08/23/2013 Failed Zimbabwean presidential candidate and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai risks being summoned before the country’s highest court to answer charges of contempt for “disparaging remarks” he made about the judiciary.Mr Tsvangirai had said there was little difference between the judiciary and Mr Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party. He alleged that even though he was in office […]
08/29/2013 Ghana’s Supreme Court has thrown out the election petition filed by the opposition New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo against President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress(NDC). Reading the verdict, Justice William Atuguba gave the breakdown of the main issues in contention and how the judges individually ruled
08/31/2013 Christians have been admonished to avail themselves to God’s call and to commit to His command of spreading the Good News to all nations. The call was made by the resident pastor of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Reformed Church in the Bronx, New York and former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
09/14/2013 The Musicians Union of Ghana, MUSIGA has signed a contract with the Council for Technical and Vocational Educational Training (COTVET) for the commencement of the MUSIGA Academy. The contract was signed by the MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kuffour in the presence of the Fund Manager, Ato Simpson of the Skills Development Fund (SDF) of
10/01/2013 Ghana’s president John Dramani Mahama says he is not taking the supposed terrorist threat on his country lightly. President Mahama was speaking at an event organized in his honor by the New York University (NYU) at the Kimmel Center in Manhattan, New York on Friday September 27. In a reaction to questions from the
10/05/2013 A group of Egyptians resident in New York Saturday took to the streets to protest the military intervention and ousting of former president Mohammed Morsi. The group carrying placards and chanting pro Morsi slogans converged outside the Egyptian embassy on 42nd Street and 2 Avenue, Manhattan. Clad mostly in yellow, the group comprised a
03/02/2014 “We will make a lot of noise; they can’t sleep…if this one fails which I wonder, we will chant them down spiritually. When they start getting cancer, they will think twice” Maverick Ghanaian radio personality and activist Blakk Rasta says Ghanaians will use every trick in the book to prevent genetically modified (GM)
03/02/2014 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has defended his decision to sign the anti-gay bill passed by the parliament into law. Mr. Museveni said he signed the bill because he initially thought that some people were homosexual by nature and it would be wrong to punish them, but after conducting some research into the ’causes’ of
03/10/2014 The Moderator of the New York City Presbytery(PCUSA), Dr. David Ofori Jr. has brought some fresh intuition to his office. In a landmark gesture, the Ghanaian-born Moderator invited all living past Moderators in the New York City Presbytery (from 1965 to 2013 ) , from the 96 congregations , to a luncheon to deliberate
By Tetteh Ahumah Bosco, Accra-Ghana I didn’t decide to write a two part article when I started last week with the Post-Election Saga Blues. However a reader’s comment got me thinking. Because I had recommended a way forward for the N.P.P, Paul, a reader, had asked why not a way forward like that for the
