February 2019

The Asian experience suggests that democracy is not necessary to engineer an economic miracle. However, the Africa’s postcolonial experience suggests ineluctably that democracy is vital to sustain economic success. During the Cold War,…
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Six people have been killed by a gas explosion in an abandoned coal mine in South Africa, the national broadcaster is reporting. About 20 others are still trapped at the Gloria coal mine in Middelburg, east of the capital, Pretoria. A…
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Theresa May will return to Brussels later to press EU leaders for legally binding changes to the Brexit deal. The PM will insist the UK will not be “trapped” in the backstop – the plan to avoid the return of Irish border checks should no…
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Pope Francis has admitted that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and in one case they were kept as sex slaves. He said in that case his predecessor, Pope Benedict, was forced to shut down an entire congregation of nuns who were being…
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A staff audit of the technical universities conducted by the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) has exposed anomalies in the teaching and administrative procedures in the institutions. The audit was carried out with the…
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About 50 students of Akuapem Mampong Presbyterian Senior High School have been displaced after their classroom was ripped off by a rainstorm. The incident has interrupted the academic exercise of the students preparing to write their…
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Transnational Academic Group (TAG), which owns and operates Lancaster University Ghana, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher (Chris) Pilgrim as CEO – West Africa effective 1st February 2019. With over 27 years of…
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The Akyemansa District Office of the Ghana Education Service (GES) was locked up Monday Morning by an angry landlord over non- payment of rent. The action rendered the staff stranded. District Mock examination papers which were supposed…
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The world’s richest man, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has accused the owner of a US gossip magazine of trying to blackmail him over lewd pictures. He said the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc (AMI), wanted him to…
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… Forgive me if you’re uncomfortable with talks about death. Honestly, that’s all what I was thinking about after I woke up last Friday to the demise of talented dancehall Artist Ebony Reigns. On bed that early morning, I had a call from a…
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