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Sex, fauxnogamy and the married man
Polygamy is on the way out in Ghana, but marital cheating is thriving. There is a problem with how we raise our boys A relative recently...
How Ghanaian Artist Azizaa Is Challenging Christianity's Grip On Ghana
"How can anyone of African descent be worshiping the same tool used to uselessly murder their ancestors?" According to a 2012 Gallup...
Privatising the police; Elizabeth Ohene writes
Zoomlion, a waste management company, should not have a brand identification problem. The nomenclature, zoom and lion, certainly has a...
Ghana’s frustrated youth are vulnerable to the radical call of ISIS
Over the past couple of decades Ghana has won a hard-earned reputation as a stable and settled democracy. Yet, as news broke last week...
Europe - A patient in need of intensive care
After years of crisis, the EU is well aware of the flaws in the eurozone and European foreign policy. But it’s lacking the strength to...
Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu: An appreciation of two great men
The news has been cruel with its messages that at the age of 90, former US president Jimmy Carter is battling brain cancer. Meanwhile, a...
Emerging Asia Can't Just Rely on China
If you think Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is stressed, spare a thought for Agus Martowardojo. On Tuesday, the governor of...
Letter from Africa: The Mobutu and Gaddafi effect
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene - a former government minister and member of the...
Chinese in Africa: Soap sellers and bridge builders
Are the estimated 1-million or so Chinese nationals who live and work on the African continent a neo-colonialist scourge that matches, if...
Fool’s gold: Inside Burkina Faso’s artisanal mining industry
Every day, dozens – not hundreds – more people arrive to work on one of Burkina Faso’s low-tech, artisanal gold mines. Working conditions...
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