Examinations wahala at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
University studies are demanding and stressful regardless of where one is, or the skills or talents a student has. Wahala is a Hausa word for…
Democrats turn GOP’s red wave into a ripple
The polls have long closed on the 2022 mid-term elections in the USA. Even though the results are yet to be finalized, several truths have…
Haiti’s humanitarian crisis
Haiti is struggling to survive. It seems to me that there are no easy answers but many opportunities for a truly bad outcome. What seems…
Che Guevara’s prophecy of Africa come to pass
It is not a secret that both Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso and Che Guevara of Cuba (a native of Argentina) said several times that…
The Halloween tragedy in South Korea
An unprecedented tragedy is one way to describe the stampede which took place on the night of 29 October in South Korea. It resulted in…
The newly minted Firearms Act and Jamaica’s runaway crime rate
This past week Jamaica welcomed the Firearms Act of 2022 and as if its passage provides a panacea for the crime scourge wracking the island,…
The mystery behind the Chinese Galamsey Queen in Ghana
Preserving their environment is the main concern of all nations and it is difficult to find a topic that attracts more attention than global warming…
Jamaica suffering from incompetent leadership
A little over a year ago, a very good friend of mine (a practising physician), who travels repeatedly to Jamaica, told me that our prime…
Food inflation and global food insecurity
As the world welcomes its eight billionth occupants by the middle of November this year we are faced with the challenge of whether the world…
Burkino Faso and the tactile move of the youngest president
Burkina Faso is still in the limelight due to the events that unfolded in the country every day since the recent coup of 30 September….