2017

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, has disclosed that the ban on small scale mining imposed by her ministry, would be lifted in January 2018. The government has placed a ban on all small scale…
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Egyptian Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017. Following a record number of votes, the Liverpool star won ahead of Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita, Sadio Mane of Senegal and…
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National Organiser of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of seeking to have the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Mrs Charlotte Osei removed from…
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched Ghana’s Strategic Roadmap for harnessing demographic dividends, the local component of the African Union’s Demographic Dividend Roadmap. At an event at the Accra International…
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The Ghana Health Service has slammed the media for creating panic and misinforming Ghanaians over the Influenza H1N1 deaths that plagued the Kumasi Academy. Four students have so far died of the virus while scores of students are also…
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Four in 10 Ghanaians have considered emigrating, although far fewer are actually taking steps to leave the country, a recent Afrobarometer survey indicates. The study reveals that most potential emigrants are in search of more favourable…
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Becoming a pilot is far from easy, but challenging gender stereotypes and becoming a female aviator is even harder. This didn't stop Indian pilot Anny Divya from trailblazing her way to the top. Thirty-year-old Divya is now the youngest…
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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has in a characteristic style attacked his successor, former President John Agyekum Kufuor, accusing him of demeaning the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The former Military…
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Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga, has said, steps taken by the Chief Justice to probe the Chair of the electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei and two of her deputies Amadu Sulley (in charge of Operations),…
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A former US sergeant who defected to North Korea and became Pyongyang’s prisoner for nearly 40 years has died. Charles Jenkins, 77, lived in Japan where he had settled with his family after his 2004 release. He was among four US…
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