Modern Ghana Blog

A secular and popular site hacked

Sun, 28 Nov 2009 14:26:08 +0100

A secular and free website httphumanrightstodayinfo has hacked On th November the site was hacked by unidentified enemy It was a web news portal about human rights press freedom minority oppression peace democracy and for the peoples those who have no voice It was operating from Bangladesh by journalist Jahangir Alam Akash ...

AGOGOHENE'S �DAUGHTER� SELLS HER BODY IN THE USA

Sun, 28 Nov 2009 00:26:54 +0100

AGOGOHENES DAUGHTER SELLS HER BODY IN THE USA LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA Nov Trust me the Ghanaian can do everything and anything for money just to keep body and soul alive On the streets of the United State of America specifically Los Angeles is Afua Owusu Afriyie Aka Afua the model A Ghanaian born at Agogo in t ...

REVEALED!!!!!! THE FUTURE OF THE BRONX DEPENDS ON THE AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS.

Sun, 28 Nov 2009 00:26:33 +0100

BRONX NEW YORKA study by the BRONX AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY PROJECTBAAHP of Fordham UniversityNew York has revealed that African Immigrants in the Bronx are impacting positively on the Bronx economy and the New York state as a wholeThe research revealed how African Immigrants in their quest to integrate in their new found countr ...

Herbal medicine and HIV/AIDS related skin diseases

Fri, 26 Nov 2009 05:18:19 +0100

It is evident that the campaign about the dreadful disease HIVAIDS has reduced drastically as it is rarely aired on the radios televisions and published in newspapers Maybe its immense former campaign which has brought about a decline in its prevalence rate in the country according to statistics has brought about the decline in its campaign p ...

SHAME PARLIAMENTARIANS: THE CASE OF GHANA

Fri, 26 Nov 2009 05:18:10 +0100

Fellow GhanaiansI can recall with alacrity a point in time in my wretched and fruitless life in this pigeon hole called Ghana where leaders are satisfied by seeing us scratched our butt just to extract less than for survival when asked by my JHS teacher about what I will like to be in the future My ecstasy runs wild and I hurriedly sai ...

AFRICAN UNITY IN 2017 INDEED!

Fri, 26 Nov 2009 05:18:10 +0100

Fellow Africans Right from the SHS level to my tertiary days I have always believed in the need for African countries to be united under a common umbrella that will shelter prosperity wellresourced citizens and well cultured and despot free leadershipPainful though that the unity project commenced by illustrious sons birthed by this ...

Balancing the single African story: Dr Apaak`s chapter

Wed, 24 Nov 2009 23:42:35 +0100

The problem with stereotyping is not that it is untrue it is that it is often incomplete This is the truism that underlies what Chimamanda Adichie a Nigerian writer calls the danger of relying on the single story The African story is not a single narrative laced with depressing vignettes of hungerstricken children with shrivelled buttocks ...

Road Safety � A case for market intervention and technology

Tue, 23 Nov 2009 15:40:12 +0100

As the cause of death every hours with the economically active at most risk and costing an equivalent to of Ghanas GDP road carnage presents a significant barrier to Ghanas development agenda It is the gravity of this problem that made the road safety conference held on the th and th November in commemoration of the th anniver ...

Controversy Unlimited: The Spirit of 2000 (I)

Sat, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:10 +0100

Recent events in this Land of Our Death are sending very clear signals about what the next general elections is likely to result in Those with a trained political eye cannot fail to see the nonaccidental sequence of events within which all political activists entities and blocs are operating and which point suggestively to an outcome that thoug ...

TB Joshua Talks on Adeboye�s Jet

Sat, 20 Nov 2009 07:13:51 +0100

A remarkably intriguing interview with Prophet TB Joshua conducted by The Sun of NigeriaToday we bring you the conclusion of our interview with Prophet TB Joshua the controversial founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations He speaks on the misunderstanding between him and some evangelical and Pentecostal leaders in Nigeria He also r ...

After 34 years 12 to be hanged for Bangabondhu murder

Sat, 20 Nov 2009 07:13:51 +0100

By Jahangir Alam Akash The nation has waited years for the verdict in Bangabondhu murder case But on th November has ended of our disgraceful The Supreme Court on that day upheld a High Court verdict that handed down the death sentence to former army officers in the Bangabandhu murder case sealing the grueling and longdisrupted procee ...

Climate change and Bangladesh

Sat, 20 Nov 2009 07:13:51 +0100

By Jahangir Alam Akash Climate change is an important issue in the effort for global peace Average global temperatures and sea levels are changing every day The whole world is worried about the unnatural changes occurring in global climate Next month the United Nations Climate Change Conference one of the most important conferences this year ...

Achieving MDGs in Ghana

Fri, 19 Nov 2009 20:12:33 +0100

At the United Nations General Assembly in September in New York world leaders gathered to adopt what has now become the millennium declaration The declaration which was among other things to spare no effort to free fellow men women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty to which more than a billion ...

How I will recover my dignity, reputation and all other loses?

Fri, 19 Nov 2009 09:36:09 +0100

By Jahangir Alam Akash Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark Recently I went there International human rights organization the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims IRCT and the International Federation for Human Rights FIDH was organized a conference on Preventing terrorism within the fight against terrorism tools for jo ...

Bui Dam resettlements: Livelihoods and institutional challenges

Thu, 18 Nov 2009 20:44:52 +0100

Every decision of every democratic nation is deemed to benefit the people and the nation as a whole sometimes to gain favour before the people Even though some economic decisions like mining projects tend to negatively affect the lives of the people some economic projects like hydropower dam construction taking into consideration the government ...

ATTAH MILLS CAN'T YOU SEE THE WARNING ON THE WALL?

Thu, 18 Nov 2009 01:15:38 +0100

Right from the time I was given birth to people who were present speculated that my first reaction was to flash out a benign smile as a gift to Africa and the world as a wholeTo Malcolm X without education one cannot get to a lot of places This cannot be comprehensive without acknowledging the considered opinion of our illustrious son of Gh ...

Nana Addo`s age and competence

Tue, 16 Nov 2009 20:09:04 +0100

It is just months since the National Democratic Congress NDC government took office but already the politicking to the next election has begun both nationally and within the various parties In the New Patriotic Party NPP this is particularly tense due to the well established democratic traditions within the party and the closeness o ...

THE CHURCH OF GOD MUST STAND!

Sat, 13 Nov 2009 19:13:36 +0100

Fellow GhanaianIn our bid to better our lot and leave a formidable legacy for generations unborn we may have stumbled on a number of occasions but that cannot erase our preparedness to stand together in our challengesAs people of the church it is our righteous responsibility to right wrongs when they rear their ugly head in our societ ...

Controversy Unlimited: Mindset Blues�

Sat, 13 Nov 2009 18:47:13 +0100

Trust me there is no place like Ghana absolutely none whatsoever I have had the opportunity of traveling to almost every continent known on this globe including quasifailed states and stateless nations where the law of the gun reigns supreme and without any doubt I can assert emphatically that there is no place like Ghana We the people of G ...

Peugeot Hybrid3 Evolution Concept

Fri, 12 Nov 2009 16:57:06 +0100

Following the concept unveiled at the Paris Motor Show a year ago the Hybrid Evolution seems a little closer to reality It was unveiled at the Motorcycle show in MilanIntroduced a year ago under the name HyMotion the wheel hybrid scooter from Peugeot devenur Hybrid Volkswagen probably been there since the name HyMotion is made for ve ...

The Police, BNI and the Rule of Law

Thu, 11 Nov 2009 20:27:27 +0100

ABSTRACT Clive Ponting a former senior civil servant at the UK Ministry of Defence MoD became wellknown in July when he sent two documents to Labour MP Tam Dalyell about the sinking of an Argentine naval warship General Belgrano This led to his trial that was seen as a celebrated case in British legal history as it centred on serious ...

The culture of politics in Bangladesh

Thu, 11 Nov 2009 20:23:55 +0100

By Jahangir Alam Akash The internal politics of Bangladesh have been polluted Once upon a time politics was connected with good things like service and benefits for the people But now the situation is that no one can work with politics without money Politics have become criminalized in BangladeshFor around years I have been writing a ...

Leveraging Ghana`s appearance at the 2010 World Cup

Wed, 10 Nov 2009 17:51:31 +0100

Brand Ghana to me is the sum total of all the attributes that are symbolised in the title Ghanaian acquired over the ages from the Songhai Empire with migration to our present location History has it that it was Mari Djata the King of Mali who defeated the Kingdom of Ghana in Western Sudan in the year As a result many of the conqu ...

Ghana's tourism becomes the target of a Zimbabwean company

Wed, 10 Nov 2009 17:48:03 +0100

Due to political stability in the country a Zimbabwean company is serious about setting up in Ghana to tap opportunities in the countrys tourism sector The CEO of African Sun Ltd which is catalogued in the Zimbabwe stock Exchange is pursuing to be included in Johannesburg Stock Exchange JSE in order to raise enough funds for its projected i ...

Leveraging Ghana's appearance at the 2010 World Cup

Tue, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:27 +0100

The FIFA World Cup is arguably the worlds greatest single sports event and therefore a very valuable commercial property FIFA has therefore established a closely controlled marketing programme for the protection of their commercial partners who give the event its financial support in return for a package of marketing rights There are vari ...

Human rights situation in Bangladesh worsens

Tue, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:17 +0100

By Jahangir Alam Akash The US Commission on International Religious Freedom of the US Department of State recently published a report on the human rights situation in Bangladesh This report gave the present government of Bangladesh a stamp of approval for human rights According to the report the human rights situation is getting better esp ...

Minorities face attempted murder in Bangladesh

Tue, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:17 +0100

By Jahangir lam Akash Another gross incident of minority repression has happened in Natore Bangladesh With the help of the local administration some politically powerful people were involved in this violation against three religious minority families Minorities gain no security from the socalled minority friendly government regime The crim ...

"T.B.JOSHUA IS A CON MAN" BISHOP ADDAE MENSAH. A CASE OF KETTLE AND THE POT

Tue, 09 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0100

TB Joshua is a con man Bishop Addae Mensah of Ghana saysI know many of you readers recalled having read about an article in many African online media houses that lambasted a top Nigerian christian ministerProphet TBJoshua for being a CON MAN His sin TB Joshua is reported to have spoken to the media and put a video on the internet th ...

THE HOPE OF MISJUDGMENT: THE CASE OF UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON

Sat, 06 Nov 2009 22:12:51 +0100

Never in the history of University of Ghana has there be a great favor for justice and agitation for the repair of the bad system than nowIn the when the first demonstration was staged in the University of Ghana by the then occupants of the Legon hall it was over an issue that today we will have to throw into the dustbin of triviality ...

THE BLACK SATELLITES VICTORY: THE CASE OF AFRICAN UNITY.

Sat, 06 Nov 2009 22:12:51 +0100

Fellow AfricanOn the Friday October Africa witnessed what some football fanatics called host and win of the FIFA U World Cup held in Egypt Though not an avid fan of football I had to stay glued to a television set provided by Odo Rice of Akuafo hall a place were those of us who could not access a television nearby do resor ...