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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremi� said in Nigeria that he will be visiting Ghana in January to make preparations for President Boris Tadi�s visit to the country. Jeremi� said that Tadi� was invited to visit Ghana on March 6, which will be the anniversary of...
Tags: Ghana, Vuk Jeremi, visiting ghana, foreign minister, Nigeria, Abuja, Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism
A year after Out-of-Door Academy’s first-ever playoff game came down to the final play, the Thunder sucked all of the drama out of Friday’s Class 1B-Region 3 semifinal. A 21-point fourth quarter — and 34 unanswered points in the second half — powered...
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In response, aid agencies feed the public a diet of overwhelmingly “good news stories” to convince them that it is working. This diverts attention from the central question: how to reduce the major gap between what aid currently does and what it could...
Tags: gives aid, aid agency, aid funding, provides aid, development aid, aid systemic, ODA, systemic problem, ones aid, Paris Declaration, Ghana, International development, OECD, Aid effectiveness, Development Assistance Committee, Development, Aid, International relations
African nations have come a long way from their colonial histories, but a firmer unity between countries is necessary for the progress of the continent. That was the message delivered by John Dramani Mahama, the vice president of the Republic of Ghana,...
Tags: John Dramani Mahama, Pan-African Studies Department, Ghana VP, Republic of Ghana, Ghana, Accra, Pan-Africanism, African Union, Kwame Nkrumah
A news item from Somalia recently made it into the headlines, which was not about Islamists and not about pirates. According to the story, a Somali man aged 112 had taken a 17-year-old girl for his bride. Now a story like that coming out of any country...
Tags: Ghanaian Elizabeth Ohene, African, Somalia, Mogadishu, Nigeria, Ghana, African Union member states, African countries, Economic Community of West African States
Each receives a $25,000 grant "as well as access to the talents and skills of alumni to help support their ongoing efforts." Winners include Patrick Awuah , founder of Ashesi University in Ghana; Trish Millines Dziko, founder of the Technology Access...
Tags: Microsoft Alumni Foundation Board, AM Microsoft, Ashesi University, Ghana, Accra
Yet, Out-Of-Door Academy’s drive stalled and the Thunder lost. ODA was forced to hit the road for the opening round of postseason play and lost. The shortcomings have been a staining memory for the nine Thunder senior football players who have helped...
CAN Draws Today Bonnie Mugabe 19 November 2009 Kigali — THE draws for next year's Africa Nations Cup (CAN) are scheduled for today at the International Conference Centre Talatona in Luanda, Angola. Representatives from 16 African countries are in Luanda...
Tags: African, South Africa, world cup, Luanda, Angola, Sulley Muntari, Michael Essien, Ghana, Ghana national football team, FIFA 100, George Weah, Asamoah Gyan, allnews, Didier Drogba, FIFA World Player of the Year, FIFA, Africa Cup of Nations, African Footballer of the Year, Sepp Blatter
The West African nation of 23m people is poised to pump its first oil and was chosen by Barack Obama, US president, for his inaugural visit to Africa in July. It has largely weathered the worldwide recession, benefiting from high prices for its main exports,...
Tags: Ghana, pledged tough, Accra, Deficit, Chairmen of the African Union, John Kufuor, Business Finance, Politics
African tribal leaders have been ordered to apologise for the role of their ancestors in the transatlantic trade. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA Traditional African rulers whose ancestors collaborated with European and Arab slave traders should follow Britain...
Tags: slave trade, anning apology, traditional rulers, African Leadership Academy, Africa Human Right Heritage, african chiefs, Nigeria Civil Rights Congress, Henry Bonsu, Britain Shackles, Ghana, Accra, Labor, Atlantic slave trade, Forced migration, Slavery, Arab slave trade, Racism, African slave trade, Slavery in the United States, Social Issues, Politics