A Guinean NGO in New York, Pottal Fii Bhantal (United For Development) has been organizing a soccer tournament for its nationals in the New York area for the past 10 years. This year, the tournament has kicked off in full force. According to the Former President of Pottal Fii Bhantal, Abdoulaye S. Diallo, the purpose of the […]
The Fouta Djallon (Fulani) community in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Tri-State area held their second annual cultural event dubbed Pottal Fii Bhantal Fouta Djallon in New York over the weekend. The event attracted members of the community as well as other Guinean nationals, the extended African community and well wishers. The colorful event was a
60 Years Of Pure Distinction The idea to establish the school started in 1956 when a delegation approached Fr. Cletus Hodapp of the Society of the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) with a proposal to establish a school in Nkwatia. After a meeting between the then Nkwatiahene (Chief of Nkwatia) Nana Asante Yaidom III and his elders
The final funeral rites for the mother of President John Mahama was held at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra Saturday. The late Hajia Abiba Nnaba died on the 14th of June, 2016 and was buried the same day at Busunu in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region in line with
Veteran Ghanaian Actor George Williams is dead. The 87-year-old actor died Sunday down at the KorleBu Teaching Hospital in Accra, a close relative confirmed to ghnewsnow.com. He reportedly complained of some ailment at home and was rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost. Mr. Williams who taught at the Accra Film School
A 35-year-old merchant, Adamu Bisa Bidor, has been shot dead by alleged robbers at Buipe in the Northern region. The deceased, together with other traders, who had come to the area to buy cattle were attacked by the gang of robbers while they were sleeping in a broken kiosk near the Tamale- Kintampo Highway. Brother
President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that Ghana and Liberia have reached an agreement to share intelligence, and collaborate with their respective security agencies to fight terrorism and crime within the sub-region. “On the sub regional level, we have discussed issues of interest to do with security; that is working together in order that we
Over 30 Chinese nationals have been deported by the Ghana Immigration service in the Ashanti region. The foreigners were deported after they were caught engaging in illegal mining activities popular called ‘galamsey’. “We repatriated during the period 37 foreign nationals mostly Chinese nationals engaged in illegal mining,” the regional Commander for Immigration Service, Mr. Isaac
It was a wonderful night in March for a concert. The people from all over New York City gathered into the decades old monument to Africa American History. Seated with anticipation, the concert goers patiently waited for a show that would not disappoint. This was my second viewing of the African Now concert series put
