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All-African Students mourn death of Ghana’s ex-president Rawlings

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– – The All-African Students Union (AASU) has expressed its deepest condolences to the family of the late former President of Ghana, Flt. Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings. In a statement signed by the Secretary-General of AASU, Peter Kwasi KWOJIE, he noted that the great work of President Jerry John Rawlings cannot be overemphasized. The Former President Passed on after a… Read More
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Ghana’s former President Rawlings is dead

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– – Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73. He died on Thursday in the capital Accra while undergoing medical treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Mr. Rawlings last month buried his mother Madam Victoria Agbotui who died at the age of 101. Rawlings, a former military leader who subsequently became a politician ruled Ghana… Read More
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G4S Security Services MD inducted into Ghana Corporate Hall of Fame

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– – The Managing Director of G4S Security Services, Mr. Michael Gyapah has been inducted into the Ghana Corporate Hall of Fame. The award was presented at the 2nd Corporate Ghana Hall of Fame event held Friday 31 October 2020 at the Marriott Hotel in Accra. The Corporate Ghana Hall of Fame is conceptualized as a grouping of selected current… Read More
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EU Election Observation Mission begins work in Ghana

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– – The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Ghana’s forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections has started its work. Chief Observer Mr. Javier Nart, a Member of the European Parliament from Spain, stated: “this mission is a clear sign of the EU’s strong commitment to supporting peaceful, credible and transparent elections in the country”. It is the EU’s… Read More
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A Ghanaian maize farmer thrives on the ashes of destroyed forest

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Hundreds of farmers are benefitting from a project that repurposes degraded forest land ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, October 28, 2020/ — For years, Christiana Akwabea admired the vast fields she visited in neighboring districts to buy maize for reselling and dreamed of one day owning a plot of land where she could grow the staple crop. But there wasn’t much land… Read More
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82 shortlisted for 2nd Ghana Cocoa Awards

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– – From a total of 155 entries received for the 2020 edition of the annual Ghana Cocoa Awards, 82 nominees have been shortlisted for the 2nd Networking and Awards Gala Night on 14th November 2020 at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra Ghana. The eminent Advisory and Awarding Board, chaired by Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, is presently assessing the finalist… Read More
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Several injured in clashes between party supporters in Ghana

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– – Several people are injured in clashes between supporters of Ghana’s two major political parties in one of the suburbs of the capital Accra. It is unclear what triggered the clashes between the supporters of the ruling NPP and the opposition NDC at a constituency called Odododiodio. The area is one of the over four thousand flash points for electoral violence… Read More
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflow Begins to Rebound as Ghana Records FDI of 785.62 Million Dollars in First Half of 2020

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The total FDI of US$785.62 million represents investment recorded by the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) and the Petroleum Commission ACCRA, Ghana, October 23, 2020/ — Ghana has recorded total investments of US$869.47 million, with total FDI value amounting to US$785.62 million between January to June 2020 as FDI inflow showed rare strength in the final moments of the second… Read More
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Ghana: Several worshipers feared dead after church building collapses

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– – Dozens of worshippers are feared dead after an uncompleted church building collapsed at Akyem Batabi in Ghana’s Eastern Region. The incident which occurred on Tuesday afternoon has left members of the church trapped. Several members of the Church of Prosperity founded by Prophet Akoa Isaac have been trapped under the rubble. One dead body has been retrieved with others reportedly in critical condition. A… Read More
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Ghana: 12 candidates cleared to contest presidential election

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– – Ghana’s Electoral Commission has given the green light to twelve presidential aspirants to contest the December presidential election. The twelve were cleared after successfully going through the filing process of the Electoral Commission. Those cleared include the incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party and former President John Mahama of the main opposition National Democratic Congress. Three… Read More
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