Yearly Archives: 2019

OccupyGhana calls for stronger emergency systems

OccupyGhana has called for stronger healthcare systems in the latest leg of its back and forth with the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives on the parked ambulances. After the Ministry responded to queries on the delay in distributing ambulances parked in front of the State House, the pressure group said …

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Western Togoland: 10 members of separatist movement arrested

The Volta Regional Security Council has arrested 10 members of the separatist movement, Homeland Study Group Foundation. This comes after the group declared parts of Ghana as independent ‘Western Togoland State’. The leader of the group, 80-year old Charles Komi Kudzordzi, popularly known as Papavi Hobedetor, made the independence declaration …

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US$ 25m to be injected onto FX market

The Bank of Ghana over the coming weeks will issue onto the forex market a total of US$ 25 million, following a successful FX forward auction held on November 12, 2019. A notice from the BoG indicates that bids amounting to US$ 71.5 million were received from businesses through their …

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Ghana signs deal to buy six aircrafts for new national airline

Government on Tuesday signed a deal with De Havilland Aircraft of Canada at the on-going Dubai Air Show to buy six Dash8-400 aircraft to start its national airline. The plan to reestablish a national flag carrier has been in the works for some time now. The newly signed by the …

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Ghanaian youth urged to be change makers

The convenor of the Sureword Global Outreach, Rev. David Asamoah has tasked the Ghanaian youth to become agents of change in their communities, so as to make positive impacts on the lives of others. He said, the youth must start involving themselves in leadership positions in order for them to …

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Kasoa Cops Killings: Another suspect freed

The Kaneshie District Court has discharged Michael Osofo Ani, one of the suspects, allegedly involved in the murder of the two Police officers on the Kasoa-Buduburam- Aprah road on August 28, this year. Ani was discharged after the Prosecution withdrew and substituted the charge sheet in court on Tuesday. Currently, …

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Eight resign over abuse of blind Ghanaian student at Oxford University

The only black member of the Oxford Union – a prestigious British debating society with high-profile politicians among its alumni – has resigned following the abuse of a blind Ghanaian student Ebenezer Azamati. The 25-year-old Ghanaian was dragged by the ankles out of a hall where a debate was about …

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