Accra -The failure of Ghana at the 2014 World Cup has been a source of worry to many Ghanaians. With the state economy virtually on its knees, many are the ordinary Ghanaians who looked up to the Black Stars to redeem part of the sinking image of this nation in football in Brazil 2014. Before the 2014 World Cup, the national team had virtually the world toasting the relative success of the team in South Africa, where the Black Stars reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2010.
Family of missing Hiplife artiste Castro De Destroyer has stopped the umbrella body for musicians in Ghana - the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), from organizing any ceremony meant to mark the one week of Castro's mysterious disappearance.
Kumasi -SOME TRADERS and artisans at Suame Magazine, the biggest mechanic hub in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, reportedly engaged in fisticuffs with some police personnel detailed to maintain law and order at the premises yesterday, following altercations with their Nigerian counterparts.
Many have come to the conclusion that "The African Dancehall King" is out of vibe, esteem and initiative, but little did critics know that Samini Dagati would be marshaling experts in the sustainable energy sector to embark on a national project.
Alhaji Abdul-Basit Fuseini, Deputy Northern Regional Minister, has called on the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly executives (MMDAs) to be proactive and eschew procrastination in the implementation of projects. He explained that the MMDAs’ procrastination retards economic growth, which affects the vulnerable in society and the nation will also not be able to meet the Millennium Development Goals. He said the core mandate of the MMDAs is working to improve the livelihood of the people
Ghana cut its 2014 economic growth target and forecast a wider budget deficit and higher inflation due to falling revenues, the slide of the cedi and declining gold prices, the finance minister said on Wednesday. The country's budget gap will rise to 8.8 percent of gross domestic product, compared with an initially targeted 8.5 percent, Seth Terkper said as he presented a supplementary budget to parliament. He said the government now expected economic growth of 7.1 percent this year, down from
An Egyptian court has given nine men sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting women near Cairo's Tahrir Square, according to state run newspaper al-Ahram.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Western consultants helping Egypt compile an economic reform plan say it needs at least $60 billion of investment to reach average GDP growth of 5 percent by 2018 and the same amount again to bolster its foreign reserves, senior officials said.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked Tunisian military checkpoints near the Algerian border, killing as many as five soldiers in an area where the army has been conducting an operation to flush out Islamist militant fighters, the TAP state news agency and officials said on Wednesday.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Air controllers in western Libya have gone on strike to protest the shelling of Tripoli's main airport, halting flights in much of the oil-producing country, a government official said on Thursday.
BAMAKO Mali (Reuters) - France and Mali signed a new defence pact on Wednesday, an agreement that will let Paris maintain its prominent role in a former colony whose desert north was occupied by al Qaeda-linked rebels until they were defeated by French troops last year.
Just an hour and a quarter before the ceasefire is to go into effect, Hamas fired fresh salvos of rockets at the Sharon region north of Tel Aviv, reported the Haaretz. Israel said that one Hamas rocket was intercepted and one hit the area of Petach Tikvah.
Moscow stock index falls 2% in early trading after US announces tougher sanctions against Russia for supporting Ukrainian separatists. Share · Tweet this. Email. Graeme Wearden · theguardian.com, Thursday 17 July 2014 02.48 EDT. Jump to comments (…).
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council warned on Wednesday it is ready to consider "appropriate measures" against warring parties in South Sudan if they do not stop the violence in the world's youngest nation and negotiate a transitional government.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A lawsuit brought by a Sudanese Muslim father against a Christian woman to formally establish her as his Muslim daughter was dropped on Wednesday, the lawyer handling the case said, a move that could allow her to depart for the United States.
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