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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born and raised in Ga-Maami (Accra Central) and in the Nima area of Accra. His father’s residence, Betty House at Korle Wokon in Accra, was effectively the headquarters of the country’s first political…

Fidel Castro’s death has sent a sharp pain and emptiness to the hearts of most humanists, pan africanists and lovers of progressive politics. Although he lived to a ripe age of 90 years after surviving more than six hundred…

An elated Gambian journalist living in exile for 15 years, says for once, after 22 years the Gambian people got it right and he is packing to return home. Sheriff Junior who has been in self-imposed exile in Dakar, Senegal believes…

Whenever African countries send out trade delegations to solicit for investments from businesses in developed countries there has always been excitement about the prospects of high returns on investment from the continent. But this…

Christmas is approaching, very close, but can hardly be heard about or felt. No Christmas carols at home, on radio and TV, no Christmas wares displayed in the various markets and this is hardly typical of Ghana, a country with over 70…

The discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in Ghana in 2007, and subsequent production of the commodity in 2010, initially brought a lot of joy and high expectations from Ghanaians, especially the residents of the Western Region.…

Water is life as the popular saying goes because it’s an essential commodity for man’s survival since the resource constitutes 70 per cent of the human body and the earth. Water also plays a major part in the productive life of Ghanaians…

Four years ago, a business consultant from Project Peanut Butter (PPB) walked into my Department of Commerce office in Arlington, Virginia and showed me a 60 Minutes news clip called “Plumpynut: The Miracle Food”. It described a…

Dear Dr. Carlos Lopes, You have just signed off and stepped down from the position that you occupied for four years as UN Under-Secretary and Executive Secretary of one of the very significant institutions in Africa, the Economic…

Quito, the Capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city and stands at an altitude of 2,850m. The city was hit by earthquake in 1917, but despite that, the city has the best-preserved, least altered…