The Mepe Development Association (MDA) strongly condemns the comments made by the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Freda Prempeh, in which she blames the indigenes of Mepe and other downstream communities along the Volta River for not heeding warnings to evacuate before the Akosombo Dam spillage. For the record, Mepe is the epicenter of the VRA-induced flood disaster where thousands of people are still reeling from the devastating losses and pain we have endured. We would like to ask the Minister to provide answers to following questions: Can the Minister tell the nation which part(s) of the Mepe traditional area the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) conducted the so-called simulation exercise before the spillage? How many people

CARLOS Trejo Sosa was perhaps the friendliest Cuban Ambassador I ever knew. He was a wise, widely travelled man with deep knowledge of Cuban sayings and proverbs which he said mainly emanated from Africa. When in 2016, he received the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, he told him: “We are the same family. I am an African. Do not mind my colour. When you go into my gene, you will know that I am an African.”  A personal friend of  many of us who identified with Cuba, Carlos  told jokes and loved a good laugh. He loved teasing one of us, Abdulkareem Motajo who had studied in Cuba. One day, as we stood discussing, Motajo switched to Spanish. However, Carlos

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By Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng Frimpong-Boateng writes open letter to anybody who wants to be president of Ghana in January 2025 Ghana has not done as well as it should have done since President Kwame Nkrumah was unconstitutionally ousted from office through a military coup by the National Liberation Council on February 24, 1966. Ghana has had three other interruptions of governments. The present 4th Republic, dominated by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has not brought the transformational change that will put the country on path of sustainable development and prosperity for its people. I dare say that the fight ahead of Ghana is greater than the fight for political independence and it cannot be won with leaders who

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The military junta in Niger has revoked all military pacts with France. The decision to cut off the Five military agreements is seen by security experts as an attempt to decolonize the country. The coup leaders in a communique highlighted the terminated agreements including the legal regime of the intervention of French soldiers in Niger for security in the sahel, the technical agreement relating to the stationing and activities of the French joint detachment on the territory of the Republic of Niger..

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