A Decade Of Tests, An Era Of Opportunity
Our world faces formidable challenges. Gulfs of mistrust divide citizens from their leaders. Extremists push people into camps of “us” and “them”. The Earth assails us with rising seas and...
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You May Not Get Another President In 35 Yrs If… – Chief of Staff Campaigns For Mahama In U/W
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has charged electorates in the northern part of Ghana to vote massively for “brother” John Dramani Mahama, who happens to be the only northerner to become president...
The Rules of the (online) Game
The rules of the (online) game Massively multiplayer online (MMO) games are now an established segment of the global entertainment industry. In MMO games, gamers create alter egos in virtual worlds,...
I Don’t Know Where the RTI Bill Is – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has lamented the delay in the passing of the Right to Information Bill, indicating that he does not know the progress of deliberations on the bill so far. “We have put...
Ghanaian Media Highly Saturated – Mahama
President John Dramani has touted press freedom in Ghana indicating that the country has so many media outlets it can be described as “one of the most saturated with radio stations and other media...
Group Slams Mahama For Delaying Passage of RTI Bill
The Right to Information (RTI) Coalition, has expressed disappointment in President John Mahama’s leadership for failing to ensure the passage of the right to information legislation in the...
Ivory Coast & PSG Star Serge Aurier Sentenced To Two Months In Prison
Paris St Germain right-back Serge Aurier has been given a two-month prison sentence by a French court after being found guilty of abusing police. 23-year-old Aurier was involved in an altercation...
Prez Mahama Moves To France For SDG Advocacy
President John Dramani Mahama is expected in Paris, France, where he will be hosted by UNESCO on the occasion of the Organisation’s International Day for Universal Access to Information. President...
Mahama’s 2nd Term Will Transform Ghana – Chief of Staff
President John Mahama will use his second term to transform Ghana should he win the 7 December polls, Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has said. Speaking to party supporters in the Upper West Region last...
Mahama In Paris To Meet Hollande
President John Mahama is in Paris, France, where he will be hosted by UNESCO on the occasion of the Organisation’s International Day for Universal Access to Information. President Mahama who is the...
Just A Single Bullet!
Sometime in 1984, a young man by name Akin Ogunrinde, walked slowly out of his boss' office. Akin had just been fired at his work place and now faced a gloomy and uncertain future. He shook his...
UK Detectives In Nigeria To Grill Oil Dealers
A 7-person team of anti-corruption police officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) is currently in Nigeria to interview several associates and accomplices of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani...
Buhari Asks Countries To Fulfil Humanitarian Crisis Relief Pledges
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, says the 71st United Nations General Assembly meeting was a successful outing, just as he leaves the U. S. for Nigeria. He also asked countries that had...
Rome Olympic Chief’s Fury At Mayor’s Bid Veto
The Italian Olympic chief has reacted angrily to the Rome mayor's decision to reject the city's bid to host the 2024 Games, and has vowed to fight on. Calling the decision "demagogic and populist",...
Climate Change Dominates Opening Of 71st Session Of The United Nations General Assembly
New York, September 20, 2016: The United Nations General Assembly kicked off yesterday, September 20 in New York City. Over 140 Heads of State were expected to attend in a yearly tradition of...
Africa Needs ‘fair Chance’ To Trade Not Sympathy – Mahama Tells UN Assembly
What Africa needs is not development assistance from developed countries but “a fair chance” to trade with the rest of the world, the President of Ghana today told the United Nations General...
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...
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...
Countries Need To Commit More To Fight Global Warming
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations framework convention on climate change, Patricia Espinosa has underscored the need for countries to increase capacity to fight global warming. She was...
UN Chief Enlists DiCaprio and Other Stars To Plead For Peace
Leonardo DiCaprio, Stevie Wonder, Michael Douglas and other stars pleaded for peace and the survival of the planet Friday which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said is "closer to conflict than we may...