Author: Krobea

Our society has somewhat exalted marriage as the peak of life’s achievements. Today, the overwhelming pressure on the young and old to get married can sometimes be really nauseating. The pressure seems even worse for women― who may sometimes have to abandon their dreams or lower their standards to get hitched. If you are an unemployed African bachelor or maiden, it is highly possible a chunk of the people you meet will ask when you’re getting married… and not when you’re getting a job. It points to the uncomfortable truth that, to many, marriage is such a big ambition― sometimes…

The 68-year-old son of Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro has killed himself in Havana, according to Cuban state media. Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart was found on Thursday morning and is said to have suffered from depression. The first-born son of the late president was nicknamed “Fidelito”, or Little Fidel, after his father. He was a nuclear physicist, trained by the former Soviet Union. “Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, who had been treated by a group of doctors for several months due to deep depression, took his life this morning,” Cuba’s official newspaper Granma reported – little more than a year after his…

The national U-17 women’s team, the Black Maidens, has secured a huge advantage going into the final match in the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Maidens beat their Djiboutian counterparts 9-0 in the first leg of the final qualifier played at the El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium on Friday. The Djiboutian team had not kicked a ball going into the qualifier, having had a walkover against Libya and Tunisia. Ghana, on the other hand, had beaten The Gambia 7-1 on aggregate to reach the final round of qualification. The second leg of Friday’s game is…

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has returned home to Ghana after a 12-day medical leave in the United Kingdom. The Vice President was welcomed back home on Thursday night by a crack government delegation led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Among the delegation were cabinet ministers including Minister of Trades and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen. There was also Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye, who is the Chairman of the National Hajj Board. Outspoken football administrator Alhaji Karim Grunsah was also at the Kotoka International Airport to welcome back home Dr Bawumia. The Vice President was flown out of…

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly in partnership 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) has officially announced the appointment of Desmond Appiah as Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Accra. The appointment of a Chief Resilience Officer is an essential step of Accra’s resilience-building effort and its partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation. The 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) organization is part of a $164M commitment by The Rockefeller Foundation to build urban resilience in 100 cities around the world. Accra’s engagement with 100 Resilient Cities kicked off in 2014 with a ‘Resilience Agenda-Setting Workshop’. As Chief Resilience Officer, Mr. Appiah…

About 950 workers are trapped underground in a gold mine in South Africa after a storm caused a power cut and blocked their way out. Without electricity, the lifts could not bring night shift workers to the surface, but they “appear to be fine”, a spokesman for their employer said. He said about 65 miners have so far been rescued and all are accounted for. South Africa is a leading gold producer, but the industry has often been accused of a poor safety record. The Beatrix mine is in Welkom town, about 290km (180 miles) south-west of Johannesburg. It is…

The arrival of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will not be open to the public, 3news.com has gathered. Dr Bawumia will arrive from the United Kingdom on Thursday night after a 12-day medical leave. He had been flown to London upon his doctors’ advice on Friday, January 19. Minister of Information Mustapha Hamid had adduced that flying the vice president to London’s Guy Hospital was to prevent so many visitations from sympathisers. There was political debate about the state of health of Dr Bawumia with the Minority in Parliament and some pressure groups demanding full disclosure on his health.…

As part of efforts to boost the government’s ‘One-District, One-Factory’ policy in the country and also revive the employment status of the youth in the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Happy Sunshine Company Limited, a tomato paste manufacturing company based at Kuntunse, is to begin operations. Even though the company has satisfied all statutory requirements to regularize its operations including receiving approval from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and the Registrar General’s  Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) halted the operations of the company due to some environmental concerns. But the…

Swansea City returnee Andre Dede Ayew has made his goal clear after putting pen to paper in a three-and-a-half deal on Wednesday. “My goal and my challenge is to do everything possible to help the club stay up – the same as it is for all the players and the staff,” he told the club’s website on Thursday. “That’s what I am here for and I will do everything I can to make sure it happens.” The Swans currently lie 19th on the 20-club log. They moved out of the drop zone for the first time in several months last…

A decision to overturn the Olympic life bans of 28 Russian athletes “may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping”, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) overturned the IOC suspensions – for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – partially upholding 11 other appeals. Cas said that in 28 cases evidence was “insufficient” to prove doping. The IOC said it would consider its own appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal. Cas said that for the 11 athletes whose appeals had been partially upheld, evidence “was sufficient to establish an anti-doping…