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THE TOWNSHIP of Konongo in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region was reportedly thrown into a state of anarchy yesterday morning, when some angry galamsey operators clashed with a joint military/police patrol team, resulting in the injuring of several people.
United States President Barack Obama should use his visit to Ghana on July 10 and 11, 2009 to encourage its new president, John Atta Mills, to take a leadership position in Africa on issues of democracy and justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
As Ghanaians gear up for President Barack Obama's arrival on 10 July - his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa - they are mixing high hopes with caution.
The MP for Kwabre West, Mr. Owusu Ansah, has appealed to President Barrack Obama to help Ghana to adopt the electronic way of voting to help prevent acrimony and violence after elections.
The Ghanaian Times on Monday, this week, carried a story about a case pending before the Akim Swedru court for the past nine years. According to the story, the case had been adjourned as many as 78 times. The reason for this undue delay was that the Prosecutor handling the case had gone on retirement, whilst the judge who started hearing the case had also gone on transfer.
In certain villages throughout Ghana, poor farmers and field workers recently received a simple, yet strong, investment in their quest for a better life: a pair of boots. It may seem like a simple solution for a complex problem, but it is just one piece in a remarkable effort underway. The provision of boots, seeds, fertilizers, and nine weeks of expert training signals an innovative and ...
The Presiding Member of the Ga South Municipal Assembly, Nii Abbosai Brade, has urged graduants of the Institute of Technical Supervision in Accra, to commit themselves to sacrifice, dedication and tireless effort wherever they would be working.
Diane Abbott, the maverick Labour MP who horrified her fellow leftwingers in the party by sending her son to a private school, has enrolled him in a sixth form in Ghana so he can "get in touch" with his African roots.
ENTERPRESING Investigations by The Chronicle into University of Development Studies (UDS) have uncovered mind boggling deals involving the Vice Chancellor, the former National Investment Bank (NIB) Managing Director, and the Getfund administrators, in the handling of the University's affairs as it relates to its accommodation problems.
IN ORDER to support the government in her bid to ensure quality teaching and learning delivering in the country, 3 Square Meals, an Accra-based and duly registered non-governmental organisation (NGO), has donated several educational materials to the Densuano Municipal Assembly (MA) Basic School in Koforidua.
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has settled on a 17% upward adjustment of salaries in its recent salary negotiations for 2009 with the Fair Wages Commission last Tuesday.
The Chief of Ampabame, near Offinso in Ashanti Region, Nana Barima Takyi Abeam, has filed a petition at the Judicial Committee of the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs, seeking the destoolment of Nana Wiafe Akenten, Paramount Chief of the Offinso Traditional Area, for allegedly having illicit affairs with two sisters in the area.
Last year, in the midst of the "Obama fever," another event - by no means as historic as President Barack Obama's election victory, but remarkable nonetheless - was shaping up in Ghana. In December 2008, Ghanaians went to the polls, for the fifth successive time since the country returned to constitutional rule in 1992, to elect a new president.
Some parts of Central Region were on Wednesday hit by flooding, following a heavy downpour that began Tuesday night through to Wednesday morning.
The first batch of winners of the much-publicised weekly Zain 'Live your Dream' promotion on Tuesday walked home with various prizes, ranging from free talk time (scratch cards) to cell phones and cash prizes.
A strategic investment in the commercial cultivation of papaya (paw paw) could boost the country's export earnings and contribute substantially to the country's economic growth, the Federation of Associations of Ghana Exporters (FAGE) has observed.
The Chief of the Moshie Community in the Greater Accra Region, Naba Sigirie Is-hak Sulleman, has appealed to the youth in Ghana to desist from using shortcuts to get rich quick.
When President Obama visits Ghana July 10-11, he may be receiving a lot of text messages.
Guest columnist Richard Joseph, an Africa expert at the Brookings Institution and Northwestern University in the United States, has been travelling to Ghana for 30 years. Beginning 20 years ago, while working with former President Jimmy Carter, he followed closely Ghana's return to multiparty politics. On Saturday he will be in Accra for the visit of President Barack Obama, an event he describes ...
As he prepared for his visit to Africa, President Barack Obama gave an interview in which he outlined his reasons for the choice of his first stop in Sub-Saharan Africa. He said he had chosen Ghana because, he argued, it is a beacon of democracy and good governance.
The White House is touting Ghana's democratic development as the main incentive for the two-day visit by President Barack Obama that commences on Friday.
Ghana is said to be the 4th largest export destination for the United States (US).
The Chinese aggression to control markets in Africa and gain a foothold on the mineral wealth of the continent, is gaining notoriety, especially in Ghana, as foreign nationals, believed to be Chinese, are taking advantage of the remoteness of the Wassa Amenfi East District, and advertently exploiting the poverty and low illiteracy levels of the surrounding village communities, are engaged in ...
When you meet Naomi Aframea, 60, in the streets of Accra, you could take her for any other Ghanaian woman going about her business. But step into her stall at Agbobloshie Market, one of the capital's satellite markets, and amidst stacks of the wooden crates used to ship tomatoes, you sense her power.
The nation's capital, Accra, yesterday went "gallon in hand" this time not for water, but for petrol, as most filling stations went out of stock. Heavy vehicular traffic was witnessed at most fuel stations, as drivers queued or moved from one filling station to the other, for the scarce commodity.
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