AFCON 2017 Kicks Off Today
The 31st edition of the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicks off today, Saturday January 14, in Gabon. The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Libya, until CAF withdrew the hosting rights...
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I’m Here For Serious Business
New Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach, Zvdrako Logarusic, says he is here for serious business and has, therefore, tasked his players to fight for their positions in order to return the club to their...
Akufo-Addo Charges Black Stars
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Black Stars to end Ghana's long wait for a trophy at senior level by winning the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon. Ghana last won a...
Black Stars To Battle Ethiopia, Sierra Leone & Kenya For AFCON 2019
Ghana has been drawn in Group F in qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Cameroon. The draw, which was held on Thursday, pitched the Black Stars against Ethiopia, Sierra Leone...
Warning To President Nana Akuffo Addo
I write not to congratulate you, Mr. President, but to conscientize, and reinvigorate your conscience and resolve to set Ghana, our Motherland Land on the path of the lasting prosperity, sanctity,...
Tension In Gabon As 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Tournament Looms
With an air of unease hanging over the tournament, the African Cup of Nations soccer competition returns to Gabon for the second time in five years. Opposition parties in the oil-rich central African...
The December 2016 Elections In Ghana- A Commentary
My non-Ghanaian friends have repeatedly asked with keenness the implications of the recent elections in Ghana. I have sometimes not had the luxury of time to adequately capture the significance in...
Who Are These Revolting Soldiers In the Ivory Coast?
The Ivory Coast tranquillity has been shaken by a revolt of a group of soldiers in the Ivoirian Army shooting up Bouake, Korhogo, Daloa and marching to Abidjan. They are demanding the pay they claim...
Asamoah Gyan To Equal Abedi Pele’s AFCON Record
Striker Asamoah Gyan is most likely to rewrite history as he seek out to equal the record of former Ghana international Abedi Pele at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Soccer Maestro, Pele is the...
Tunisia Beach Attack
A BBC investigation has identified the man accused of organising the terror attack on a beach that killed 38 people in Tunisia. Chamseddine al-Sandi is described as the "mastermind" behind the attack...
Crucify the GFA and Leave Avram Grant Alone
By El-Amisty Nobo “He who dances to Surugane must know that Surugane is dance with experience.” The Black Stars of Ghana will be seeking to win its fifth African Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy in...
Obama Is From Venus, Putin Is From Mars. Obama Is An Idealist, Putin Is A Realist
The current global political, and security environment remains chaotic, dangerous, and unstable. While the Obama Administration has done its best to address them, there is no doubt that the incoming...
I Return Home With Uneasiness
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana, Harruna Attah has said he is returning home with some uneasiness since his critics see his service to the nation as a crime. “As I head home...
Oil Prices Rise
Oil prices rose in the first trading hours of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between OPEC and non-OPEC members to cut production, which kicked in on Sunday, will be effective in draining a global...
Bring Me the 2017 AFCON Trophy
The President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the senior national team to end Ghana's 34-year wait for a trophy by winning the 2017 AFCON which starts on January 14 in Gabon. The Black...
Oil Prices Rise As Markets Eye OPEC, Non-OPEC Production Cuts
U. S. oil prices rose in the first trading hours of 2017 on Tuesday, buoyed by a deal for OPEC and non-OPEC production cuts which kicked off on Sunday. U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...
Which Way For Yahya Jammeh and The Gambia
In 2004, a high-level panel instituted by Kofi Annan the then UN Secretary General formulated and championed the concept of the responsibility to protect. The panel argued that states have obligation...
Libya Deport Dozens of Illegal African Migrants
Libyan authorities deported 157 illegal African migrants on Thursday. The migrants are mostly from Mali and were hoping to make it to Europe via the Mediterranean. The deportations were organised in...
A Solution To Disaster Management For Ghana
Road accidents, flooding, earth quakes, fire outbreaks and others are all disasters that occur in either our homes or work places. Most which are caused by man and others as a result of natural...
Oil Jumps 1.7 Percent, Adds To Year’s Gains Ahead of OPEC Cuts
Oil jumped 1.7 percent Tuesday, continuing its year-end rally with support from expectations of tighter supply once the first output cut deal between OPEC and non-OPEC producers in 15 years takes...