KUMASI, Ghana – In the latest development of an ongoing melee between Ghanaian traders and foreign shop owners, the traders have refused to reopen shops they locked up in spite of a police order to do so. The enraged traders operating under the banner of the unionized Ghana Union Of Trade Associations (GUTA) last week […]
A group of Ghanaians calling themselves ‘Ghanaians Against Bad Governance’ (GABG) have announced their intention to stage a protest at the country’s embassy in Washington DC, USA. This follows protests already held in the Accra, Ghana dubbed #occupyflagstaffhouse which decried the hardships in the country. The aim of the protest which is proposed to
An American man has claimed a piece of Africa for his daughter to be a princess. Jeremy Heaton says he travelled from Virginia to an area lying between Egypt and Sudan with his flag to claim it and name it the “Kingdom of North Sudan” so that his daughter’s dream of becoming a princess
Forty-five traditional leaders in Ghana are demanding the suspension of deliberations on the Plant Breeders Act currently before the country’s Parliament. The leaders, known as paramount chiefs are also asking legislators to dismiss the bill until European countries and others accept Genetically Modified foods. The chiefs who come from the Brong Ahafo Region, mainly considered as
About 200 Ghanaian fans who were flown to Brazil to support the national team, the Black Stars at the World Cup have applied to the Brazilian authorities for asylum claiming they are Muslims fleeing religious conflict and persecution. Reports say they filed their applications in the southern city of Caxias do Sul, one of Brazil’s
By Femi Akomolafe I had a rather interesting discussion with an acquaintance after the Ghana Black Stars were kicked out of the World Cup. I thought it was interesting and worth sharing. Here goes: ACQUAINTANCE: Femi, greetings, it has been a while since we last read from you. What happened?
Over 30 illegal miners are feared dead at Banda Nkwanta at Bole in the Northern Region of Ghana after a mine pit in the Mole National Park in which they were working caved in on them Monday evening. Six bodies have so far been retrieved from the pit in which they where prospecting for Gold. An
Reports reaching our news desk confirm that the American man who was quarantined at the Nyaho Clinic in Accra on suspicion of carrying the Ebola virus has died. Sources at the Health Ministry say the man died on Monday. Meanwhile, The Health Ministry could not confirm or deny whether he died of the Ebola virus
By Femi Akomolafe “Colonialism and imperialism have not paid their score when they withdraw their flags and their police forces from our territories. For centuries the capitalists have behaved in the underdeveloped world like nothing more than war criminals. Deportations, massacres, forced labor and slavery have been the main methods used by capitalism to increase
Two-time defeated presidential candidate of the Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday admonished Ghanaians to be patient and keep faith because Ghana will work again if the NPP is voted onto power in 2016. Nana Akufo-Addo said made the remarks when he filed his nomination papers at the NPP headquarters at Asylum Down
