Columnist: Elizabeth Ohene I am probably being melodramatic here, but I can’t think of a better way of putting this. My birth was political. I am the first child of my parents and the legend goes that the celebrations on my arrival were rather muted. My father’s two sisters, one older […]
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Coronavirus: ‘Criticism is good but encouragement is better’
By Ghanaweb.com Columnist: Brig Gen Dan Frimpong (Rtd During the week, the Ghana Peace/Christian Councils strongly condemned the stabbing to death of an innocent 28-year-old newly graduated trainee teacher who was caught in a cross fire of political violence at Banda Ahenkro in the Bono Region. This incident reminded me […]
Re: Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s Nomination — A Victory for Inclusive And Participatory Democracy
…Open Letter To All Feminist Groups By Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah In many of the commentaries that followed the nomination of Nana Jane Opoku-Agyeman as John Mahama’s running mate, one message stood out – and it is the fact her nomination is seen as victory for inclusiveness and gender empowerment. While […]
Trainee teachers welcome Jane Naana as Mahama’s running mate
A group of trainee teachers have welcomed the selection of former Education Minister Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang as running mate for former President John Dramani Mahama in the December polls. According to the teachers, the academician ensured that “all Trained Teachers from Colleges of Education were duly employed directly into the Ghana Education […]
Sakyi-Addo’s interview of Jerry John Rawlings: An anticlimax
Ghanaweb Columnist: Isaac Ato Mensah Both Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (KSA) and former President Jerry Rawlings disappointed discerning listeners on “Sunday Night” on Asaase Radio 99.5MhZ with their interview broadcast on 5 July; it was an anticlimax. During his heydays anytime KSA came under fire for treating guests with kid gloves on his […]