Editorials/Opinion

Thirty-one prominent Ghanaians have recently been appointed as Board members for the four state-owned media establishments;  the New Times Corporation, the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the Graphic Communications Group Limited and the Ghana…

It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia.  A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty one.  Somalia has still a long way to go: the Al Shabaab are defeated, but they are not yet fully…

In recent years, many African countries have experienced a growth revival, but this has not necessarily generated decent jobs. Unemployment remained high among youth and the adult African population. Little attention has been paid to the…

On April 5, 2013 the world began the 1,000-day countdown to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline. Created in 2000, the MDGs spurred action from governments, international organizations, and civil society. In recent years,…

There is no other place in the world where you can come across a bevy of drop dead gorgeous individuals than in Hollywood - a location where reality has taken a back seat. If you are fortunate enough to get invited to any A-list party, the…

The new world order comes to Durban this week – for the fifth BRICS Summit, and the first in Africa. Dilma Rousseff, Vladimir Putin, Manmohan Singh, Xi Jinping and Jacob Zuma represent a changing world, as gravity and power gradually…

(Warning; the following write-up is symbolic in nature. Any attempt to take it in its literal sense may be detrimental to your hard won reputation) Next to a private jet, sex is the best thing that ever hit the planet. Forget the raunchy…

During my first week as the United States’ Secretary of State, I had the honor of meeting with a group of courageous women from Burma. Two were former political prisoners, and although they had all endured incredible hardship in their…

On February 23, 2013, I made my first blood donation. My first attempt was during my days at Adisadel College as a student in 2005. School authorities informed us that there will be a blood donation exercise put together by health…

A stable democracy, rule of law, rapid economic growth and almost all the other tick-boxes, plus new oil discoveries, have won Ghana a lot of fans lately. So it´s worth paying attention to anything which goes against the sunny narrative…