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Tag Archives: Ashanti Region
Ghana: Reshuffling Regional Ministers all too soon is impolitic
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor President John Mahama has announced his first ministerial reshuffle barely a month after appointing them into office. Here is the change: 1. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Samuel Sarpong, moves to the Central Region. 2. … read more
Ghana: The NPP’s hot potatoes
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor At long last, we now know what the NPP will go to the Supreme Court for. The party’s General Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has enumerated three reliefs that the party will seek: The number of … read more
Posted in Article, Canada, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ashanti Region, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court
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Ghana: Will Kumasi accept Akufo-Addo?
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Gradually, the NPP leaders and the party’s supporters have boxed themselves into a tight corner. Perhaps, they have counted too much self-confidence and misplaced trust in prominent personalities, including the Asantehene, Osei Tutu II, to … read more
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ashanti Region, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Kumasi, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court
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Ghana: To two-faced Akufo-Addo: All-fall-be-fall
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor As we inch toward Election Day this Friday, some extra-ordinary events have begun happening to provide some comic relief. Forget about the Hassan Ayariga antics and turn to this latest one, reported by Sammi Wiafe, … read more
Posted in Article, Gambia, Michael Bokor, West Africa
Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ashanti Region, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Kumasi, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party
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Ghana: Is the Kumasi Peace Pact a mere window dressing?
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Efforts by the Asantehene, the Ghana Peace Council, and others that culminated into the signing of the Kumasi Peace Pact by flagbearers of the various political parties contesting next Friday’s general elections are commendable. The … read more
Posted in Article, Columnist, Election, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ashanti Region, Ghana, Ghana Armed Forces, IndepthAfrica, John Kufuor, Kumasi, NDC, NPP
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Ghana: Abuse of incumbency is not the charge
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Those criticizing President Mahama’s “Thank Your Tours” to the regions as “abuse of incumbency” seem to have too much time and too little to do. I see nothing wrong with the regional tours nor do … read more
Is Mills the re-incarnated Sanni Abacha (2)?
Is President John Evans Atta Mills the re-incarnated Sanni Abacha of Nigeria (2)? The Ga Mantse Saga: The NDC has made it abundantly clear that it will have nothing to do with the current Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Tawiah 111 … read more
Posted in Article, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Mills Is Leading This Nation To War
bo Quansah Anytime I hear or read about Presidential submissions of providing leadership, my blood pressure rises. It is because this head of state has perfected the art of preaching peace, when people around him are preparing for war. I … read more
Does Ghana Need To Buy Five Aircrafts Now?
The view is widely held among economists and laymen alike that governments in third-world countries are justified in resorting to borrowing to address the heavy infrastructural deficiencies in such countries. For this reason, even third-world governments formed by right-wing parties … read more
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, West Africa
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Ashanti Region, breaking news, East Africa, Ghana, Ghanaians, Homosexuality, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kumasi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Sekondi-Takoradi, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Ghana: Ashanti records 179 malaria deaths
A total of 179 people died of the malaria disease in the Ashanti Region, last year, Dr Aaron Offei, the Regional Director of Health Services, has said. This showed a significant rise in the number of deaths, compared with the … read more
Posted in East Africa, Health, Kenya, News
Tagged Africa news, African news, Ashanti Region, breaking news, Disease, East Africa, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, Kumasi, Malaria, map of africa, News local news, newspapers, Noth Africa, Public Health, Southern Africa, West Africa, World Health Organization, World news
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Made In Ghana”Democracy”
Do not remind me of what actually happened in Ghana on April 30, 2011 because I am already aware of what took place the whole day. So much interested in Ghana’s democratic governance, I could not stay away from reports … read more
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, News, Politics, West Africa
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A Letter To The President Of Ghana
A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA: – ASHANTI REGION NEEDS AN OUT-SPOKEN AND AN INFORMATIVE PERSON AS A DEPUTY REGIONAL MINISTER* I am still doing my thinking aloud and recording these thoughts as I indicated in my earlier piece. … read more
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Ghana Elections: 72-year-old to contest 2012 presidential poll
A 72 year-old retired educationist, Dr Baffour Awuah, has announced his decision to contest the 2012 presidential poll on the ticket of the New Nation Party (NNP). He told the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi that he has already picked … read more
Posted in Election, Ghana, News, Politics, West Africa
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Ghana: 2010 District Level Elections kick-off in five regions
Ghanaian electorates in five regions, are expected to go to the polls on Wednesday, to elect Assembly and Unit Committee members in the 2010 District and Unit Committee Elections. Electoral statistics for the five regions available to the Ghana News … read more
Posted in Election, Ghana, News, West Africa
Tagged Africa news, African news, Ashanti Region, breaking news, Deputy Inspector General of Police, District Assembly, Electoral Commission, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Mohammed Alhassan, News local news, newspapers, World news
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