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Ghana: President Mahama alone can not do it all!

By Jacob Kporfor It does not take one person to achieve it all, it is always a collective effort. What we need to fight is our culture. We can have the most beautiful and well designed democratic system but if … read more »

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Ghana: General Election Trial In Ghana Should Be Televised

By Edusei, Eric Kwabena The 2012 General Election Trial In Ghana Should Be Televised (Public) It is only a dreamer in Ghana today who can speculate that our nation is a peaceful country. How can we talk about peace or … read more »

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Should Ghana Apologize And Pay Reparation To Nigeria?

Black Africans have gone through unimaginable ‘perscusions’ from generation to generation since time immemorial, but the worst of some of these heinous crimes of ‘man inhumanity to man’ against us was the Arabs and Europeans Slave Trade, of the last … read more »

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Go Ahead And Mourn Your Beloved Ghana

Indeed, the true patriots have every right to be concerned about Ghana’s seemingly hopeless situation. For, Ghana, our beloved country, is fighting a losing battle,–struggling to shrug off a chronic cancer called ‘misappropriation’. I am not seeking to hyperbolize the … read more »

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Ghana: Why President Mahama Must Suspend Small-Scale Mining

Badu, K Actually, potential economic benefits (tax revenues, and development outcomes) can be derived from small-scale mining. It is also true that small-scale mining is a significant contributor to the economic and social well-being of many people and households in … read more »

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Will the NPP boycott Ghana’s independence anniversary celebration too?

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Folks, the NPP leaders and their followers have once again come face-to-face with their own ghosts on the political terrain—and are scared stiff by what they see. Will they join President Mahama on Wednesday to … read more »

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Akufo-Addo to die in service to Ghana?

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The NPP’s Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is daring the devil in Ghanaian voters. He is, indeed, fast working himself into a frenzy at every turn as he ratchets up his political campaign efforts and has now … read more »

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Ghana: President Mahama, You Are A Dishonest Man

By Kwadwo Poku Out of respect for the dead, I have been silent for the past month concerning the political happenings across the fruited plains of our dear nation but there comes a time when one can’t take it anymore … read more »

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US Dept of State / Press Availability with Ghana President John Atta Mills

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Availability William J. Burns Deputy Secretary Accra, Ghana January 26, 2012 Deputy Secretary Burns: I am delighted to be here in Ghana, delighted to be able to convey to you the … read more »

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In Ghana politics, hard words toughen skins

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor It is common knowledge that Ghanaian politics is heavily infested with insults, especially following the proliferation of the mass media and prevalence of the somehow unfettered exercise of the freedom of expression engendered by our … read more »

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Ghanaian Militants Campaigning for Homosexuality and Nudism

Certain emboldened few Ghanaians have emerged from the woods, vociferously defending the course of gayness in Africa in general, and Ghana in particular. They have advanced well-researched reasons why Ghana should conform to the orders unilaterally issued by the British … read more »

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Is The President An Epitome of a “Greedy Bastard”?

I Hope Not. I am writing this as a reflection on the story on Ghanaweb.com today, 08/16/2011, that President Arthur Mills has accepted a Gift of a Mansion from a Business Firm, even as he is still incumbent. I hope … read more »

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Does President Mills of Ghana Has Any Excuses?

Fair Minded people no matter their position on any issue like to listen to the excuses of anybody being accused of a wrong doing before making their conclusions. I am one of such people. I hate prejudice. I always like … read more »

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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 »

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Ghana, a developed country by 2025?

Let us start by re-locating the capital (Part III) By Dr. A. Ofori Quaah (Flitwick, Bedfordshire, UK) “Hello, I am Indian. I was in Ghana for 5 months recently. I made some observations. I think Ghanaians have potential to rise. … read more »

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Ghana: Can President Mills Woo Former President Rawlings?

What an insurmountable task it will be for President Mills to woo Rawlings back into his bosom. To be honest with you, Rawlings can easily be wooed on either of the following two conditions. 1) President Mills will have to … read more »

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Ghana: National oil – A Bite of Death

Ghana is known for its poten­tial in min­eral resources like dia­mond, gold and baux­ite, and the lat­est reports about oil dis­cov­ery in the coun­try is seen as good news for the socio-economic devel­op­ment of the coun­try. But the greatest questions … read more »

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