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Former Member of Parliament and founder of the African University College of Communication (AUCC) Kojo Yankah has launched an African history-themed book titled ‘Jamestown to Jamestown: Letters to an African child’. The book is about an African child who was frustrated by the half-truths and justifications of the treatment she suffers as a result of being an African. It conveys a message to Africans on the continent and the Diaspora to reclaim their heritage and to correct some misconception that has divided the African people. According to the author Kojo Yankah, “Jamestown to Jamestown is a long painful journey of…

US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not a racist after his Twitter attacks on four US congresswomen were widely condemned as racist. Mr Trump had suggested the four women – all US citizens – “can leave” the US. Responding to the criticism, Mr Trump tweeted: “Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don’t have a Racist bone in my body!” His remarks came as the US House of Representatives prepared to vote on a symbolic resolution condemning his previous comments. The measure – which would have no force of law – is expected to pass because Democrats have a…

Christine Lagarde has said she will step down as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It comes ahead of a decision on her nomination to become head of the European Central Bank (ECB). Ms Lagarde said she would leave the IMF on 12 September. “With greater clarity now on the process for my nomination as ECB president and the time it will take, I have made this decision in the best interest of the fund,” she said. “The executive board will now be taking the necessary steps to move forward with the process for selecting a new managing…

Two persons, Charles Asante and Emmanuel Oduro have been sentenced to ten months in prison for contravening provisions in the Public Health Act, 2012 (851) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s bye-laws 2017. This follows the inability of the two to pay a fine of GH₵600 each after a sanitation court presided over by Her Worship, Mrs.Juliet Osei-Duedu found them guilty of dumping refuse indiscriminately at Tudu, a suburb in Accra. The court, also fined Reuben Abbey, GH₵300 in default four months in prison and granted Laro Dauda a bail of GH₵4,000 with a surety to reappear in court on  August…

The Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ghana, Dr Albert Touna Mama, has advised the government to pay critical attention to issues that can send the country back to a bailout programme with the fund. He mentioned the high risk of debt distress, weak domestic revenue mobilisation, off-budget transactions and a high level of fiscal risk from the energy sector as issues that could erode the gains in stabilising the economy. He said those were major foundations that the government needed to get right, since they constituted the very reasons for which Ghana kept on running back…

The Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ghana, Dr Albert Touna Mama, has advised the government to pay critical attention to issues that can send the country back to a bailout programme with the fund. He mentioned the high risk of debt distress, weak domestic revenue mobilisation, off-budget transactions and a high level of fiscal risk from the energy sector as issues that could erode the gains in stabilising the economy. He said those were major foundations that the government needed to get right, since they constituted the very reasons for which Ghana kept on running back…

Over the years, rape victims have often been thought of as females. Rape of boys almost seems unheard of because society assumes it is only our daughters who are vulnerable. Well, everybody is vulnerable at a point in their lives. The multi-million dollar question is, “Where do sexually abused boys go to?” Who even has an ear to listen to them? How do our sons report irresponsible, grown adults who may want to take advantage of them? Will anyone even believe them? Every parent must be the first listening ear of their child. If our children resort to their friends…

The Electoral Commission says its decision to compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 elections was because its current biometric machines are outdated. According to the commission, the need for the new voters’ register was necessitated by several factors which included the need to replace the outmoded biometric machines. Speaking in an interview with Radio Ghana in Kumasi, the Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Dr Serebour Quaicoo said since the current machines the EC is using are outdated, the producers are no longer producing parts for them. “The current machines that we are using is outdated, the producers…

The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor journalists from Brazil, India, Nicaragua, and Tanzania with the 2019 International Press Freedom Awards amid the erosion of press freedom in democracies around the globe. The journalists have faced online harassment, legal and physical threats, and imprisonment in their pursuit of the news. CPJ will also honor the editor of Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, Zaffar Abbas, with the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. CPJ’s 2019 awardees are: Patrícia Campos Mello, a reporter and columnist at Brazil’s daily Folha de S. Paulo. During the Brazilian presidential election campaign in 2018, Campos Mello was attacked online and doxxed in response to…

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has bagged what is arguably his biggest feature yet with American singer, Beyoncé. The self acclaimed dancehall king has been featured on the award winning singer’s ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ album. An obviously excited Shatta Wale took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to announce his feature with Beyoncé. Shatta Wale is featured on the singer’s 12th track titled “Already”. BREAKING NEWS !!!!! beyonce ft shatta Walé 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dem never see wonders #Lionking #POWER https://t.co/KpD9DAgUEG — SHATTA WALE (@shattawalegh) July 16, 2019 The 14-track album features other African artistes including Mr. Eazi, Wiz Kid and Yemi Alade.…