Yearly Archives

2016

A necessary tribute to Fidel Castro

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…

Ghana must be spared election anxiety – IDEG

The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has appealed to Ghanaians to exhibit high sense of discipline and tolerance as they head to the polls on December 07. Ms. Eileen Goody Gans-Lartey, an Assistant Project Officer of the…

ECOWAS deploys observers to Ghana’s polls

The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) has deployed observers to Ghana’s December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. Former Interim President of Liberia’s Government of National Unity, Amos Sawyer, is leading the…

Seized thumb-printed ballot papers are fake – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as fake large quantity of thumb-printed ballot papers found in a hotel room in Kumasi. These were seized following an information passed on to the police by the leadership of the opposition…

Government to remove taxes in aviation sector

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday performed the ceremony for work to begin on the US$62 million-phase-two of the Kumasi International Airport Development Project, with a promise to remove some of the taxes in the aviation sector.…