President Mahama Leaves For 3-Day State Visit Of Mauritius
President John Dramani Mahama will leave Accra on Sunday for a three-day state visit to the Republic of Mauritius.
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Africa: A Gold Mine For Renewable Energy, Yet Unable To Power Herself
African continent could become a gold mine for renewable energy due to abundant solar and wind resources. The continent is endowed with substantial renewable energy resources. It has 1.1 gigawatts of hydropower capacity, 9000megawatt of geothermal potential and abundant biomass, solar and significant wind potential. According to UNIDO, about 50% of Africa’s hydropower potential of
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Nana Konadu Proposes Electronic Voting To Avoid Challenges
A former First Lady and Leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has underscored the need for the country to gravitate towards the establishment of a national electronic data infrastructure which would make the introduction of electronic voting in Ghana easy. In line with that, she asserted that efforts must also
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Lebanon PM Threatens Resignation As Protests Continue
A third day of protests is planned in Lebanon where anti-government protesters have clashed with police over the failure to remove uncollected rubbish from the streets.
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Boko Haram Crisis: Nigerian Army Chief Ambushed
Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying the new head of the Nigerian army, the military says.
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Akua Donkor Kickstarts 2016 Presidential Campaign In New York
The Founder, flag-bearer and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor is currently embarking on a tour of the US to solicit support for her party ahead of next year’s general elections. The outspoken politician popular for her scathing comments against the flag-bearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo Addo, was spotted
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Ghanaian Doctors Call Off 3-Week Old Strike
The Ghana Medical Association, GMA, has announced a suspension of its three-week old strike which sought to demand improved and well-documented conditions of service for doctors. A statement issued by the association said the National Executive Council, NEC, considered the appeals from members of general public, the clergy, and the National Council of Chiefs, influential
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EC To Decide On Proposal For New Voters’ Register On Sept. 22
The Electoral Commission has set September 22, 2015, to take a decision on whether or now the country will go for a new voters’ register. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC, meeting, the commission tasked all the political parties to submit their concerns for or against a new voters’ register, after which a decision will
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President Mahama Visits Injured Journalists At 37 Military Hospital
President John Dramani Mahama was at the 37 Military Hospital Thursday night to visit members of his press corps involved in a fatal accident earlier in the day.
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Opinion: The Mandatory National Service Has Outlived Its Usefulness
Putting the mandatory National service as we have it in Ghana now into perspective in terms of the developmental goals of the country on one side and the carrier and professional development of the of the individual service personnel on the other side, one can say that the national service as we have it now
