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Did the Little Ice Age cause the “General Crisis”? La Pendaison (The Hanging) from a series of etchings by French artist Jacques Callot (1592-1635) known as “The Great Miseries of War” that documented the Thirty Years’ War. Image credit: Public Domain The Black Death of the 1300s would have been …

The right of many Ghanaians are violated anytime they are arrested or are in the custody of the police or other law enforcement agencies. Because of the fear of being in the grasp of the law when arrested, many people end up committing blunders that rather implicate them when they …

Firdaus Iddirus, popularly known as Shatta Bandle, has come under intense criticism on social media over a recent video that has gone viral. In the said video, he was captured spraying Ghana cedis on his baby, who is believed to be less than 6 months old. The baby could be described …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has stated that his colleague MP for Okaikwei North, Theresa Larbi Awuni, is the minority member who was absent during the vote on the 2.5 per cent increase in Value Added Tax (VAT). Parliament on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, approved the 2.5 per cent …

Per the account of events given by Kojo Yankah in his book ‘The Trial of JJ Rawlings’, it is safe to assume that whereas the killings of the military generals after the June 4 coup enjoyed overwhelming support locally, the international community was not particularly enthused about what they termed …

A senior lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has refuted suggestions that the calibre of national executives elected by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will make it easier for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to retain power. According to Dr. Akwasi …

      Source: Michael Agyapong Agyapa

On many scales, she could be described as a “drop in the ocean” kind of person when it comes to the subject of popularity, as compared to her husband, the National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu. But with the help of the Oman Channel on Facebook, the identity …

Over the years, wearing waist beads has slowly become the ‘in thing’ in fashion. Although it has always been an element of culture in the African custom, today, many more people have fallen in love with the idea of having it on or having someone they love wearing them. Waist …

A 49-year-old visually impaired person in Goka, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, Anaaba Agbango, is among some of the few persons living with a disability to venture into a productive venture. Anaaba Agbango, a native of the Upper East Region who has been …