Asks National Unity After Re-Election Is Confirmed
Gabon's newly re-elected president, Ali Bongo, said Saturday that he would seek to form a new government based on a national political dialogue that will "most likely" include leading opposition...
Does the Media Needlessly Foster Fear?
The Vatican’s Pope Francis has strived to be a voice of peace and unity on a continent struggling to deal with a refugee crisis. On Thursday he spoke out once again, this time against mass media,...
The Illusory Islamic State
ISIS is allegedly an Al Qaeda-linked Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant, known for its ruthless tactics and suicide bombers and who currently poses a threat throughout the Middle East. It is also...
Finance Job Vacancies In England ‘fall After Brexit Vote’
Job vacancies in England's financial sector dropped more than 10% after the Brexit vote over passporting and single market concerns, a think tank has said. Passporting rights let firms trade across...
The Iron-Fisted Ethiopian State
A political crisis of longstanding duration has been brought to the world’s attention by the actions of a competitor at the recently concluded Olympic Games. Marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa’s...
Oxford Tops World University Rankings
Oxford University has come top of the Times Higher Education worlduniversity rankings – a first for a UK university. Oxford knocks California Institute of Technology, the top performer for the past...
IMANI Africa, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundation, Franklin Cudjoe and the CIA
Franklin Cudjoe is founding President and CEO of IMANI Center for Policy By Dade Afre Akufu On Saturday September 17, 2016, a dear friend M. Kwadwo Nyamba came to the defense of the “good” work...
Toxic Diesel
Following a global report which has uncovered that Ghana’s market is flooded with toxic diesel, The Finder can report that data from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revealed that Bulk...
Obama’s Advisors Give Final Recommendations On Doing Business In Africa
The President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) has issued its final recommendations to U. S.President Barack Obama before he leaves office in January 2017. The advisors...
Africa Becomes Dumping Ground For Old Aircraft
Just like other products, Africa has become a scrapyard for aircraft that have outlived their usefulness in Europe, Thabani Mthiyane, CEO of South Africa’s Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS)...
BoG Maintains Policy Rate At 26%
The chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, has expressed worry over the current level of inflation, warning that it is still high compared...
Policy Rate Remains Unchanged At 26%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has once again maintained its policy rate at 26 percent. This was arrived at the 72nd meeting of the committee after monitoring development of the...
Climate Change To Copy Tobacco Control Tactics
Just like climate change, tobacco kills many people every year. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is making sure that “the tobacco industry...
No Political Party Funding ‘IMANIfesto’ – Franklin Cudjoe
The manifesto work being done by IMANI is not being sponsored by any political party in Ghana, the policy think tank has said. “Folks let me be frank with you; our manifesto work has not been paid...