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Police probe violent clash at Drobo Traditional Council Palace
The Bono Regional Police Command has launched investigations into an incident of unlawful damage to property at the Drobo Traditional Council Palace in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region, following a violent confrontation linked to a chieftaincy dispute. According to a press release issued by the Ghana Pol...
To what degree can universities alone save Africa?
African universities are facing two crises at once. The first is scale. Africa is home to the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population, with more than 400 million people aged 15–35 and is expected to have the world’s largest workforce by 2040.
Reckoning with the Past, Investing in the Future: Ghana and the Reparations Debate
I dedicate this article to the late Ambassador Lesline Christian, with whom I had insightful conversations on reparations. May his soul rest in perfect peace. Across the world, long-suppressed histories are returning to the centre of public debate. Few are as consequential—or as unfinished—as the legacy of the Transatl...
Abdul Hayi Moomen Writes: You cannot betray the prophet by betraying his example
I have watched the video of the man slapping the pastor who had reportedly been arrested over comments considered offensive to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and I believe Muslims must be among the loudest voices condemning what happened. Whatever one thinks about the pastor’s com...
Bright Simons writes: All the Filla in the Ibrahim Mahama/E&P – Gold Fields Saga
I have been inundated with messages from all quarters following my earlier article on the issue of the Damang mine controversy. After my appearance on Newsfile today, the messages spiked.
Bright Simons: All the Filla in the Ibrahim Mahama/E&P – Gold Fields Saga
I have been inundated with messages from all quarters following my earlier article on the issue of the Damang mine controversy. After my appearance on Newsfile today, the messages spiked.
Heat Stress and Health Risks: Caring for Newborns in Tamale’s Rising Heat
A mother of two retreating from a Climate change is turning homes in Tamale into hazardous "heat traps." In communities like Duko, traditional thatch housing which naturally balances temperature, is being replaced by zinc roofed structures with no ceilings and poor ventilation.
Ghana Faces Sierra Leone Moment as Prosecutorial Powers come under strain
In Sierra Leone, the tension between the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone arose from a deliberate legal reform.
Between Hope and Exploitation: The hidden truth about migration in a globalized world
When the journey for a better life becomes a trap, migration stops being a dream and starts becoming a dangerous gamble. Every day, headlines emerge about immigration fraudsters, human traffickers, and organised networks exploiting desperate migrants. Promises are made of opportunity, safety, and prosperity in countrie...
Bawumia warns against abuse of state power and threats to democracy
Former Vice President and 2028 New Patriotic Party flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has criticised the government over what he described as growing attacks on free speech and democratic rights under the current National Democratic Congress administration.
Fellow Ghanaians: The hospitals we have to be ashamed of
Fellow Ghanaians, there is a particular kind of cruelty in being sick. You are already vulnerable, already frightened, already at the mercy of a body that has stopped cooperating with you, and all you want, all any human being in that condition wants, is to be taken somewhere safe, somewhere clean, somewhere staffed wi...
Parliamentary Select Committee seeks Asantehene’s support in addressing chieftaincy disputes
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia Palace to seek his advice and support in addressing growing chieftaincy disputes across the country. The Committee considers Otumfuo a key stakeholder in matters of ch...