Ghana Music Awards 2012
Ghana’s biggest night in music, the 13th annual Ghana Music Awards, aired live for the first time on Saturday night, April 14th. The show brought together the biggest acts in African music to receive their awards and support their fellow artists. The show opened on a high note with gospel artist Cwesi Oteng performing his … Continue reading
Thumbs Up For Biometric Voting System
With the change from military to democratic dispensation in 1992, Ghana commenced a system of voting using the ballot box. Five successful elections have been conducted since the beginning of the fourth republic of Ghana using that system. However, technological advancement, coupled with the many inaccuracies accompanying the ballot box system of voting, has given … Continue reading
Heroes’ Day 2012
The day is one not forgotten. On February 28th, 1948, three Ghanaian veterans of war were shot down by British police, sparking a riot that led to Ghana’s independence. The lives of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Lamptey, all members of the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force, stood up … Continue reading
Views From Abroad
As an international student from the United States, I did not know what to expect on Ghana’s Independence Day. I realized, however, that if I want to understand what the 6th of March means to Ghanaians, I would first need to attend the national parade at the Independence Square in Accra. Growing up in the United States, … Continue reading
Parliament Accepts $3 Billion Loan From China
The US $3 billion loan Ghana’s NDC government is set to receive from the Chinese Development Bank (CDB) has caused a lot of misunderstanding in parliament as well as with many Ghanaian citizens. There has been much speculation from many leaders of the country about its benefits and disadvantages to the nation’s development. Most immediately, … Continue reading
Independence Day: The Capital’s Celebrations
Ghana celebrated its fifty-fifth independence anniversary this year, characterized by many festive activities taking place all around the length and breadth of the country. From the savannah plains of Northern Ghana to the coastal province of the South, the atmosphere was the same as Ghanaians reminisced on liberation of the nation from colonial rule. On the 6th March … Continue reading
Succesful Health Trial For Local NGO
Cooperative Community Action (CCA), a local NGO specialising in community development through health and ICT training, held their first free public health screening today. About 140 people turned up from as far as Dansoman, on the other side of Accra, to receive a free health check-up including blood pressures and sample testing for HIV/AIDs, Malaria, Tubercolosis … Continue reading
Students Report on Old Fadama’s Chronic Situation
Last April a group of 40 reporters and photographers from the African University College of Communications (AUCC) began an investigation into the lifes of the people of Old Fadama, Accra’s largest informal settlement occupying 3.1 hectares of land and reported to have over 79,000 inhabitants. The group produced a report tittled ‘The Faces of Fadama’ documented … Continue reading
Skin Bleaching In Children On The Rise
Skin bleaching, an already rampant problem in Ghana, is increasingly being used on children. Contrary to highly publicized warnings, men and women continually attempt to lighten their skin with creams. The use of skin bleaching on children is illegal, and can cause serious health risks such as skin disease. The Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs … Continue reading
URP Leader Wayo calls Mills ‘Weak’
The leader of the United Renaissance Party, Charles Kofi Wayo, has named and shamed President Mills as too weak to lead Ghana. He claims the President “is too weak and religious to fight corruption in the country and does not have the forceful ideas to push the country forward”. Wayo seems somewhat of a revolutionaire calling … Continue reading
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