Author: Krobea

Prominent Ghanaian journalist, BBC columnist and former government minister Elizabeth Ohene recently wrote about her experience of being sexually abused more than 60 years ago, when she was just seven years old. Here she explains why she decided to go public after such a long time. I am not quite sure I had considered what the effect would be if I went public with the story of my having been sexually molested. Last Wednesday, I told that story in the weekly column I write for Ghana’s largest circulation newspaper, the Daily Graphic. I am a 74-year-old woman and I was…

Former Berekum Chelsea player Solomon Asante has been impressive throughout the season for Phoenix Rising FC but on Thursday, October 10 that was rubber-stamped at the club’s soccer ball to award players. Ghanaian footballer Solomon Asante swept four awards, making him the biggest winner at the end-of-year awards. The diminutive forward won the Golden Boot, Goal of the Season, Most Valuable Player and Player’s Player of the Season awards at the Arizona-based outfit’s end-of-season gala. Asante won the top scorer award after netting 22 league goals, becoming the 7th player in the history of the USL Championship to reach that…

The acting head of US Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, has resigned after six months in the post. In a tweet, President Donald Trump said Mr McAleenan wanted to spend more time with his family. He said his replacement would be named next week. Mr McAleenan, 48, is the fourth person to serve as the head of Homeland Security during Mr Trump’s tenure. He has overseen the president’s tough policies aimed at curbing immigration across the Mexican border. However, analysts have described a turbulent relationship between the two and Mr McAleenan has criticised the tone of the immigration debate. Recently he…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent his “warm” congratulations to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, for being named the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Mr Ahmed, who became Prime Minister in 2018, signed a landmark peace deal with Eritrea ending a 20-year-old conflict. This was listed as one of the feats that got him named as the winner by the Nobel Foundation in Oslo on Friday, October 11. Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize Taking to Twitter a few hours later, Ghana’s leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, said the win is “well-deserved”. He also stated that it is…

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. He was awarded the prize for his efforts to “achieve peace and international cooperation”. Ethiopia reached a peace deal with Eritrea last year, ending a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war. He was named as the winner of the 100th Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. The prize, worth nine million Swedish crowns (about £730,000; $900,000), will be awarded in Oslo in December. A total of 301 candidates had been nominated for the prestigious award, including 223 individuals and 78 organisations. There had been great…

On Thursday, October 10, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo officially launched Ghana’s newest medical drone delivery base in the city of Mampong during a tour of the Ashanti Region. This marks the second of what will be four medical drone delivery bases that have been commissioned to help expand access to critical and life-saving medicines for people across Ghana. Zipline, a California-based robotics company, operates the medical drone delivery service with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pfizer, the UPS Foundation and other partners. Like the facility in Omenako, the Mampong operation uses drones…

The Director General at the Mental Health Authority, Dr Kwasi Osei, has revealed that victims of suicide in Ghana are mostly the youth and children. At a press conference as part of the Mental Health Week Celebration under the theme ‘Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention’, Dr Osei noted that the World Health Organisation has put figures of people who die by suicide each year at more than 800,000, making it the principal cause of death among people 15 to 29 years old. For the breakdown, every 40 seconds, the world loses someone to suicide. In Ghana, according to Dr Kwasi…

For the first time a woman has been chosen as the chief justice in Sudan. The Sovereign Council, which is made up of civilian and military officials, confirmed that Supreme Court judge Neemat Abdulllah would head the country’s judiciary. Although only two of the 11-member Sovereign Council in charge of Sudan are women, this latest appointment is seen as a significant step towards addressing gender inequality. Activists have been pushing for more female appointments, especially as so many women played a key role in the protests that led to the downfall of former President Omar al-Bashir. The BBC’s Sudan analyst…

It’s becoming increasingly popular and merry making on the part of some of our Law enforcement agencies, to engage in Rambo style tactics when it comes to crowd control even without aggression or threats from protesters. It is not fun that, the just ended commissioner short’s commission indicted some Law enforcement officers in their flagrant disregard and violation of basic norms of security and intelligence application as well as the public order ACT Law 1994 (Act 491) in their line of duties, which eventually led to major violence occurrences and nearly fatal incidences during the Ayawaso by- elections on 31st…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5FjnTIeTs&app=desktop The road to a gold medal is a long one but for 28-year-old Richard Arthur the road to it has been incredibly tough. But with his excellent mind, competitive spirit and brilliant work ethic, he believes he can reach the goal. His is a story of a para-cyclist hoping that one day the stars will align for him to hit his teeth on the shiny metal. Along the streets of the capital, a cyclist paddles continuously. With his feet firmly on the paddle, a strong willpower and determination, he strolls along riding up and down the undulating roads with…