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The Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved a total of US$535 million to support three credit facilities aimed at helping improve economic governance and stabilizing Ghana's economy.
A two-day sub-regional durbar, to deliberate on the issues of trade between Ghana and Burkina Faso, has been held at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region.
A group of 136 Togolese who took refuge in Ghana were Wednes day voluntarily repatriated back home by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a meeting of industrialized nations known as the G8. AllAfrica's Charles Cobb, Jr., Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman went to the White House to explore President Obama's views on Africa in advance of his visit. The interview ...
Researchers are launching a clinical trial with 1,500 people infected with onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Liberia, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo to test a remedy that could help stop transmission, according to drug manufacturer Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Committed to a democratic government that involves civil society, Ghana has become "one of the better-performing developing countries in Africa," said the top U.S. aid official in the country.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement reached by the Gambia and Ghana to end tensions that emerged after the deaths and disappearances of Ghanaian nationals on Gambian territory in 2005.
After the initial set back which was caused by political interference, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) last Sunday took street hawkers in Accra by surprise when it mobilized about eight hundred men and women from the security agencies to decongest the Central Business District of Accra. Of course, the exercise did not go down well with the hawkers who unleashed vitriolic attacks on the AMA ...
A drug normally used in animals will be tested for its ability to control river blindness transmission in clinical trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana and Liberia.
The NPP has plans to hold a national conference in July to review and possibly make changes to its Constitution or by-laws. What is the impetus for these changes? If one assumes that the objective of a political party is to win political power, then one can deduce that the purpose of these changes must be, ipso facto, to improve the NPP's electoral chances against the NDC, its principal rival.
The proliferation of illicit and counterfeit goods on the Ghanaian market has once again come up for discussion as a major obstacle to trade development in the country, and the major cause of the collapse of many industries in the country.
Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Hon. Doe Adjaho yesterday led a host of dignitaries to participate in this year's Republic Day 5-km Walk from the Ohene Djan Stadium through the Ministries traffic light area, Children's Park, State House, Osu Cemetery traffic light and back to the stadium.
Accra Hearts of Oak last night ended their recent not-too-impressive performance by defeating Eleven Wise 5-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout to lift the much-publicized President's Cup at the Ohene Djan Stadium.
Sports Journalists across the length and breath of the country are expected to throng the Media Centre of the Ohene Djan Stadium this morning, for this year's International Day of the Sports Journalists lecture.
The acting Minister of Youth & Sports, Hon. Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo last Friday interacted with the staff of National Sports Council (NSC) at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, as part of his efforts to work effectively with the Council.
The youth of Ghana are vehemently calling on President John Evans Atta Mills as a matter of urgency to set up independent committees to probe all Ministries in the country.
THE UPPER East Regional Officer of the National Population Council, Mr. Alosibah Azam, says population variables such as population growth rate, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and morbidity, are all indicators of the level of development.
The 10th Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) Conference and the 74th Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) Annual Conference has been launched in Accra.
A lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Kwame Gyan, has observed that refusal by Mining Companies to pay compensations on fallow lands was a contributing factor to the speculative activities.
THE FOUNDER of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has once again tasked President John Evans Atta Mills to demonstrate that he has the ability to rule the country by stopping the armed robbery menace which is threatening the security of the country.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani West, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has called on Brong-Ahafo chiefs to liaise with the government to ensure that the Bui Hydro Electric Power Project, initiated by the Kufour-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, is completed as planned.
After months of misunderstanding and confusion between the Ashaiman police and drivers, who are members of the Ashaiman branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), which led to the loss of precious lives, the two bodies have decided to bridge their differences, and stay more reconciled than before.
THE MAIN opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting last Thursday, unanimously confirmed, Mr. Dan Kweku Botwe, the party's legislator for the Okere Constituency in the Eastern Region, as Director of Strategy for Campaigns for the NPP.
THE ACTING Head of Mission in India has come out categorically to clear the air over media reports that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region, Hon. Mike Oquaye, does not have a single dollar outstanding in his name as debt.
Drama unfolded at the Dzodze Magistrate Court in the Ketu North district last Monday, when a mob carrying dangerous weapons stormed the court building, forcing the magistrate and others in the court room to flee for their dear lives.
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