· April, 2006

Stories about Ghana from April, 2006

Ghana : ICT seminar

  28 April 2006

Trials and Tribulations of a Freshly Arrived Denizen posts a couple of podcasts on the ICT seminar he is attending in Accra.

Some Excerpts from West African Blogs

  27 April 2006

Gambia Dictatorial rule of Yahya Jammeh of Gambia–Home of the Mandinmories“Gambians are bleeding from excessive taxation. They are bleeding from the debt burden that is incurred in their name and siphoned off to overseas banks in some of the greatest corruption debacles that has occurred since independence…There's the literal blood,...

African music #7

  25 April 2006

Nothing beats a music festival. You meet like the music lovers, people interested in the genre and enjoy the good party vibe. And though you know the lineup in advance you have no idea what antics will be displayed on stage. With these musings I look forward to the 4th...

Ghana: Highway of confusion

13 April 2006

The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana – posts on the “Spintex Road” which is the “fastest growing traffic inducing road” complexes in Accra. “From that road, you reach the famous (or should that be infamous?) Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange, where you either get confused by the structure or follow...

Ghana: Ferry boat accident

  11 April 2006

My Heart is in Accra reports and comments on the ferry accident on Lake Volta in Northern Ghana in which a boat built to carry 70 passengers had at least 150 on board. So far only 3 bodies have been recovered.