African leaders called on Thursday for firm action against the rising Islamist militant threat stretching across the continent from Kenya to Mali and pledged to provide the tools for Africa to police its own conflicts. Violence cast a shadow over the opening of the two-day summit of the 54-nation African Union (AU) as Nigerian President […]
In an effort to interrupt further spread of the Ebola virus in the shortest possible time, the World Health Organization is convening a special meeting of Ministers of Health of eleven (11) countries and partners involved in the Ebola outbreak response in Accra, Ghana from 2-3 July 2014 to discuss the best way of tackling
Ghana’s Loss To Portugal – The Inside Story: Many Ghanaians Were Supporting Portugal Against Ghana. Ghana’s Black Stars are finally out of the FIFA World Cup following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Portugal. However, it does not seem as if many Ghanaians are as disappointed as they normally are when they are kicked
In what looks like a repeat of the bizarre crisis that hit the Ghana Black Stars camp in Brazil, Nigeria’s Super Eagles have missed a scheduled training session over unpaid bonuses. Reports say the players are claiming they have each been shortchanged by $15,000 of what they were expecting for reaching the Round-of- 16 at the
Ghana is on the verge of being declared a guinea worm free country by World Health Organisation (WHO) if it continues to record no incidence of the disease by the end of 2014. Ghana has not recorded a single case in three years which qualifies the country for certification by the WHO. In that regard, a
By Isaac Bediako Justice ACCRA, Ghana- Two soldiers, a police officer and two others have been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit court for allegedly robbing tenants of a household at gunpoint. The soldiers, Emmanuel Obeng Domson and Obed Kwaku Agamati, together with Ibrahim Iddrisu, the police officer, and Noah Mensah, unemployed, in
By Kpakpo Addo – Tema, Ghana Tema township is a place built by Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah to house the workers of the burgeoning industries that he had set up. Among some of the places built as residential complexes for workers of these industries were site 20, site 2, site1 etc. This news letter
By Isaac Bediako Justice Ghanaians must embrace the rich opportunities in tourism and take advantage of that to create business activities to promote the industry for the growth of the economy, Goyimwole Enukomekuo Kpodo, president of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, has said. He said: “The African cultural heritage and tradition surpass
By Isaac Bediako Justice KUMASI, Ghana – Ghana’s second largest Hospital, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is keeping a baby girl abandoned by the mother at the facility two weeks ago. The four-month-old baby is being kept at the maternity block and is reported to be doing well. The mother had left her in
By Isaac Bediako Justice KUMASI, Ghana – A family of five was burned to death when the room in which they were sleeping was gutted by fire at dawn at Trede, near Santasi, Kumasi, yesterday. Daniel Baafi, 39, his wife, Akua Ahema, 35, and their three children, including a one and half- year-old baby were
