Africa
Imani Ghana Also Jabs Akufo-Addo – By Magaret Jackson
I do not hate Nana Akufo-Addo. Neither do I envy him or disrespect him. But as a Ghanaian who has a stake in the national cake by virtue of being a tax payer just as […]
Month: March 2012
Europe
DISASTERS: Learning from Japan’s tsunami
Japan is widely regarded as well-prepared for disasters, being used to frequent tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic activity, but a year after the calamitous events of 11 March 2011, the lessons from the multi-disaster still […]
Africa
ANALYSIS: Is Akufo-Addo also not digging his own grave? – Asks Dr Michael J.K. Bokor
Since gaining independence, Ghana has been ruled by all kinds of leaders, the majority of whom shot their way into office and suffered the consequences, either chased out or leaving the scene only to be […]
Africa
Interview National Chairperson of ANC Baleka Mbete – By Eric Singh, ANA Snr., Editor
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 JANUARY 2012; THE CITY OF MANGAUNG (BLOEMFONTEIN) IN FREE STATE PROVINCE ,WAS BESIEGED BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS BOTH INTERNAL AND OVERSEAS: THEY HAD COME TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENERY OF […]
Africa
Busia And Postcolonial Ghanaian Politics – Part Two By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.
Aside from the landmark year of 1951, when he was elected as a representative of the great Asante Federation to the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly, 1959 represents, arguably, the most significant landmark on the political […]
Europe
Deutsche Ausfuhren im Januar 2012: + 9,3 % zum Januar 2011
Im Januar 2012 wurden von Deutschland Waren im Wert von 85,9 Milliarden Euro ausgeführt und Waren im Wert von 72,8 Milliarden Euro eingeführt. Wie das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) anhand vorläufiger Ergebnisse weiter mitteilt, waren damit […]
Business
Verbraucherpreise Februar 2012: + 2,3 % gegenüber Februar 2011
Energiepreise sorgen weiterhin für Preisauftrieb Die Verbraucherpreise in Deutschland lagen im Februar 2012 um 2,3 % höher als im Februar 2011. Der Preisauftrieb hat sich damit wieder verstärkt, nachdem die Teuerungsrate in den beiden vorangegangenen […]
Europe
Hoher Anstieg der Arbeitskosten im Jahr 2011: + 3,2 %
In Deutschland sind die Arbeitskosten je geleistete Arbeitsstunde im Jahr 2011 im Vergleich zum Jahr 2010 kalenderbereinigt um 3,2 % gestiegen. Nach Mitteilung des Statistischen Bundesamtes (Destatis) ist das der höchste Anstieg seit Beginn der […]
Africa
GHANA: Is all set for Akufo-Addo to swerve Mahamadu Bawumia? – Asky Dr Michael J.K. Bokor
As is often observed, still waters run deep. I have a funny feeling that despite all the outside “show-show” being made by those who matter in the NPP to suggest that everything is working well […]
Africa
GHANA: Why do these NPP functionaries like crying wolf? – Asks Dr Michael J.K. Bokor
Revelations that the Ghana Armed Forces has created a Special Forces Unit (SFU) to be deployed in security operations have come to inflame passions in an already tense political environment in the country because the […]