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The detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah, yesterday accepted to benefit from Federal Government's unconditional amnesty for Niger Delta militants.
DESPITE THE much-talked about historic visit of US President Barack Hussein Obama to Ghana today, Friday, July, 10, most people in Bolgatanga are not enthused about this visit.
Côte d'Ivoire's political parties have the responsibility for ensuring that much-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled to take place on 29 November, are held on time and are free, fair and transparent, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, urging them to act appropriately.
Cape Coast, the former colonial capital, on Thursday afternoon went agog as both the aged and the youth trooped to the Victoria Park (Jubilee Park) to catch a glimpse of the United States of America Airforce helicopters, which have been deployed to the place in preparation towards the visit of the US President, Barack Obama.
For more than a decade, much of Africa has been moving forward. Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading. But the global financial crisis threatens to undo this progress by reducing investment, exports and aid just as they should be expanding to build on these successes.
President Obama is visiting Ghana July 10-11 as the third consecutive U.S. president to travel there because that country stands as an admirable example of strong, democratic governance and a vibrant civil society, and has achieved tremendous development progress over the past decade, a senior White House official said July 9.
Kenny Dagnon, 17, has a slight bump behind his right ear from a valve that was placed in his head when he was one year old.
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
President Obama is coming to visit and we are all very excited about that. According to the White House, one of his reasons is to underline the centrality of democracy to development.
For us as Africans, today represents a momentous day in history. The arrival in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, of an America president of African descent, in the person of Barack Obama, is a moment many could not have reasonably expected to see in their own lifetime. In many ways such an event would, only a decade ago, have appeared to fit more into the realm of fantasy.
THE government yesterday approved N20.6 billion for the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other federal educational institutions to stem a barrage of industrial actions in the education sector.
President Umaru Yar'adua has ordered the release of militant leader Henry Okah, who is currently standing trial for alleged gun-running and treason, after reports said Okah has accepted the president's offer of amnesty.
DESPITE SEVERAL attempts by the government to justify the independence of the $300 million loan granted to Ghana by the World Bank, groups and individuals continue to cast aspersions over the autonomy of the deal.
Over the last sixteen years, two American Presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush made official visits to Ghana during which they made strong policy statements about US policy in Africa. In fact Ghana featured high in American foreign policy on Africa during the eras of Clinton and Bush. Once more Ghana is privileged to be the first country in Sub Sahara Africa to be visited by the first ...
That there is a carnival spirit in Accra, Ghana, ahead of Obama's visit to this small West African country is to be expected. I recall the excitement on the streets of Accra in October 1994, when Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam led 2,000 blacks from America to Accra, for the Nation of Islam's first International Saviours' Day.
About 60 to 80 per cent of the cost of health care in the country goes into drugs and it is expected to increase with the new and more potent drugs being imported for treatment of malaria and other diseases. However, these diseases could be prevented at a lower cost and rational use of drugs in managing other diseases help reduce pressure on health resources, Dr. James Akpablie, Upper East Deputy ...
A call has gone to the US embassy in Ghana to make it easy for all Ghanaians to travel to America. According to Gregg Frazier, International Co-ordinator, O.G. Holdings, Ghanaians should be allowed special status to go and see their relatives who helped build the American dream.
One would wonder why the Accra File has this headline, because, while awaiting the first African-American President of the United States of America (USA), Barrack Hussein Obama's arrival on Friday to visit our cherished country, one should quickly assess or survey thoroughly how the city of Accra looks like to receive this august visitor.
Without presumption of innocence there would be no need for a country to have judges and magistrates to preside over criminal cases.
THE proposed N19 billion Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, in Kaduna is a provocative waste. The Federal Government's silence to mounting opposition to its establishment is instructive, and may be an admission it is wrong. Silence remains inadequate reaction to this matter.
Agriculture is key to sustaining any national economy. It is the perfect channel to food security and food self-sufficiency. Whilst it is strategic for a national economy to diversify, it is equally significant for it to put more weight on the agricultural sector. It is the foundation upon which all other developments are built.
In the past several weeks, the nation has been grappling with the turmoil in the university system, occasioned by the continuing strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). With academic timetables in disarray and students once more prematurely sent home, parents-and the rest of the country-looked to the government and striking union officials to find a common ...
The Enough Project at the Center for American Progress released the following statement today concerning President Barack Obama’s visit to Africa:
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed into law the national budget for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 in the amount of USD$347,035,686 (three-hundred forty seven million, thirty five thousand, six-hundred eighty-six United States Dollars).
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed into law 'An Act establishing the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI).'
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