Category Archives: Opinion

There is a firestorm slowly brewing in Agogo, but official response so far has been, besides deploying uniformed security forces, tepid at best. The danger here is that, if the problem is allowed to fester, it could potentially lead to tragic consequences, ultimately denting the nation's much acclaimed reputation as a bastion of peace and…

Laurent Gbagbo? Does the name ring a bell? Well, it has been five long years since he dominated the West African airwaves with his political intransigence. Now, however, in a European jail he cuts a pitiful and fundamentally sad figure, with a forlorn look, drooped shoulders and a contemplation that tells it all," I am…

Back in the 1970s when I was a wide-eyed student at Sunyani Secondary School, my English literature teacher, Mr. Yeboah was officially transferred to Damongo Secondary School courtesy of the Brong Ahafo Regional Education office. No reason was assigned for this move. Mr. Yeboah, a southerner who apparently had never stepped foot in the north,…

It is now a familiar scene; Ghanaian workers under the leadership of their various unions taking to the streets of major cities across the nation to protest harsh economic and financial conditions and the government's indifference to their problems. While the demonstrations have been viciously denounced by government agents as being overly political, designed to…