By Iddi Yire, GNA Accra, June 20, GNA - Two books, “Electoral Politics and Africa’s Urban Transition: Class and Ethnicity in Ghana” and “Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa”, authored by Professor Noah Nathan and Professor Jeffrey Paller respective
Accra, June 20, GNA - The Ministry of Interior by Executive Instrument has reviewed the curfew hours imposed on eight communities of the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region.The curfew hours imposed on Drobo, Japekrom, Babianiha, Kwasibourkrom, Mpuasu, Basakrom, Kojokesekrom and
By Charles Chedar, GNAKamehago, (UW/R), June 20, GNA - Kamahego and Selle communities in Daffiama-Bussie-Issa (DBI) District have benefited from dugouts under the Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) project to support poor rural farmers undertake dry season farming.
Accra, June 20, GNA - Ghana’s Beach Volleyball team exhibited a spirited performance to beat arch rivals Nigeria at the first African Beach Games in Sal, Cape Verde.
Madina, June 20, GNA - The La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly Sanitation Unit has sued Madam Hawa Mohammed (62), whose tenants dumped solid waste material into a gutter infront of their house at the Libya Quarters, a suburb of Madina Zongo.
Accra, June 20, GNA- Professor Godfred A. Bokpin, a Fellow of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, has urged government to rationalise the many tax exemptions that are granted multinational companies.
HARARE, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) on Wednesday urged African businesses to take the lead in exploiting trade and economic opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which entered into force in May.A senior official in the AUC, Khauhelo Mawana, said multi-national businesse
ADDIS ABABA, June 20 (Xinhua/GNA) - The mayor of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa Takele Uma on Wednesday said a ban on motorcycle use will be implemented in the city starting from July 7, in a bid to curb rising criminality. Speaking to local journa
Nkawie, (Ash), June 20, GNA – A 30-year-old carpenter who defrauded a trader of GH¢
ADDIS ABABA, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - Tsegaye Teshome, a lawyer in Ethiopia's eastern Dire Dawa city, is feeling a sense of relief after an eight-day internet blackout has come to an end.Internet was cut nationwide in Ethiopia on June 11. Although internet to Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa was restored on Friday, most parts
HARARE, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - Zimbabwe has adequate stocks of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) that will last until the first quarter of next year, Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo said on Wednesday, allaying fears of a possible shortage.Zimbabwe has an estimated one million people who are on the life-prolonging drugs
JOHANNESBURG, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - A total of 15 African countries are holding a three-day conference to share best practices about how to increase skills training for the youths to reduce unemployment and grow the economies of African countries.The meeting which started on Wednesday is hosted by the African Union Developmen
BEIJING, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday for a two-day state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the invitation of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un.The trip, Xi's first to DPRK as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communi
PYONGYANG, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Thursday for a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).Xi's plane arrived at the Sunan International Airport around noon. Bathed in sunshine sh
Nkawie, (Ash), June 20, GNA – The Nkawie Circuit Court has remanded three persons into prison custody for their alleged roles in kidnapping and robbing of a senior high school student at Nketia, near Adankwame in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality of Ashanti.
ABUJA, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - At least 1,000 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), a pro-government militia fighting the terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria's northeast region, have been killed in six years, a spokesperson of the group has told Xinhua.Jubril Gunda, a spokesman who also doubles as the legal adviser of
CAIRO, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has announced that Egypt will chair a meeting of the foreign ministers of Sudan's regional partners in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa to discuss the ongoing Sudanese crisis."The meeting called for by Egypt comes within its efforts to coordinate regional visions that s
MOSCOW, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it is groundless to accuse Russian soldiers of being responsible for the deadly crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014.The "absolutely unfounded" allegation caused nothing but regret, and it was aimed at discrediting Russia in the eyes
LILONGWE, June 20, (Xinhua/GNA) - Malawi's Members of Parliament on Wednesday elected fellow legislator, Catherine Gotani Hara, as speaker of Parliament, making her the country's first female speaker for the August House.Hara, who belongs to the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), won the seat in a tightly contested el
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