World of Opinion

  • Eche

A blog by Eche

Blog description:

The goal of World of Opinions is to engender global conversations on African and topical global issues.

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World of Opinion ranks 5698 in Africa and 90 in Ghana. According to site visitors it ranks 1573, and 1819 according to page views:

According to blogroll links it ranks 10596 and 10502 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts

AFESEH NGWA: Fueling the mendicant cycle.

Hilary Afeseh Ngwa argues that aid can "clip the flight wings of development and mire a potentially prosperous nation in a quicksand of economic stagnation" Some persons who receive drugs intended to heal and cure hang on a delicate balance which can very easily tip towards dependence and addiction. Increasingly

KALEVOR, SKELLY AND SIKANKU: Nelson Mandela – A Huge Presence;

By Delaena Kalevor, Charlene Skelly and Etse Sikanku   In this February 11 1990 photo, Nelson Mandela greets millions of South Africans minutes after he is released from the Victor Verster prison. This was his first public appearance in 27 years.   On February 11, 1990,

GHANA: E-Zwich Becoming A Colossal Waste of Resources?

In a move largely described as “bold” by industry watchers, the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPPS)—the operators of the national electronics payments switch—will now allow customers access to their traditional bank accounts via electronic cards (e-zwich). 7 Ghanaian banks constitute the first set of participants in the scheme.the

Ngwenya: Mugabe must retire.

By Rejoice Ngwenya, Dear Mr. Mugabe, I do not know how to put this, Sir. I have wrestled with my conscience and come to a rationally logical conclusion that after what transpired in your one-man ‘presidential election’ of June 2008, I could not possess enough of a

The Ultimate betrayal? Probable racism on MLK day

You’d never find a worse racial paradox.An Iowa City woman prevented me from videotaping a cleaning event at the Iowa City Public Library this afternoon. On a day when Americans are celebrating among other things—the diversity, compassion and all inclusiveness of Dr King— such a scenario will be unthinkable.

Ethiopia’s 2006 invasion of Somalia: Should Ethiopia have given

By Delaena Kalevor “…for us any form of government is better than no government at all…” – homeless Somali woman. These words say it all! These were the profound concerns of a Somali woman interviewed by BBC East Africa Bureau chief Gray Phombeah in August 2006.

SIKANKU: Home is where the heart is (II)

Most foreigners feel so cut off from mainstream America that they’ve stopped trying to integrate. All of a sudden everything becomes methodical. People will see you on the bus and ask “How are you doing these days” You’ll answer ‘good”. But even as you blurted out those words you know

Home is where the heart is (I)

“…a conscious decision to desert home is a difficult one to sustain. Because home always travels with you, with your consciousness as its vehicle.” (Mpe, 2001 p.55)The great discovery of travelling overseas isn’t the awesomeness of your new world. And it’s certainly not that surreal feeling of cross boarder triumph.

Rare praise for the Obamas: Is O'Reilly changing?

Surprise, surprise, Conservative poster man Bill O'Reilly has mentioned the name Obama and 'impressive' in a single sentence. However Laura Ingraham, another right wing loon wasn't having any of it. I've been watching Bill for sometime now and it's quite fair to say he is not exactly as jingoistic as

In Ghana, ethnic violence taints Obama’s “model democracy”

Etse Sikanku & Delaena KalevorWhen a crisis breaks out in Ghana on the scale of what we’re witnessing in Bawku now, there are four things that happen: (a) accept the problem wholeheartedly and seek practical solutions; (b) deny that this is even a problem at all; (c) recognize that it

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