A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) study says 37 percent of Ghana’s eastern…
Year: 2021
We Dance into the New Year Banging Our Hammers and Swinging Our Sickles: The Fifty-Second Newsletter (2021)
Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Bittersweet is the passage of…
New Russian aerosol drug fights all Covid strains, including Omicron – developer
The Russian Health Ministry has registered a new antiviral aerosol drug dubbed ‘Mir-19’. According to its…
Our Monetary Policy Needs Urgent Review
This article is a rejoinder to Bank of Ghana, BOG’s press statement headlined, “Responses toIssues Raised…
Emirates’ travel ban imposed on selected African countries including Ghana…
Emirates’ travel ban imposed on selected African countries including Ghana, effective today 28th December, 2021 is…
Scottish-Ghanaian to become first Black curator of Venice Architecture Biennale
SCOTTISH-GHANAIAN architect, academic and novelist Lesley Lokko has been appointed to curate the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023, becoming the…
Zambia launches strategy to boost domestic tourism
Editorial StaffSend an emailDecember 29, 2021 ZAMBIA on Tuesday launched a strategy and investment guide aimed…
Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt constitute half of Africa’s $2.7trn economy
IN 2021, the economies of three countries – Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt – make up…
Tanzania signs $1.9bn railway contract with Turkish firm
TANZANIA on Tuesday signed a contract with Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 368 km…
South Africa court halts Shell seismic survey plan
Environmentalists hailed the court’s decision to suspend the scheme, which entails using seismic shockwaves that bounce…
Ethiopia unhappy as US ends its duty-free access
The US stopped Ethiopia’s eligibility for the trade benefits despite pleas by a few US legislators…
In Africa, rescuing the languages that western tech ignores
American tech giants don’t have a great track record of making their language technology work well…
I Will Launch My Campaign In 2022. I’m Going For The Flagbearership Of The Party – Hajia Hamdatu
The former Acting Chairperson of the CPP, Hajia Hamdatu Ibrahim, has revealed that she is going…
God Is Not a Christian: By Desmond Tutu, Contributor
God Is Not a ChristianBy Desmond Tutu, ContributorArchbishop Emeritus of Cape Town06/01/2011 09:58pm EDT | Updated…
Only vaccinated persons would be allowed to enter government facilities – Health Minister
Only vaccinated persons would be allowed to enter government facilities – Health Minister Minister for Health,…
$500 million spent annually to keep piracy at bay in the Gulf of Guinea
Financial sums lost through ransoms are a small share of the total costs suffered by African…
STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TRANSITION
The Government of the Republic of Mali takes note of the “Joint Statement” of certain partnerspublished…
Mali launches forum on return to civil rule
MALI’S military-dominated government on Monday launched a four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian…
Greater Accra recording high numbers of COVID-19 infection – GHS
The Ghana Health Service says the Greater Accra Region is recording high numbers of COVID-19 positive…
Requiem for a Country
There is a certain level of intellectual and societal excitement and engagement on which cultures, organizations,…
Desmond Tutu: South Africa anti-apartheid hero dies aged 90
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has…
BEYOND THE OBNOXIOUS E-LEVY, A HARD AND FRANK LOOK AT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
BEYOND THE OBNOXIOUS E-LEVY, A HARD AND FRANK LOOK AT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE As the dust settles…
Burkina Faso: Prime Minister and cabinet resign from office
The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Paul Kaba Thieba, has resigned from office along with his…
Not All Leaves Are Created Equal.
Not all leaves are created equal. Cannabis, which some call marijuana or ganja, is certainly in…
BEYOND THE E-LEVY POLITICS
The one-sided analysis of the advantages of the E-Levy, and the emphasis on it as the…
NPP promised you from Taxation to Production!
https://fb.watch/a1632qVOEs/ Fellow Ghanaians, NPP promised you from Taxation to Production! NPP has borrowed in an unprecedented…
Gabriel Boric vows to ‘fight privileges of the few’ as Chile’s premier
Leftist former student has vowed to unite country and tackle poverty and inequality John Bartlett in Santiago…
The State of Israel vs The Jews review: fierce indictment of a rightward lurch
Sylvain Cypel, a French editor, writes with the passion of a convert, one betrayed by the…
Chilean election offers stark choice: a leftist or an admirer of Pinochet
Chilean voters headed to the polls on Sunday to chose between two presidential candidates offering starkly…
Stop ‘I want a Job Mentality’ – Osafo-Maafo To Youth
Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo 2022 Budget the best Ghana has had, Osafo-Maafo Embrace ‘I am…
Appointments of journalists to public boards is wrong
Renowned Ghanaian economist, Kwame Pianim has bemoaned the appointment of journalists to serve on public institutions…
NPP ‘steal’ Ghana’s monies with boldness but NDC fear when they’re ‘stealing’– SJM convener
Convener of the Social Justice Movement, Nyeya Yen has detailed what he believes is the difference…