Ever since Ivorians went to the polls to elect a new president, the West African country has been relatively unstable. The presidential poll, which showed clearly that opposition candidate, Alassane Ouattara, has won, was disputed by incumbent President, Mr. Laurent Gbagbo. And since the statement by Laurent Gbagbo to the effect that election results were rigged in some parts of the country, Cote D’Ivoire... 

Yesterday Ghana’s President, John Evans Atta Mills, performed a significant ceremony at Cape Three Points in the Western region which saw the country join the league of oil nations in the world. By that symbolic occasion Ghana is now counted among global oil producing nations. This is of course exciting news to a developing economy such as ours. In fact many Ghanaians have the strongest belief that... 

Last week, smallholder farmers in the country called on the Mills administration to introduce social safeguards that will help improve their lot in the future. The call was made by the farmers at a National Farmers Day forum held in Accra. We must put on record that this is not the first time that farmers in the country have urged government to put in place social safety nets that will guarantee their... 

Today warmly welcomes reservations expressed by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice- CHRAJ, on how one Ama Hemmah, a 72-year-old woman, was subjected to humiliating treatment and finally burnt to death. This horrifying incident occurred at Tema Community One last week. The rather atrocious crime is alleged to have been committed by Samuel Ghunney, a 50-year-old photographer; Emelia... 

The Youth and Sports Minister, Akua Sena Dansua, last Thursday, November 4, 2010 presented an itemized expenditure incurred during Ghana’s participation in the South Africa 2010 World Cup. Though, Ms. Sena Dansua disclosed that the expenditure incurred was 7 million dollars, she failed to give the breakdown of the total expenditure. The minister’s obvious inability to substantiate further how the... 

Today is highly worried about reports in a section of the media that seven remaining flights secured by the National Hajj Council- NHC for this year’s Hajj, run the risk of being derailed. The reports, as monitored on some media networks in Accra, suggest that the development follows a court order against the current NHC, obtained by one Afa Hakeem, a member of the former Interim Hajj Committee,... 

The Disciplinary and Grievances Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Tuesday ruled that the abortive sixth week Glo Premier League match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Berekum Arsenals should be rescheduled. The Committee therefore directed the Professional League Board to fix a tentative date for the rescheduled match. As usual parties involved in the case and their supporters have... 

Come Sunday, October 31, 2010 Ghana will be having its version of what the Spanish often refer to as the El-Classico; to wit: The Clash of the Titans or the Clash of the Classics. It is often a catch phrase used to refer to matches involving Spain’s top most clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. And in Ghana, our version of that classic clash has always been Accra Hearts of Oak-Asante Kotoko clashes.... 

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has made considerable advances in recent moves to close ranks, unite its people, implement internal democracy and present a positive face to the public. Indeed, if one party is making the right noises and causing positive waves other parties are jealous of, it is the CPP.  The leadership of the party, we are informed, has in 2010 gone to great lengths to practice... 

Although countless parties have been affected by both the government’s inability to fulfill their promised allowances and the strike that resulted, one can easily identify the group most negatively afflicted: the students. For this neglected group, their problems are many. The first and most obvious issue faced regards education; the students have already lost three weeks of lectures, which they...