Three years ago, when James joined Ghana's anti-smuggling task force, his job was to intercept illicit cocoa shipments from neighboring Ivory Coast to preserve the superior quality of his country's beans. Now he has to stop it flowing the other way. "We used to burn their cocoa because it was not good," said the wiry 60-year-old, one of the leaders of a network of growers and informants that monitors Ghana's porous border with its western neighbour. "Now the Ivorians
The Ghana Government is set to begin the implementation of a new five year initiative to improve the road network across the country. Government is hopeful that the implementation of this plan, which it considers to be one of its major initiatives targeted at the road sector, will help to enhance economic activities in the country. Ghana's President, John Dramani Mahama announced this in Kumasi on Monday when he joined thousands of Muslims in the Central Mosque in Kumasi, the capital of Ghana's
Ghana's President, John Dramani Mahama has asked Ghanaians to stop being pessimists about the fortunes of the economy and look forward to a brighter and "calmer" future as he spends much of his time in addressing the challenges confronting the country. The President who joined thousands of Muslims in the Central Mosque in Kumasi, the capital of Ghana's most populous region -Ashanti Region - to celebrate the end of Ramadan on Monday, said the Presidential Advisory Committee, which
President John Dramani Mahama has tasked the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to begin registration of all traders in the Kumasi Central Market in a move that is expected to assure the traders of getting back their stores when attempts to rebuild one of the biggest markets in West-Africa is completed. The President who joined thousands of Muslims in the Central Mosque in Kumasi, the capital of Ghana's most populous region -Ashanti Region - to celebrate the end of Ramadan, said the list of
Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Sharon Bar-li has paid a working visit to Tamale, during which she met with the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tamale, Hanan Abdul-Rahman Gundadow and Tamale Municipal Assembly, and visited four kindergarten schools participating in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme undertaken in Tamale by MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation. Thirty kindergarten teachers and head teachers last month attended two weeks training on “Learning
Two U.S. citizens are being treated for Ebola in Liberia and the country shut some border crossings, as the worst outbreak of the disease on record spread to Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and largest economy. Kent Brantly is in isolation and receiving treatment, North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse said. Brantly, a doctor, is the medical director of the aid charity’s Ebola center in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital. Nancy Writebol, who works for the manager of the hospital treating
The acting Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Dr. Wilfred K. Anim-Odame, has lobbied the parliamentary sub-committee responsible for the land sector to support the commission's efforts to retain 40 percent of its Internally Generated Funds (IGF) as well as 6 percent of stamp-duty revenues. He was speaking at a meeting in Accra with the MPs, where he said the commission needs financial assistance to run its affairs and that there are great opportunities for the Lands Commission to
Dr. Yao Graham, Coordinator of the Third World Network (TWN), a civil society group, has criticised government for showing “incredible weakness†in dealing with pressure from the mining sector to delay urgent industry reforms. Multinational large-scale mining companies in the country employ about 16,000 people, but about a quarter of that workforce is likely to be laid off by the end of this year as companies take critical measures to deal with the weak price of gold. And with threats of retrenchment
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