Author: Krobea

Security has been stepped up in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ahead of the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term in office. People in festive mood have been pouring into a stadium where more than 20 heads of state or senior ministers are expected to attend. Opposition leader Raila Odinga mocked Mr Kenyatta’s “coronation”, saying he had not been elected legitimately. He boycotted the re-run of the presidential poll last month. Just under 39% of voters turned out on 26 October and Mr Kenyatta, who officially won with 98% of the vote. The original election on 8 August…

Black Starlets captain Eric Ayiah has been shortlisted for the 2017 Confederation of African Football (Caf) Awards scheduled to be held on January 4, 2018 in Accra. The Charity Stars striker is in contention for the Youth Player of the Year Award. He faces contention from Mali’s Salam Giddou, Zambia’s Patson Daka, Senegal’s Krepin Diatta and South Africa’s Luther Singh. Ghana’s U-20 women’s side, the Black Princesses, who are on the verge of making a fourth successive appearance at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, have also been nominated for the Women’s National Team of the Year. They face competition from…

Zimbabwe has officially declared 21 February to be Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, thereby making the former president’s birthday a public holiday, the Herald newspaper reports. New President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to form a cabinet this week. Mr Mugabe resigned last week after a military intervention and days of mass protests. The police and army are to stage joint patrols as the country returns to normal, the authorities have said. They have already received reports of looting and illegal occupation of properties, particularly farms and houses. Police had not been seen in public until 21 November when Mr…

Renowned educationist Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah has stated that Ghana’s current education system is further pushing the Ghanaian child out of the classroom. This, the professor, blamed on the politicization of Ghana’s educational system. Professsor Anamuah-Mensah is of the view that the change in policies by different governments provides a lack of coherence in the system, which in turn affects the Ghanaian child. “I think it is only when we have all the systems in place, in terms of management, teaching, curriculum, assessment and  teaching resources can the  Ghanaian child have the best of education.” He bemoaned the lack of efficiency…

Renowned scholar and educationist Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah has underscored the importance of moral education in Ghana’s educational system. According to the Professor, any education that does not lead people to God is not the best for the moral upbringing of children. “If we leave God out of our education, we will still produce graduates but we can’t manage them,” he stressed. The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba and chairman of the committee that led the education reforms in 2002, urged policy makers to place premium on morals in enhancing the education system. Professor Anamuah-Mensah, who was…

The Bank of Ghana has reduced the monetary policy rate by 100 basis points from 21 per cent to 20 per cent. It is the first in three months that the rate has seen a reduction, This was announced by the Governor of the Bank, Dr Ernest Addison, on Monday. More soon…

French President Emmanuel Macron starts his first tour of Africa on Monday. He is to visit Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana in an effort to revitalise France’s image on the continent. Macron’s advisers say he hopes to modernise France’s relations with Africa by emphasising business links, education and sport rather than development aid. Although Macron has pledged to increase France’s aid budget to 0.55 percent of GDP by 2022, France’s aid budget was cut by 140 million euros in July as part of 4.5 billion euros of reductions in public spending. This summer the French president set up a…

AC Milan have sacked Vincenzo Montella as manager and placed Gennaro Gattuso in charge of the first team. The club are seventh in Serie A on 20 points, 18 behind leaders Napoli, after a run of only two league victories in their past nine games. They drew 0-0 with Torino at home on Sunday and have lost six of their 14 top-flight matches this season. Gattuso, a former AC Milan midfielder, steps up from managing the club’s youth side. The 39-year-old Italian played for Milan between 1999 and 2013, winning the Serie A title and the Champions League twice. AC…

Prince Harry is to marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle, Prince Charles has announced. Harry, fifth in line to the throne, will marry Ms Markle next spring and will live at Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace in London. The couple, who have been dating since 2016, got engaged earlier this month. In a statement, Prince Harry said he was “delighted to announce” the news and had received the blessing of Ms Markle’s parents. Only the Queen and “other close members of his family” initially knew of the engagement, which took place in London. The announcement, issued by Clarence House,…

The Rebecca Foundation has agreed with Licang District Experimental School in Qingdao, China to have an exchange programme between Ghanaian and Chinese school kids starting next year. The programme, which seeks to deepen cultural, academic and sports ties between pupils of the two countries, will see 10 pupils from the school visiting Ghana while 10 pupils from Ghana also visiting China every year. Under the programme, the children are expected to gain a lot especially in the area of sports as the pupils from China will be trained in Ghana’s favorite sporting disciplines especially soccer while Ghanaian pupils visiting China…