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COLUMNIST: KOFI THOMPSON

Can Ghana Insulate Parliament From the Money That Seeks to Capture It?

Can Ghana Insulate Parliament From the Money That Seeks to Capture It?

15 hours ago | Feature Article

Ghanafuor, on 15 October, Parliament rsquo;s Public Accounts Committee continued its public hearings with the Ministry o ...

Oct 15, 2026 | Feature Article

Some of us have spent decades criticising President Paul Kagame in published op-eds. That history need not make us incap ...

Oct 14, 2026 | Feature Article

Dear critical reader, Why do we hear so few voices calling for the prosecution, or at least serious legal account ...

Oct 13, 2026 | Feature Article

Dear critical reader, perchance could Nigel Farage be the British outpost of a post-liberal political project, favoured ...

Oct 12, 2026 | Feature Article

Dear Lord God Almighty, save all earthlings from cruel, power-drunk and power-hungry warmongers, driven by unfathomable ...

Oct 11, 2026 | Feature Article

When Donald Trump says Ukraine needs a new president because its leader has not made a deal, the question is not only wh ...

Oct 8, 2026 | Feature Article

Ghanafuor, President John Dramani Mahama, at the National Conference on Housing Finance on October 7th, did something ra ...

Oct 7, 2026 | Feature Article

Dear critical reader, we are earthlings facing a super-intelligent genie, supposedly created for the common weal. But a ...

Oct 6, 2026 | Feature Article

Dear critical reader, one of the most revealing paradoxes in Ghanaian politics is that elite accommodation and popular a ...

Oct 5, 2026 | Feature Article

The Crown inherits more than a throne. It inherits the history of the country in whose name it reigns, including the par ...

Oct 5, 2026 | Feature Article

At this critical juncture in its 250-year history, one is tempted to conclude that only the Lord God Almighty can rescue ...

Oct 3, 2026 | Feature Article

Ghanafuor, one may stand with the underdog and still insist that justice must not become a shield for impunity. It is un ...

Oct 1, 2026 | Feature Article

Ghanafuor, if Abu Dhabi is right that culture can be a superpower, Ghana rsquo;s answer is already written across the la ...

Sep 30, 2026 | Feature Article

Ghanafuor, President John Dramani Mahama made us proud, paaapa, at the 81st United Nations General Assembly. He warned t ...

Sep 29, 2026 | Feature Article

Dear critical reader, the North Sea and Ghana rsquo;s forest-edge farming communities may seem worlds apart. In climate ...

Sep 29, 2026 | Feature Article

Ghanafuor, a city rsquo;s traffic is never merely a question of how many cars its roads can hold. It is a question of wh ...

Sep 28, 2026 | Feature Article

Hmmm, 3y3asem oooo. Yooooooooooooo... Ghanafuor, the question to ponder is this: would the 25-year take-or-pay Water Pu ...

Kofi Thompson
Kofi Thompson

Writer & activist for environmental justice & human rights. . More Born into a farming family, I speak truth to power to amplify the voices of victims of injustice.

Trust in Ghana’s Judiciary: Which recent case most influenced your view?

Started: 01-09-2026 | Ends: 30-11-2026