RTEgypt military denies report that el-Sissi to runSeattle Post IntelligencerCAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military says the nation's top soldier will, if he decides to run for president, announce his intention in an address to the "glorious people of Egypt," not through a third party. Military Spokesman Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali was responding ...104 MB professors, students referred to Criminal Court in SharqiyaEgypt IndependentEgypt's Sisi says will run for president: Kuwaiti paperAhram Onlineall 192 news articles »

Hearts spokesman Muheed Saeed says he’s unaware of claims of disunity in the club following their heavy defeat against All Stars in the Ghanaian top-tier on Wednesday.

Ebusua Dwarfs are expecting their CAF Confederation Cup opponents ASC Les Jaraaf from Senegal on Friday.

Turkey tightens Internet controls as government battles graft scandalReutersANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament has approved internet controls enabling web pages to be blocked within hours in what the opposition decried as part of a government bid to stifle a corruption scandal with methods more suited to "times of coups".and more »

The 2012 Presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention, Hassan Ayariga, has dismissed allegations of embezzlement made against him by the party’s national treasurer, saying, he is not accountable to the party over monies dispensed during the 2012 electioneering campaign. The treasurer, David Apasara, alleged that Mr. Ayariga hijacked and hoarding cars and money donated to the party for the [...]The post I Don’t Owe PNC appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

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The government says it is working through the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to address the depreciation of the value of the cedi. Among the measures the government has outlined to arrest the falling value of the cedi, are improving revenue mobilisation, realigning the key budget items and enhancing the efficiency of public expenditures and refinancing of portions of public debt [...]The post Gov’t To Improve Revenue Collection appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Razia Khan, Regional Head, Research, Africa, Standard Chartered Bank, says the bank expects the Bank of Ghana to raise its Policy Rate by 100 bps to 17 per cent when it announces its decision after a review of the economy tomorrow. “Even if the assumption is that inflation is driven primarily by one-offs, utility and fuel subsidy adjustment  as the [...]The post BoG Expected To Increase Policy Rate appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

DCOP Kofi Boakye The Police Administration has made changes to some of its regional commands. Western Regional Commander, DCOP Mr Kofi Boakye, is to take over as the Ashanti Regional Police Chief and he will be replaced in the Western Region by DCOP Mr Isaac Alex Quainoo, who is the Upper East Regional Commander. In line […]

[Ghana Govt.]Dr Gheysika Agambila, Member of the Constitution Review Implementation Committee, has called on Ghanaians to avoid partisan politics at the local level and concentrate on development.

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Egypt's military denies that its chief of staff, Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, told a Kuwaiti newspaper he would run for president.

Bill Gates Emulating Jobs's Return Carries No GuaranteeBloombergBill Gates joins a long line of founders, from Steve Jobs at Apple Inc. to Michael Dell at Dell Inc., who threw themselves into trying to fix what they created. It doesn't always work. Gates will stick around while new Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Chief Executive Officer ...and more »

The Minister of the Interior, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, has stated that recruitment into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) will remain frozen until a thorough staff deployment exercise has been undertaken to serve the real needs of the service. He said that the deployment of staff had been lopsided and that certain areas in the country appeared to be over-staffed while other places were under-staffed. Addressing the opening session of a special regional commanders’ conference of the GIS in Accra yesterday, Mr Ahwoi said, “There is a clear evidence of under-utilisation of human resource in the service.” The three-day event, being held on the theme, “Moving the GIS towards a new institutional direction”, is being attended by management and regional commanders of the service. It is meant to create a platform for them to undertake critical institutional stock-taking of the operational and administrative activities and address the challenges facing the GIS.   Strategic plan Mr Ahwoi stated that in 2011, the leadership of the service launched a four-year strategic plan from 2011 to 2015 that defined and spelt out the visionary strategies for the service, covering policy, personnel development and deployment, as well as facilities and equipment. He was happy that preliminary work had been carried out particularly in the areas of nationwide sensitisation of personnel and the recruitment of specialist professionals in information and communications technology, law, civil engineering, paramedics and psychologists.    Mr Ahwoi noted that currently, postings and transfer of staff had not been “scientifically” analysed and done to ensure that key regions, sectors, districts and border posts had adequate staff numbers with appropriate ranks to ensure effective command and control at all times. “Jobs, we must create, but we should not add to the over-burdening problem of ‘single spine salary management’ by paying staff salaries for no work done,” he stated. The minister said his outfit had already directed the GIS leadership to overhaul staff deployment to ensure that the GIS derived maximum benefit from staff. “I am informed but yet to verify that a total staff re-deployment exercise has been carried out in the Greater Accra Region and is being extended to Tema and other regional, sector and district commands across the country,” he said.   Challenges facing service On challenges facing the GIS, Mr Ahwoi stated that he was aware the service suffered from serious deficit in areas such as accommodation, means of transport, communication equipment, uniforms and other accoutrement. He,  however,  said the government was working relentlessly to ensure that the service was provided with its essential logistics and infrastructure to enable it to perform at its maximum best.   Non-release of subvention The acting Director of Immigration, Commissioner of Police, Dr Peter A. Wiredu, said the non-release of subventions adversely affected the operations of the service last year. “This dire financial constraints compelled some regional and sector commanders of the service to resort to some ingenious ways to run their areas...,” he stated. He said the service had reconstituted its Central Disciplinary Committee to review all cases of officers interdicted for various acts of indiscipline.