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Is a global currency war heating up?
To drive export growth in global trade, every country strives to peg the exchange rate of its currency at low ebb. Slowly but steadily competitive devaluation is taking place around the globe mooted by advanced and emerging economies.
As…
Go after the rapists, not their victims
On January 10, 2013, Somali police detained a journalist after he interviewed a woman who reported she was raped by members of the Somali security forces some months earlier. The alleged rape victim was also detained. Thousands of women are…
Ghana’s polarised society: Can Mahama’s bold initiative provide a cure?
Out of the cool harmattan weather and the soothing breeze gently beating the Independence Square stood a humble President John Dramani Mahama in an flowing immaculately white "agbada" or gown and declaring to the world: “I will ensure…
Ghana’s religious industry: A potential for augmenting national coffers
The importance of the religious industry (i.e. religious bodies and their economic activities) in the socio-political as well as economic fortunes of Ghana cannot be discounted. This area is however least explored as a potential national,…
Pope Benedict’s message for World Day of Peace
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
1. EACH NEW YEAR brings the expectation of a better world. In light of this, I ask God, the Father of humanity, to grant us concord and peace, so that the aspirations of all for a happy and prosperous life may…
Achieving MDGs 4&5: When men also rock the cradle
From a distressing figure of an average of thirty-six under age five deaths recorded since 2009, officials and community members of Aowin-Suaman District of the Western Region battled to record zero child mortality in the first half of…
Ghana politics: Johns, personalities & the silent majority
The elections are over! On December 7, 2012, Ghanaians voted to elect 275 members of the legislature and a President. After two days of voting, the President of the Republic and the men and women who’ll make laws and scrutinize government…
Short Story: Mosquito tales
Memuna spied from the corner of her eye and looked at the annoying mosquito that would not let her sleep. She thought it was all in her dreams.
At first she heard it in the far distance, like the sound of Baba’s rickety car when it was…
What to expect after the Ghana elections on December 7
I made a promise to my friends on Facebook to write about my predictions of what are likely to happen after the elections are over. These predictions are nothing new. They happen in Ghana after every election.
I am keeping this promise,…
Ghana’s mirage of a thriving mobile industry
As I write this post, I’m seething with anger. For weeks I have had to endure horrible voice and data services from my mobile provider.
What’s more frustrating is that porting to another network isn’t a useful option. All I’m guaranteed is…