PRESS STATEMENT ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON BLAKK RASTA

The Rastafari Council, Ghana (RCG) strongly condemns the recent assassination attempt on the life of radio personality and musician, Ahmed Abubakar aka Blakk Rasta. The attempt which occurred at the premises of Zylofon on January 5, 2021, ended in the arrest of the perpetrator. The Council will like to urge the Ghana Police Service to […]

TIME TO END RACIAL PROFILING, DISCRIMINATION AND BRUTALITY IN AMERICA, Statement by Rastafari Continental Council (RCC) on the tragic death of George Floyd.

“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior, is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, there will be wars everywhere” …His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I. As the king of kings said a long time ago, wars that are occasioned by man’s inhumanity to man have become the bane of our world. […]

RCC MOURNS THE TRANSITION OF EMPRESS MAMA IJAHNYA CHRISTIAN

The sad news of the physical passage of a dearly beloved is unpretentiously painful and devastating, to say the least, more so when the ascended one is well-loved and highly respected. Yet, with unmitigated Thanksgiving and Praises in our hearts and mouths, we still give thanks for a worthy life spent in Jah Vineyards, spreading […]

RASTAFARI COUNCIL, GHANA REQUESTS GOVERNMENT TO INVITE CUBAN MEDICAL BRIGADE TO HELP GHANA DEAL WITH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC

PRESS RELEASE 1st April 2020 The RCG in the light of the severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic encourages the government to, based on our bilateral relationship to invite Cuban Doctors as further pressure increases on our medical systems and personnel. The Council encourages the government to take this urgent step as a follow up to […]

RASTAFARI COUNCIL GHANA APPLAUDS PARLIAMENT FOR PASSING THE NARCOTIC CONTROL COMMISSION BILL, 2019.

On Friday 20th March 2020, the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which transforms the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) into a Commission with enhanced powers to control and eliminate trafficking of prohibited narcotic drugs. The enhanced status of the Commission will enable it to ensure public […]

DEMAND REPARATORY JUSTICE, AMBASSADOR LENNOX FRANCIS FRANKLIN TO AFRICAN LEADERS By Sena Dogbe

Ambassador Lennox Francis Franklin, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to Ethiopia expressed his disappointment at the inexistence of the permanent commission responsible to implement the objectives of the International Decade of the People of African Descent(IDPAD) after the UN General Assembly in 2019. Ambassador Lennox Francis Franklin aka Kwame Mwalimu Frank I Tafari now enstooled […]