For decades, the image of Ethiopia in the rest of the world’s imagination was one of poverty, a people entirely dependent on the aid from Western countries. Of course Ethiopia struggled under desperate real socio-economic issues, but that wasn’t all there was to the country, just like poverty isn’t all there is to poor people. […]
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray hosted the African community in New York on Wednesday September 26, 2018 to mark the maiden African Heritage Day in New York city. The event was held at the Mayor’s residence, Gracie Mansion and was attended by African immigrants from all walks of life as
This shocking video appeared on social media. It’s a town in the Upper East region of Ghana. The video depicts the hardship locals go through to get to a health facility. According to the commentary in the video, there is actually a health facility in the town which has not been commissioned yet due to
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in the Bronx for a last minute campaign event ahead of tomorrow’s Democratic Primaries. The popular Governor together with his lieutenant Kathy Hochul and New York City Public Advocate who is in the race for State Attorney General attended a campaign event at Co-op City in the Bronx, in a
Ghana will have to use alternative sources to pay back China’s Sinohydro Corp. for $2 billion in infrastructure if the revenue from an earmarked bauxite project is insufficient to meet installments. Sinohydro agreed to a deal with the West African nation in May to build bridges, roads, hospitals and housing as part of the government
Such a financial package has many high-profile defenders on the continent, including the head of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina. “A lot of people get nervous about China but I am not. I think China is Africa’s friend,” he told the BBC. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed the view of
“The Elder who looks on as the children eat the python is counted among the python-eaters” – Fante/Akan proverb. By Kwesi E. Baako I will start my piece with the memory of my first and only meeting with this man; Kojo Yankah, former Ashanti Regional Minister under the Jerry Rawlings government and former Member of Parliament
It is said that doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting change is the height of insanity. On Saturday August 25, 2018, the New York City-based National Council of Ghanaian Associations (NCOGA), led by its Executive Secretary General, Mr. Fred Dwamena, hosted a high-level retreat to look at itself in the mirror, and answer the
The dream of a united Africa started way before the formulation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 following an intervention by the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I in Addis Ababa. In the early 1960s, when independence was sweeping throughout the colonized continent, liberation fighters and independence heroes were loosely speaking about a
