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As the Ghanaian government has sought to reform its economy in accordance with International Monetary Fund and World Bank guidelines,...

We mark, today, the international working class day, a treasured day in the annals of the straggle of the working...

At last the herds have gathered About my resting staff Pasture non-existent Starvation a reality We could still say we...

The first two months of the year have gone by and the PNDC government is plodding on nevertheless. On the...

The Peoples Daily Graphic editorial on the Workers Defence Committee executives (Talking Drums, November 26, 1984) is disgusting. The Graphic...

We are really overwhelmed and lost for words to express our sincere and warmest appreciation to your outfit for the...

This is just to inform you of the shock I had after reading through your weekly magazine, the Talking Drums....

The following is a copy of the letter sent by the Ghana Democratic Movement to Jerry Rawlings on the bloody...

Title: Power to the People: Reflections on Retrogressive Politics. Author: Kodjo Crobsen. Price: £3.50 The overall picture that emerges from...

STANDARD NATIONAL CATHOLIC WEEKLY PRICE ¢5.00 The Ministry of Information has with immediate effect revoked the registration of the Catholic...

Dear Sir,  I noticed that there seems to be a lot of excitement among those Ghanaians who do not consider...

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) was reported by the Talking Drums of May 20, 1985 as calling on...

This dawn you stand behind my window Not even at my door Begging for as reactionary a thing as sugar....

The Public Tribunal system has been described as crude, unfair, arbitrary and unjust and must be abolished immediately. In its...

Students want elective politics The National Union of Ghana Students has re-stated its call on the PNDC to take concrete...

Students of the University of Ghana, Legon, have staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Nigerian  High Commission in...

The last thing that Castle (PNDC headquarters) wanted to admit was that there was such a serious conflict within the...

On Friday February 1 and Saturday February 2, the Ghanaian security forces were involved in an operation in the Ashanti...

I am a Nigerian and I have always had a very soft spot for Ghana. Even though my admiration dates...

Very few things appear to shock Ghanaians these days. That appears to be understandable considering the litany of traumatic experiences...

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has condemned the new hospital charges announced by the government and made an...

Once again the sword of the Government has hit our intellectuals. The November 17, 1985 issue of the Talking Drums...

by our correspondent, Washington Rawlings was right to observe that the present condition existed because Ghanaians had failed in the...

I read the article about the resumption of academic life in Ghana’s three universities published in the Talking Drums of...

Lectures were presumed to have resumed at the three universities in Legon, Kumasi and Cape Coast following their re-opening last...

I was surprised at the news of Akata-Pore’s emergence in London not only because hitherto it had been rumoured that...

Mrs Dorothy Grenfield-Williams of the Network Africa programme of the BBC External Service had the first interview with the recently...

By Ebow Daniel, Senior Registrar, University of Ghana Optimism suffuses Ghana. It does not matter how long the queues for...

Almost three years ago the government called for the formation of People’s Defence Committees in various organisations principally to protect...

Every sober Ghanaian was astonished by the news item which appeared in your magazine of 8th October 1984, entitled “US...

A Ghanaian lecturer in the United States of America who allegedly failed to declare all foreign currencies on him on...

by Kumi Ansah-Koi, University of Ghana, Legon. Laughter Is no more heard in the land! Gaiety Is met with only...

Major Boakye Djan, the writer of this article was a member of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) in 1979...

As a regular reader of your paper, I would like to comment on some points you raised in your issue...

The exodus of Ghanaian professionals in search of better working conditions outside the country has reportedly infected the ranks of...

One way, in the short term, is for the government to reduce or abolish frequent overseas trips by political functionaries...

If human lives were not concerned, it would all be very funny indeed, the shows that soldiers lay on when...

By Charles Neequaye University students resident in Accra, at the weak end voted unanimously to re-apply for admissions. At a...

…After the takeover by the PNDC, numerous people were detained without any charges being preferred against them. Most of them...

Interviewed by Margaret A.  Novicki   AFRICA REPORT: Could you provide an assessment of your government’s two-year record, highlighting both...

We the leaders of the People’s Movement for Freedom and Justice, composed of politicians and elder statesmen, declare our convictions...

By Francis Banka The Editorial of Ghanaian Times of Saturday, March 1. 1980, makes such very interesting reading since it...

Ebo Quansah Ghanaians are by nature a group of jovial human species. They have overcome extreme hardship incomparable to anything...

A nation with a predominance of passive citizens ends up almost invariably with an unwanted government. In other words, wise...

By Elizabeth Ohene  The most persistent theme running through all the pronouncements of the new rulers of Ghana is the...

ON STUDENT AGITATIONS IN THE SCHOOLS 1. REVIEW OF PRESENT SITUATION It would be recalled that on the 2nd of...

Statement By The PNDC Secretary For Finance And Economic Planning On The PNDC’s Programme For Reconstruction And Development On Thursday...

Photo Caption: Ghana students protest last month: The regime is seeking a temporary truce By LASISI ALAO Special to the...

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Justice Jacob Griffiths-Randolph, has appealed to the authorities of the University of Science and Technology...

By Yaw Kwarteng  In his campaign in the recent National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) elections at Legon, one of...