A group calling itself Ghanaians Against Bad Governance (GABG) yesterday held a protest at the country’s embassy in Washington DC, USA. The group was protesting what it described as issues affecting Ghanaians and causing hardship for them. Key among these issues they said, were corruption in government, a rapidly declining currency and the attendant rising […]
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
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
His Excellency John Dramani Mahama President Republic of Ghana Dear President Mahama, IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD We the People of Ghana, IN EXERCISE of our Sovereignty as a people under Article 1(1) of the 1992 Constitution, and in further exercise of our natural and inalienable right to demand responsible governance, which shall
Ghana’s Ministry of Information has released a statement refuting claims on certain social media platforms relating to the purported resignation of the President John Dramani Mahama. The statement is asking the general public to disregard the letter and its contents. The letter appeared first on Facebook following a protest in the capital Accra with the hashtag
As our political party journeys to elect a flagbearer to lead the party to win us political power in 2016, the current internal bickering and outplay of ugly bitterness that have seriously plagued our party, putting us in moral defeat, has literally left many of us abroad worried. The New Patriotic Party is dear to
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
