Ghana’s elections From my personal experiences in the United States and Europe, the mere mention of Africa conjures up images of a continent bedeviled by chronic political unrest and God-forsaken conflicts. Political instability has been a specter that has haunted Africa for a considerable amount of years. While some of these perceptions might hold true, it is reasonably fair to argue that countries... 

ARTICLE BY: ABDUL RAZAK BAWA, razakbaw@gmail.com Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom The executives of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) are behaving like ostriches, hiding their heads in the sand. As usual, as with the tradition after the demise of its founder and the first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, they are tickling themselves to laughter and pretending everything is okay. Of course, the current... 

Recently, I witnessed in dismay a tirade by a white man in a first class cabin of a mid-size airplane, admonishing another first class passenger, a Ghanaian male, for “begging” for his seat. What is wrong with you Africans? All you do is beg, beg, beg for everything!! You can beg all you want; I am not going to give you my seat. Tempers finally cooled down, and the aircraft took off. Unfortunately,... 

Several detainees have died after being subjected to torture in Libya in recent weeks and months amid widespread torture and ill-treatment of suspected pro-al-Gaddafi fighters and loyalists, Amnesty International stated. Amnesty International delegates in Libya have met detainees being held in and around Tripoli, Misratah and Gheryan, who showed visible marks indicating torture inflicted in recent... 

It is very disturbing to see the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) give the impression as though it is doing the bidding of the opposition NPP by the way it has conducted itself in the Woyome saga. The various radio interviews and commentaries given by the GII on the Woyome’s saga have left some of us wondering its role. GII a local chapter of Transparency International which is seen in the eyes of... 

Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn (£48bn) and $100bn, reports suggest. Facebook makes most of its money through advertising The company plans to file papers with the US financial watchdog on Wednesday, according to the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. The flotation later this year would raise... 

Key facts Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection. The infection causes flu-like illness, and occasionally develops into a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. The global incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. About half of the world’s population is now at risk. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban... 

Generally, the Yuletide is a time of reminiscences, accessing how our affairs went in the soon-to-end year and establishing wishes, dreams and projects for the coming year.  It is also a period for giving and receiving gifts.  And it goes without saying that each gift comes with a specific intention and is also expected to or does eventually elicit certain response.  Going on about the Yuletide... 

Martin Amidu Circumstances surrounding the dismissal of Attorney-General, Hon. Martin Amidu, following his allegations of “gargantuan” corruption against an unnamed fellow cabinet member and the subsequent resignation of Education Minister, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, a former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, under whose watch the controversial Woyome judgement debt payment was made, brings to... 

AUTHOR: MARK LEVINE     "A State of the Union address, with the entire military leadership staring at you from the floor of the Congress, is not the easiest place for a President to speak truth to power," writes LeVine   How do you judge a State of the Union speech that begins with a lie? There was any number of anecdotes or stories with which President Obama could have begun his...