Ghana: Parliamentary Candidate Agnes Chigabatia.
Region: GhanaBy Kofi Yeboah There have been considerable efforts by women to have chance in Ghanaian politics. Ghana Decides [1], a non-partisan project which aims to foster a better-informed electorate for free, fair and safe 2012 ... more
Views: 856African Countries Eager to Compete in 2012 Olympics
Region: Kenya
By Richard Wanjohi A little less than 17 days to go for the 2012 Olympics and the whole world is revving up for this sporting bonanza to be hosted by London – for the second time in their modern day history. For A... more
Views: 155950 Paramilitary Officers End Training in Ghana
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By Leroy M. Sonpon, III Forty male and 10 female paramilitary officers from various departments of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN) ended a four-month i... more
Views: 1980Is Ghana President Atta Mills Up Against His Own Party?
Region: GhanaIn the months leading to the election of President John Evans Atta Mills, many Ghanaians, including those abroad, feared that a New Democratic Congress (NDC) win would morph into another reign by the party’s founder ... more
Views: 1547Obama'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 unimpres... more
Views: 2354Obama 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... more
Views: 2588Scandals 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 b... more
Views: 1957Obama 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 w... more
Views: 1959Ghana'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 d... more
Views: 1540Ex-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... more
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