Editorials/Opinion

We all knew it was coming, and now it is here. An attempted coup. There is no other way to describe what President Donald Trump did in the wee hours of the morning. Standing in the East Room of the White House, the room where Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John …

After nearly two years, countless ads, the expenditure of billions of dollars and dozens of candidates, the moment of decision has arrived. It is a tired and timeworn cliche that each presidential campaign is the most important of our lives. But this year it really seems to be true. Democratic nominee and …

Democracy isn’t only about the right to form political parties, contest, win elections and run a country the way one wants. Neither is it about fighting an election, winning and gathering a country’s resources at one’s feet, like the spoils of war. Democracy also includes the rights of citizens to …

…Would the exploitation of the black gold do the trick? “May our oil be the pure “black gold” which brings the Black Star of Africa more blessing than gold brought the Gold Coast,” Kofi Bentil, IMANI, Ghana. First, for the purpose of this discourse, we shall use the flagship Jubilee …

People across the United States have been trying to figure out how to make a positive contribution during the upheaval about systemic racism that has erupted since George Floyd’s murder in late May. For childhood friend Teo Lee, the answer has been clear: he’s kept doing the musical and activism …

On the last days before Ghana’s Parliament went on recess the government laid before it for approval some agreements under the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF). Parliament hastily went through those bills, ‘debated’ and approved them on Friday August 14, 2020. Of significance is this agreement by which the government …

Introduction Ghana’s public space over the past fortnight has been pre-occupied with the debate on the mineral royalties investment agreement – herein called the ‘Agyapa Deal’.  There have been several calls by civil organisations, respected statesmen and ordinary citizens for government to hasten slowly on the ‘Agyapa Deal’. Reasons cited …

The people of South Africa have taught me many lessons since I first became aware of the freedom struggle in the mid-80s and later spent a year that began a quarter century ago this month teaching and coaching at the Uthongathi School in Tongaat. The remarkable courage of those who …

Introduction The perennial budget deficit is a common financing challenge that Ghana faces as a result of the annual shortfalls in domestic revenue mobilization. Based on the recent mid-year budget review, the overall fiscal deficit stood at 6.3 per cent of GDP and projected at 11.4 per cent of GDP …

The COVID-19 pandemic is a major crisis for Africa. To better understand the economic impact, we need to look at the three dimensions of this pandemic. First; is the impact of the disease itself on individuals, families, communities, nations and regions. The second is the economic and social impact of …