Upper West wiped away my tears of 2012 – Akufo-Addo

Ghana’s president-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has thanked the Chiefs and people of the Upper West Region for their massive show of support for him and for the NPP in this year’s elections, which saw the NPP win five seats. Addressing the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs in Wa, on Saturday, December 24, 2016, Nana Akufo-Addo revealed that…

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Forgive those who wronged you in the heat of the campaign – Chief to Akufo Addo

The President of the Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs, Pimampim Yaw Kagbrese V has appealed to President-Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to forgive people who wronged him in the heat of the campaign leading to the December 7, 2016 general elections.  “Our humble appeal is that you should at all times be a unifying pillar by embracing all…

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Ghana: President-Elect Akufo-Addo Promises to Focus On Year Round Farming

President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says one of the focus of his government is to ensure that agriculture becomes an all year round activity in the country to boost food production and create employment for the people. He said if Burkina Faso has been able to do that he does not see why Ghana cannot do it better. He,…

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On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana

Mandred Henry was a health care sales rep from Hartford whom people often stopped on the street, saying he was a dead ringer for Morgan Freeman. Throughout his life he identified strongly with his African-American background. He was president of the local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. He remembered his mother keeping her grandmother’s slavery manumission papers in her top drawer. But…

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When Ghana’s president-elect challenged African leaders on change

When the President-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo addressed the 11th edition of Africa Futures Award at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, he sounded as if he was in for a peer review of African leadership. But midway into his written speech, the President-in-waiting, who would be sworn into office on January 7, 2017, left no one in doubt that…

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This is a season for renewed hope – President-elect

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president-elect, has said this Christmas season is a period for renewed hope and a time to remember our neighbours in need. The president-elect in his goodwill message said: “As we give and receive the goodwill of Christ in this Christmas season, let us be mindful of the true meaning of His life on earth,…

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Cocaine plot Ghana fugitive jailed

A drugs fugitive who was in hiding in Ghana has been jailed for 13 years following his extradition to the UK. David McDermott, 43, originally from Ormskirk, was the last man wanted in connection with a plot to import 400kg of cocaine from South America. The father-of-six was arrested in March the Ghanaian capital Accra where he, his wife…

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Feeling the rhythm: Accra’s top 10 spots for a night out

West Africans have music in their blood, so if you’re planning a night out in Accra, you don’t have to decide between conversations over a drink or dancing the night away. As the night grows older, every bar and lounge in the city can turn into a club. From stylish skyscraper rooftops to bustling street scenes, the capital of…

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The End for Ghana’s ‘Power-Cut’ President

  ACCRA, Ghana — Last December, my family gathered at my grandmother’s house for the one-year anniversary of her death. Her house in Akim Oda, a small town in southern Ghana, was filled with well-wishers. I walked into the kitchen to fetch drinks for the guests, and as I opened the fridge, the lights flickered out. “Oooh, light off!”…

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Heat, Hunger and War Force Africans Onto a ‘Road on Fire’

AGADEZ, Niger — The world dismisses them as economic migrants. The law treats them as criminals who show up at a nation’s borders uninvited. Prayers alone protect them on the journey across the merciless Sahara. But peel back the layers of their stories and you find a complex bundle of trouble and want that prompts the men and boys…

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