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Two Koreans kidnapped in Ghana released

Two South Korean fishermen kidnapped in waters off Ghana in August have been released, their company said Saturday. The two were abducted on August 28, when their Ghanaian-flagged fishing vessel was attacked by a group of armed militants in waters, 200 kilometers southeast of Ghana. The boat had a total …

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Deliver Your Campaign Promises — Otumfuo Urges Political Parties

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on political parties to deliver all their promises when they win political power. He said campaign promises and manifestos were stated visions and objectives of a political party and it was important for parties to stick to the implementation of such objectives …

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When Ghana’s finance minister was denied service at a Delaware restaurant because of his skin color

It was on the evening of October 10, 1957, when Komla Gbedemah, the finance minister of the newly formed nation of Ghana, and his secretary pulled up to the counter of a Howard Johnson restaurant in Dover, Delaware, USA, to buy orange juice. As they were given the juice, the …

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Court places injunction on intended strike by GACL staff

The Accra High Court, Labour Division, has placed an interlocutory injunction on an intended strike by the workers of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL). The workers had threatened to embark on an industrial strike effective Monday, 19 October 2020 to drive home their demand for the removal of the …

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SAD VIDEO: Residents in Suhum drink ‘mortuary’ water

From the Water Works Area in the Eastern Regional capital, our cameras captured the majestic flowing waters of the Densu River. This is the source of treated water for over One Hundred and Eighty Thousand (180,000) people in Koforidua. Although the river appears clean on first sight, many villages at …

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Nkwanta South Municipality: 1 dead, 13 arrested in chieftaincy clash

At least one person has been shot dead at Bonakye in the Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region after an alleged chieftaincy clash between Konkomba and Akyode settlers. The incident which occurred on Thursday evening has also led to the arrest of some 13 others. The clash follows a …

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EC creating trouble with Flawed processes -John Mahama

The flag-bearer of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Mr. John Dramani Mahama has again cautioned the Electoral Commission, (EC) about the worrying conduct of its activities in the preparations towards the general elections in December. Addressing a rally at Abura in the Cape Coast North Constituency of the Central Region, …

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Ofosu Ampofo ‘Killer’ Audio Recordings Tested In Israel

An alleged audio recording of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Chairman, National Democratic Congress (NDC), and others, was sent to Israel Forensic Science Institute for forensic examination. Chief Inspector Bernard Berkoh, the case investigator, told an Accra High Court that he sent the audio for the examination after he had obtained a …

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Airport coronavirus test owners are ghosts

The Registrar of Companies of the Island Country of Dominica says it does not know the shareholders and directors of The Peters Family Company Ltd (TPFCL), owners, of Frontiers Healthcare Services Ltd, for whom the multi-million dollars covid testing contract at KIA has been cooked. TPFCL is an offshore company …

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Parliament approves US$20 million support rural livelihood

Parliament has approved US$20 million Financing Agreement between the Government of Ghana and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to finance the Emergency Support to Rural Livelihood and Food Systems (ESRF). The ESRF was established as one of government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a primary goal to protect the livelihood, …

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