[IPS]Toronto -With an initial focus on oil-producing Nigeria and mineral-rich Ghana, Ottawa is bolstering its trade strategy in Africa, but some within the international development and economic communities have expressed concerns about Canada's approach.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]ROLE OF THE MEDIA

[Ghanaian Chronicle]As at 2010, only 35,000 hectares of Ghana's 7.3 million-hectare farmland was under irrigation.

[AEP]Welcome ladies and gentlemen. I am Pastor Mensa Otabil. I have called this Press conference to address recent media references that seek to place my sermons and me in a partisan political position.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Let the records show that on the morning of Wednesday, November 7, 2012, a high-rise building housing a Melcom shop collapsed at Achimota, near or opposite the NEOPLAN Assembly Plant.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]136 farmers in the Northern Region became the first recipients of claims under the Drought Index Insurance Product in Ghana offered by the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE FORMER President under the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, has described the running mate of the party, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, as the divine solution to Ghana current economic woes.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]An Americag-based organisation, Smile for Everyone Foundation (SEFEF), in collaboration with the Otumfuo Education Fund and Federation for the Development of African Culture and Heritage (FODACH GHANA), has carried out a dental exercise for students of the Asem Mixed Primary and Junior High schools at Asem/Fante-New Town, in Kumasi.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The mining industry has, and continues to experience increasing growth, however, the industry is still being publicly accused of not stimulating corresponding beneficial impacts for the country, especially within the local communities that host mines.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE CHIEF Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Mr. Kweku Awotwi, has said that unforeseen incidents have arisen, that hampers the smooth provision of power supply, although the Authority and its partners are likely to end the nation-wide load shedding as planned.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Cocaine racket has hit the police administration, following the disclosure by the former Deputy Head of the Commercial Crime Unit, Mrs. Gifty Mawuenyega Tehoda that some top police officers are deeply involved in drug business in the country.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE IMPASSE between Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi mine and the Mining and Building Constructors (MBC), which arose following the termination of the underground development contract with the latter, last month, has been resolved.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A study conducted by McKinsey & Company, an American global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management, has revealed that a staggering 84% of Africans, including Ghanaians, are "exceptionally optimistic about their economic future".

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Government of Ghana has secured a $75m grant from the Global Partnership for Education to enhance education delivery in deprived communities across the country.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Fomena, Nana Abu Bonsra, has donated computers to five educational institutions in the Fomena constituency to enhance the teaching and learning of information communication technology (ICT).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -Veteran political activist, Opanin Kwame Afreh, has commended the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, for the bold initiative to decentralise the free education system introduced by the first President of the Republic.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Last week, the Ahmadiyya High School at Gomoa Postin held a Speech and Prize-Giving Day to mark 40 years of its establishment. According to Mr. Nazir A. Keelson, Headmaster of the School, P-Amass was founded in 1972 with a population of 17 students, made up of 13 boys and four girls. Today, P-Amass has a population of 2,150 students.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Suntreso (Sofoline) District Police Command has taken delivery of a set of office furniture for the District Commander's office, courtesy of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Hundreds of Muslims were on Saturday treated to some good meals, drinks and Islamic tunes when they converged at the Takoradi Jubilee Park for the third Eid ul Adha family feast event.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -A NEW association christened 'John Dramani Mahama (JDM) Ladies' has been formed with headquarters at the Roman Hill in Kumasi.