Obama's Ghana Speech Underwhelms
Region: GhanaCongolese blogger Alex Engwete posts a French translation ofObama's address to the Ghanaian parliament, given this Saturday during his first-ever visit as President. Two readers respond, each unimpressed by Obama's speech. Wavre thinks Obama's failure to recognize America's past misdeeds in Africa or Africa's contribution to the West's success places his speech just a little above Sarkozy's... more
Views: 2360Obama to Visit Former Slavery Outpost in Ghana
Region: Ghana
US President Barack Obama will visit Cape Coast Castle, a former slavery outpost in Ghana, on Saturday, July 11. Here he will witness some of the most gruesome images of the Slave Trade that saw the exportation of millions of Black Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas and Europe. The Cape Coast Castle was the main point of departure for many slaves captured from the hinterlands and sold to slave merchants who ... more
Views: 2592Scandals in Ghana Telecom and Vodaphone deal
Region: GhanaThere is confusion among members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) members of parliament over an alleged bribe they took to ratify the sale of the then Ghana Telecom to Vodaphone last year. It is being alleged by one of them Mr P.C. Appiah Ofori, who was opposed to the deal and refused to vote for it, that after the parliamentary vote to ratify the deal, all those who voted for it were given $5,000 to help i... more
Views: 1962Obama Fever Hits Ghana
Region: Ghana
The excitement about the visit of the US President Barack Obama to Ghana is growing by the day. Already vendors are hawking paraphenelia in readiness for his arrival next week. This will be the third time a US President will visit Ghana. The first was Bill Clinton in 1998, followed by George W. Bush in 2007. Obama's visit is the first to black Africa after his historic election to President of the United States. For... more
Views: 1961Ghana's Sports Minister Exonerated, But Resigns
Region: GhanaAfter investigations in alegations of corruption levelled against the then Minister of Sport Alhaji Mubarak, he has been exonerated. The reports have been released today June 25. The reports of the investigation says he did nothing wrong as the allegations against him could not be substanciated. The reports said that the accountant who made the allegations did it to spite the Minister for transfering him. However, the... more
Views: 1541Ex-Minister prevented from travelling out of Ghana
Region: GhanaA Minister of Information in the past Ghanaian government was yesterday June 14 prevented from boarding a British Airways flight on his way to the US with his family. Officials of the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) - Ghana Prime investigative body stopped the minister Mr Asamoah Boateng when he was going through departure formalities on his way out of the country. He was told that he was being invited to ... more
Views: 1373Fuel Prices go up in Ghana
Region: GhanaNew Fuel prices have been anounced in Ghana. There is an increase of 30 percent on all petroleum products starting from Friday June 5. This is in response to rising prices in the world market. This has sparked criticism for the government because they promised to reduce fuel prices when voted into power. So far, this is the second time they have increased prices. Ghana's economy is vulnerable to fuel prices as prices... more
Views: 2176Ghana's Sports Minister on leave for investigation
Region: GhanaGhana' sports minister has been asked by the President to proceed on leave pending investigation in corruption charges levelled against him by the Chief Accountant of his ministry. There were calls on him both from his party and the opposition to resign but he has refused. That means there was nothing left for the President apart from this action. Resignation of this kind are almost absent in Ghana politics, but it w... more
Views: 1798Ghana: Speculation, excitement and hopes over Obama's visit
Region: GhanaJust over six months since a change in Ghana’s administration following peaceful elections in December 2008 and, coincidentally, six months since the highly-publicised change in the US administration, the President of the USA, Barack Obama, will touch down in Ghana for two days in early July on his first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office. The announcement, made in May, caused great excitem... more
Views: 716Ghana's Sports Minister Denies Allegations
Region: GhanaAs expected, Ghana's sports minister has denied any wrong doing in the corruption charges levelled against him. He says God will help him proves his innocent. In addition, he claims that the allegations are part of a frame up ochestrated by people in the ministry to have him disgraced and removed from office. This view is being supported by Mallam Issa who found himself in similar situation in 2001. He says there is ... more
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