The Amputee  Football Federation of Africa (AFFA), headed by Ghanaian Francis Adjetey Sowah has been suspended from the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF) with immediate effect In a statementissued to the President of the African body, copied to all member nations, the President of WAFF, Mr. Richard Hofmann, noted that, “After thorough research and due deliberation, the Executive Committee of [...] The post WAFF Suspends AFFA Head appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Arsene Wenger has raised question marks over Frank Lampard’s shock move to Manchester City, but Jose Mourinho insisted that the former Chelsea man would be welcome back at Stamford Bridge. The 36-year-old will join the Barclays Premier League champions on loan until January as he looks to maintain his fitness ahead of next year’s MLS season. Lampard has signed a [...] The post Wenger Queries Lampard Deal appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt says he wants to concentrate on smashing the 19-second barrier for the 200 meters following his cameo appearance in the Commonwealth Games. The 27-year-old Bolt, double Olympic champion in 100m and 200m and a five-times world individual champion, wants to take his 200m world record below 19 seconds. “I’ve said I want to run sub [...] The post Bolt Targets 19-Secs In 200m appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Arsene Wenger has raised question marks over Frank Lampard’s shock move to Manchester City, but Jose Mourinho insisted that the former Chelsea man would be welcome back at Stamford Bridge. The 36-year-old will join the Barclays Premier League champions on loan until January as he looks to maintain his fitness ahead of next year’s MLS season. Lampard has signed a [...] The post Wenger Queries Lampard Deal appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Chelsea slumped to their first pre-season defeat on Sunday as they were beaten 3-0 by Werder Bremen in Germany to spoil the return of Didier Drogba and the debut of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Ivory Coast legend Drogba made his first appearance for Chelsea since scoring the penalty that won the 2012 Champions League in Munich when he came on as [...] The post Mourinho Blames Ref, Unfit Players For Defeat appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Some 40 trawlers, carrying 640 fishermen, have gone missing since late Sunday night in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a senior official said yesterday. “The 40 trawlers, with 16 fishermen on board each of them, went to the high seas near Kakdwip in the Sunderbans for catching fish a couple [...] The post 640 Fishermen Missing Off Eastern Indian Coast appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Israel’s “humanitarian window” for parts of Gaza has ended, having slowed violence over its seven-hour period. Israel had said the truce would not apply to Rafah in the south and its troops would respond if attacked. Palestinian officials said Israel broke the truce shortly after it began, hitting a house in Gaza City. In Jerusalem, Israeli police said a Palestinian [...] The post Israel Ceasefire Slows Violence appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The Minster of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, has suggested that the story of African slavery be taught in all disciplines in academics. This, she said would make the current and future generations appreciate the role their fore-fathers had played in the current freedom and independence, being enjoyed on the continent. Speaking at panel discussion held in Accra, last [...] The post Story Of African Slave Trade Not Fully Told appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

In order to educate children in deprived areas, a 65-year-old Japanese philanthropist and donor, Mr. Yasuo Baba in collaboration with Plan Ghana has established a three unit classroom kindergarten block for children in Oditrease in the Upper Manya Krobo District. The GH¢129,000 facility whose construction started in December 2013 has a toilet block, water system, offices and recreational facilities which [...] The post Oditrease Get New Kindergarten appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed disappointment over acute lack of basic education inputs across the country, a phenomenon thwarting teachers’ efforts at delivering quality lessons. The Association said although teachers were central to quality education delivery, provision of appropriate resources to achieve the national goal remained a mirage and upset teachers in their quest to deliver [...] The post GNAT Complains About Teaching Inputs Shortage appeared first

Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has said there was the need for the country to make hard choices now to guarantee a better future for the people. He said “there can be no urgent solutions to the problems currently facing the country unless the structural limitations inherent in the country’s political system are [...] The post Aspiring G/A NDC Chairman Asks Supporters To Register appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) will deploy 350 of its field volunteers to observe the Limited Voter Registration Exercise which began from Monday August 4 and will end on Wednesday August 13, 2014, a date announced by the Electoral Commission (EC) The exercise is meant for persons who are eighteen years to have their names registered as voters [...] The post CODEO To Deploy 350 To Observe LVRE appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has said there was the need for the country to make hard choices now to guarantee a better future for the people. He said “there can be no urgent solutions to the problems currently facing the country unless the structural limitations inherent in the country’s political system are [...] The post IDEG Calls For Hard Choices appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The Centre for Democratic Development, Ghana (CDD-Ghana), and other stakeholders will continue to advocate and push for the necessary reforms in Ghana’s elections administration and security architecture in future. Mr Francis Tsegah, a Diplomat and Senior Fellow at CDD-Ghana announced this at the first dissemination workshop on the project “Ghana’s Elections 2012: Promoting Peaceful, Credible and Issue-based Elections in the [...] The post CDD,Stakeholders Push For Reforms appeared first on

Cola Natural Resources  Ghana Limited and MEDEA Development Limited have un-veiled their new office in Accra as part of efforts to consolidate their operations in the country. This follows Parliamentary approval of the agreement for oil exploration in the Cape Three Points Block offshore Ghana between the government and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on one hand and the [...] The post MEDEA, Cola Natural Resources Unveil New Office appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Castle Milk Stout (CMS), on flagship brands of Accra Brewery Limited, has launched a novel campaign dubbed ‘The New Black’ as part of its efforts to keep in tune with the rising of Africa and celebrate the African Renaissance. Castle Milk Stout, which is the very first stout to be born on the African continent, is truly African and this [...] The post ABL Launches ‘The New Black’ Campaign appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Ghana needs to reposition itself and take advantage of the world’s crave for the extraction of fibre from feedstock to be used as packaging materials to prevent food loss, Mr. Kwesi Abaidoo, President of the Institute of Packaging Ghana (IOPG), has said. He explained that stocks and peels of plantain, sugar cane, cocoanut, banana and pineapple were abundant in the [...] The post Extract Fibre From Feedstock As Packaging Materials — IOPG appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Ghana has awarded its employees with trophies and certificates for contributing to the growth of the company. Mr. Eric Nyanteh emerged the overall National Best Sales Agent of the company, Mr. David Amponsah was the runner-up, Mr. Rafiq Daudi was adjudged the Retail Zonal Manager, while Seth Soga won the National Branch Manager. Mr. Evans Arhin won [...] The post Metropolitan Life Insurance Awards Employees appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Samsung Electronics West Africa has announced its smart trade programme that will enable customers to trade in old smartphones for any new Samsung phone at a discount. From now to the end of August, smartphone users of Samsung and other brands can simply walk into any of the selected Samsung Experience Shop and trade-in their old phone. “Devices will be [...] The post Samsung Launches Smart Trade Programme appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Emirates has once again set industry standards by becoming the first airline to introduce audio description on movies for visually impaired customers on its inflight entertainment system, ice Digital Widescreen. Emirates’ ice (information, communication and entertainment) was recently awarded the ‘World’s Best Airline Inflight Entertainment’ award at the SKYTRAX World Airline Awards for the 10th consecutive year. Ice now offers [...] The post Emirates Introduces In-Flight Entertainment For