Category Archives: Ghana

Ghana News

Ghana beat Senegal 1-0 to win AACB 2013 Championship

May 22, 2013 no comments

The 87th minute goal from a free kick by forward Michael Osei – popularly known as Ember, a former member of Ghanaian national team Black Stars as well as Ghana club champions Asante Kotoko gave Ghan...

Ghana and IMF sign memorandum of understanding to create new Africa Re...

April 19, 2013 no comments

ACCRA, Ghana, April 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Honorable Seth Terkper, Finance Minister of Ghana, and Ms. Nemat Shafik, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (...

IOM Study shows HIV vulnerability among female sex workers in Ghana

April 15, 2013 no comments

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 15, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) –IOM Ghana has published a new behavioural study of HIV and population mobility: HIV Vulnerability Among Female Sex Worker...

Top African Actress Jackie Appiah receives youth award from President ...

November 2, 2012 no comments

One of Africa’s top movie talents, Ghanaian actress Jackie Appiah, has received the outstanding Youth Award from Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama. Appiah, who has received numerous a...

No dogma or purity among the political parties in Ghana

October 31, 2012 no comments

Campaigns for elections in the impending December 2012 general elections are deeply heating up. Issues, policies and programmes are increasingly dominating the campaigns. As Ghana`s democracy develop...

Dangerous! When medical doctors believe in witchcraft

October 23, 2012 1 comment

Veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene, of BBC fame, disclosure that out of 45 Ghanaian medical students surveyed 41 believe witchcraft is responsible for existential problems; once again, revea...

Three arrested in Ghana for allegedly plotting a coup against Ivory Co...

September 19, 2012 no comments

Security in Ghana has nabbed three men for allegedly trying to buy arms to execute a diabolic plan of overthrowing the government of Cote d’lvoire, where a post-election clash claimed thousands of li...

Mrs. Eva Lokko picked as running mate of Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum of the P...

September 13, 2012 1 comment

The flagebearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum has picked Mrs. Eva Lokko, an Engineer, a Communications expert and a former Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Co...

Court refuses to grant former Ivorian Minister Justine Kone Katinan ba...

September 7, 2012 no comments

Justine Kone Katinan, a former Ivorian minister in Laurent Gbagbo’s administration who has been arrested by the Ghanaian security and is being held by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has ...

Funeral arrangements of President Mills outlined by government of Ghan...

August 5, 2012 1 comment

The government of Ghana has outlined the funeral arrangements for the late President John Evans Attah Mills. According to a statement issued by the Funeral Committee headed by Mr. Tutubi Quashie, the...

Professor John Atta-Mills to be buried on 10th August, 2012

July 28, 2012 2 comments

The Government of Ghana in consultation with Professor Mills’ family has announced that the mortal remains of the late president will be laid to rest on 10th August, 2012 in Accra. This was contained...

Kufour leads NPP to mourn John Evans Attah Mills

July 26, 2012 no comments

The former president Mr. John Agyekum Kufour has shown leadership by leading the New Patriotic Party to the seat of government to mourn with the newly sworn in president of the Republic of Ghana, Joh...

According to reports coming out of Ghana President John Atta-Mills is ...

July 24, 2012 no comments

The government of Ghana is reported to have disclosed to the media that the President John Atta-Mills is dead. The statement released says: ”It is with a heavy heart…that we announce the ...

China helps solve Ghana’s water problems

June 11, 2012 1 comment

Elizabeth Amponsah turns the pipe on to see whether water will flow but no water gushes out. It had been like that for the past one month. She needed water for her domestic chores. Her Kenkey selling...

Ghana gets tough on Telecommunications companies

June 8, 2012 1 comment

The government of Ghana has descended heavily on the telecommunication companies operating in the country. The National Communications Authority (NCA) has slapped a fine totaling GH¢1.2 million on fi...

A Nigerian cargo plane crash-lands in Ghana

June 3, 2012 1 comment

A Nigerian cargo jet, Allied Air yesterday 2nd June clash landed in Accra at 1900GMT and rammed through the airport fence smashing a taxi cab and a 207 bus killing 10 passengers on board. The Boeing ...