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Ghana market fires and the politics of irresponsibility
Last night, December 19, 2020, the Kaneshie Market in Accra caught fire and burnt. The incident is just one of the strings of fires at markets in the country. While these are not new, there appears to be no clarity surrounding the…
Another historic election in Ghana, but not much would change after
Since Ghana adopted constitutional democracy in 1992, every four years after that have marked momentous events as political parties and individuals compete for votes in presidential and parliamentary elections. This year isn’t any…
Time for African countries to take a stand against tax abuse
For African countries the impact of changes in US administrations are not always self-evident. However, as with other developing countries, there are prospects of Africa benefitting from renewed multilateralism, not only in climate and…
Universal ratification of ILO Convention on worst forms of child labour is positive for Africa’s…
The ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour has become the first international labour standard ever to achieve universal ratification. This historical achievement reflects a global consensus that the worst forms of child…
Fact or fiction: How one’s perspective of data influences decision-making
I had the privilege of attending the Seventh Meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa held online from October 13-15, 2020 that was sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The meeting assembled Heads…
What a Biden win would mean to the world
On the US election day in 2016 I was in Johannesburg, South Africa, attending the African Investigative Journalism Conference hosted by WITS University. As can be remembered, it was a momentous election with high stakes. A politically…
Trump’s attempted coup
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…
America’s moment of decision and likely unanswered questions
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…
The massacre at Lekki must not go unpunished
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…
Open letter to the President: Nine years of oil production and Ghana Beyond Aid
...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…