Tag Archives: INDEPENDENCE

Why Nkrumah gave Guinea US$10 million after their independence

• Relations between Ghana and Guinea go back to the independence years • The first post-independence leaders – Kwame Nkrumah and Sekou Toure – were known to be close friends • Nkrumah is on record to have given $10 million to Guinea to help their takeoff after independence from France in October …

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LIVESTREAMED: Ghana holds 64th Independence Parade

Ghana will on March 6th 2021 mark 64 years since it gained Independence from British colonial rule. The national celebration would be marked in a rather different setting at the forecourt of the Jubilee House. This is due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on large gatherings. …

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Independence Day celebration suspended

The Office of the Chief of Staff and President Nana Akufo-Addo have directed that this year’s 6th March celebrations and all its related activities be cancelled. The directive applies to all jurisdictions of local governance across the country, due to the high prevalence rate of the COVID-19 cases in the …

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