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  • Look at what is happening with the anger of the youth not because they are lawless and recalcitrant, but because you have failed to educate them. You have failed to create and sustain...

A Letter to Ghanaian Leaders as Busumuru Kofi Annan is Laid to Rest

Dear Leaders of Ghana,

Most of you are getting up from the champagne and caviar funeral reception of our great Busumuru Kofi Annan. Indeed, he has brought people together in a way that even soccer could not. We are for once celebrating meritorious excellence for what it is.

  • I support the building of the National Cathedral and especially so, since as I have heard the State is playing only a facilitating role, as a partner ...

An artistic rendition of the proposed Ghana National Cathedral

Dear Jason, Amos, and all,

I have taken up the stylus again and again to write to you but many paragraphs have gone into the recycle bin, thankfully I have one now and I hope you'd find it worth your read.

  • A good leader tries to embody the best qualities of his or her organization. A good leader sets the example for others to follow. A good leader always puts the welfare of others before himself or herself.

Former commander who oversaw Bin Laden raid, William H. McRaven, asks Trump to revoke his security clearance. Image credit - news wires

William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

  • Then came a news story that made me wonder: does Ghana even know what a patriot looks like? Did colonialism so deeply penetrate your psyche that you distrust and attempt to destroy any good thing that comes from your homeland?

An open letter to Ghana from a non-Ghanaian perspective

Written By Written By Erinn Ofori - Less than two weeks ago, droves of Ghanaians packed Independence Square for one of the largest gatherings in Ghana’s history. The kick-off to that conference, Greater Works, saw Pastor Mensa Otabil give the nation a riveting word of encouragement that energised and inspired people across the land and reverberated across the continent