Dynastic Scion In His Father’s Shadow
Libreville (AFP) - Ali Bongo of Gabon, who has been declared the winner of a disputed election in the central African country, has spent more than half his 57 years in the corridors of power. On...
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Grammar and Semantics
Introduction In the lexicon of International Relations and Diplomacy, one word that suffers a high frequency of wrong use is "CONSULAR." It is common to hear phrases such as "Ghana CONSULAR in...
Stonebwoy, Amakye Dede, Others For O2 Arena October 21
BET Awards Winner- Stonebwoy; king of Highlife-Amakye Dede and the reigning VGMA 2016 Artiste of the year- EL, have been announced to headline the Ghana Music Week, UK (GMW-UK) scheduled for the...
Three Top Kenyan Olympic Officials Arrested Over Rio ‘scandal’
Nairobi (AFP) - Three top Kenyan Olympics officials have been arrested as investigators probe allegations of mismanagement and corruption at the Rio Games, police sources said. Francis Paul,...
Kenyan Police Raid Olympic Headquarters Over Corruption Scam
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police raided the country's Olympic headquarters Saturday probing a corruption scam that saw some of the nation's athletes deprived of team uniforms at the Rio Games. Three top...
‘Son’ of Boko Haram’s Founder Named Jihadi Head
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - When the Islamic State group appointed Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the head of Boko Haram early in August, few people even recognised his name. But to close observers of Nigerian...
Gabon Braces For Results In Tense Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly disputed presidential election, with both frontrunners claiming victory in a vote...
Corruption ‘epidemic’ In Tunisia
Tunis (AFP) - Graft in Tunisia has reached "epidemic" proportions, the head of the national anti-graft body INLC said on Tuesday, and urged the new government to eradicate the "barons of corruption"....
Gabon On Edge As It Waits For Election Results
Libreville (AFP) - Security forces deployed on the deserted streets of Libreville Tuesday as Gabon awaited official results of the weekend presidential election that both the incumbent Ali Bongo and...
A Nation In A Trance
IT does not take much to diagnose certain illnesses. Even without medical training, one can so easily tell when a person's mental balance is impaired that a proverb has been coined to make the point....
NAGRAT Blasts Gov’t Over Unsustainable Education Programmes
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), wants government to look beyond introducing social intervention programmes in the education sector, merely to score what it calls cheap...
Full AfricaWatch Report
For some time now, functionaries of Ghana’s main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and their presidential candidate himself, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, have strenuously denied reports in the...
Bawku Naba, Garu Naba Endorse Akufo-Addo
The paramount Chief of Bawku, Naba Asigiri Azoka Abugrago II, has described as false reports indicating that he has endorsed the candidature of President John Mahama ahead of the conduct of this...
Who Really Let the Dogs Out?
By Jaysegbefia We’re back at it all over again, aren’t we? We’re back to the very beginning of the string of foolishness and downright ridiculousness that is the stock-in-trade of how the...
Key Actors Of The Assembly And Their Functions
The decentralisation concept has since its inception brought much meaning to democracy by formerly devolving powers, functions,responsibilities and resources from the central government to actors at...
UDS Set To Integrate Child Protection Project Into School Curricula
The Deen of the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies (FIDS), Dr. Sylvester Galaa has stated that Children are the future capital of Africa, as such any activity that is geared towards Social and...
Shatta Wale Eyes Jamaican Success
Ghanaian deejay Shatta Wale continues the drive to make a mark in Jamaica with Life and War, his latest song, produced by YGF Records. He has collaborated with top producers Notnice Records on the...
Remove Your Cassock and Be A Politician
Chief Executive of the Ghana Free Zones Board, Kojo Twum Boafo has pilloried the Head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, Bishop Osei-Bonsu, for dabbling in the affairs of President John Dramani...
We’re All Bona Fide Psychos
Oh heck, let me dive right into it : We’re all sick in the head in one way or another but we don‘t know it. I’ll tell you why in a minute!. While having a frank and open discussion with a group...
Opposition Candidate Lays Claim To Presidency Win
Gabon's opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping has claimed victory over incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the oil-rich African nation for nearly half a century. "The decision...