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The impact of illegal mining in Ghana: a looming environmental crisis
A study by Boadi et al has established that two communities Ataso and Nnwerem in Ghana in 5 years have degraded 4.4 percent of the total area of the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve in addition to some admitted farms and some farm lands…
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The Culture of Impunity: A perpetual cycle of forgiveness among Ghanaians
In a world fraught with complexities and moral dilemmas, the concept of impunity stands as a contentious issue. Impunity refers to the culture of leniency and forgiveness, where individuals often escape punishment for their wrongdoings.…
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The Ghana Police Service saga: Citizen’s view and inside story
Ghanaians woke up a few weeks ago to a leaked tape featuring the former NPP Chairman of the Northern Region, Bugri Naabu, in conversation with some serving police officers including COP George Mensah.
The tape, which has now become a…
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The NLA Under Sammi Awuku, 24 Months On
Seven months into the second tenure of the sitting President, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had made some new appointments and reshuffled a few appointees, but the retorts that will follow the announcement of the then National Organizer,…
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Bawumia and the art of leadership: 6 lessons in leading by service
Vice President Bawumia’s role in the Akufo-Addo government may be a political one but just as many have done in other jurisdictions, for instance for Donald Trump or Barack Obama, we tease out some organizational and leadership lessons from…
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A peaceful, freer and prosperous Africa can defeat coups – African think tanks
Africa’s rise has consistently been truncated by repressive governance, large-scale centralised government, extractive institutions, and headstrong leaders who see politics as an avenue to harvest their loot by hook or crook.
Long before…
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Is Alban Bagbin’s call for a local language to replace English as Ghana’s official language a…
Recently, Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin was reported to have called for the adoption of a local language as the official language of Ghana. In his call, he advances the argument that the English language is a…
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Africa needs more female leaders to drive equitable pandemic recovery efforts
The pandemic has revealed and amplified existing inequalities around the world. Amidst lockdowns and economic shocks, African women have been hit particularly hard.
According to the Brookings Institute, more than 70 percent of women…
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Look No Further, Domestic Gas Is Ghana’s Answer
Even before the lavish opening of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the world had seen what well-managed oil and gas resources could do for a country.
Having spent a staggering $200 billion to host the world’s biggest sporting showcase,…
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Environmental Injustice And Public Health Concerns In Ghana
Suffice it to say that the environment is a God-given resource all people are entitled (or supposed to be entitled) to. When “God saw that everything he made was good,” he intended for us to breathe the same “good” air quality, consume the…
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