The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Sulemanu Koney, has stated that despite the plethora of challenges bedevilling the mining industry, players continue to brave the odds and therefore deserve recognition for their support to the Ghanaian economy. Mr. Koney made this remark following the first meeting of the adjudicating board […]
The Christian Council of Ghana has condemned the growing political violence in the various political parties describing it as a threat to Ghana’s peace ahead of the 2016 elections.A member of the New Patriotic Party was recently killed at Asawase in the Ashanti region after supporters of suspended chairman Paul Afoko and acting chairman Freddie
To make the transfer of prisoners between Ghana and the United Kingdom possible, the two commonwealth countries, at a ceremony in Accra Thursday, signed a prisoner transfer deal.The agreement means Ghanaian prisoners in the UK can be transported back to serve their sentence in Ghana, while UK prisoners in Ghana can also be sent back
The U.S. Embassy in Accra and U.S. government’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons have announced the award of $5 million to the International Organization on Migration (IOM) and Free the Slaves (FTS), an international NGO working in Ghana, for activities that will support the recently signed U.S.-Ghana Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership.The
President of Ghana’s Actors Guild, Rev. Eddie Coffie has passed away.He is said to have passed on the dawn of Friday October 30 2015 after battling with sickness at the Ridge Hospital in AccraRev. Coffie was elected president of the Actors Guild (GAG), the umbrella body for Ghanaian actors, in October 2014.He took over from
Sitting in the office at his home in Washington, 67-year-old graduate student Patrick Brown spends hours searching for boats and buildings on a satellite photograph as part of an online project to combat child slavery in Ghana’s vast Lake Volta. Brown is one of thousands of volunteer “mappers” around the world laying down digital markers
Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, the Chief Policy Analyst of the Ghana Institute for Public Policy Options (GIPPO), a policy Think Tank has warned that Ghana should be wary of the kind of assistance being offered by the US on the voter’s register brouhaha.The US government has stated that it is concerned about developments in Ghana and
A 34 -year old woman Maame Serwaa at Bompeso in the Western region is in the grips of the law for allegedly burning the private part of her 18- year old daughter for stealing her Gh¢1, 800 which she gave to her boyfriend. The enraged mother after noticing money kept in her safe had been
Fulani herdsmen in Kwahu Praso in the Eastern region are reportedly fleeing the area as they fear for their lives.It follows the gruesome murder of a chainsaw operator and his son.The two men were shot in the bush while cutting timber by persons suspected to be Fulanis.It’s unclear if the latest incident is a reprisal
Suspended New Patriotic Party (NPP) national chairman Paul Afoko has made a shocking appearance at the Electoral Commission hearing for a new voters’ register.It is not clear in what capacity the embattled chairman is appearing, but having rubbished the suspension by the National Executive Committee (NEC), Afoko is likely to announce himself as the substantive
