Africa can feed itself, earn billions of dollars and avoid food crises if the continent unblocks regional food trade, says a new World Bank report October 24, 2012. According to the report, African farmers can potentially grow enough food to …

Somalia has officially joined the World Customs Organistaion (WCO) becoming the 179th member of the Paris-based organization. “The Federal Republic of Somalia deposited with the Belgian Government its instrument of accession to the Convention establishing a Customs Co-operation Council on …

Kunio Mikuriya – WCO Boss The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) signed a Protocol of Intent to enhance cooperation between the two organizations. The signing took place in Moscow October 22, 2012. It was …

Detective Chief Inspector Charles Adaba, the investigator in the MV Benjamin cocaine saga Thursday told the Accra Fast Track High Court that in 2006, the Minister of the Interior set up a committee to investigate how five slabs of 30 …

Dasebre Oti Boateng The chiefs and people of Suhyen in the New Juaben Traditional Area have served notice to resist the entry of the Omanhene of New Juaben into the town, to perform annual rituals at the Suhyen River, towards …

Government has approved GH¢388.84 as boarding fees for the first term first year students in public second cycle schools for the 2012-2013 academic year, Mr. Lee Ocran, Minister of Education has announced. He said Day Students for the first year, …

Participants at a forum organised in Bolgatanga on Tuesday blamed political parties for showing little or no commitment on issues relating to maternal mortality. The forum organised by the Participatory Action for Rural Development Alternative (PARDA) and the OXFAM Maternal …

The Ahanta West District Assembly (AWDA) as at September 2012 collected as low as GH¢1,918,082, representing 41.2 per cent out of budgeted amount of GH¢4,656,571.90. “The low figure is due to the non release of funds from the Central Government, …

Prof Peter Quartey, Head of the Economic Department of the University of Ghana, has said though the Bank of Ghana policy rate declined consistently it has not had any significant effect on the lending rates in the country. He said …

The Ghana Reinsurance Company Limited (Ghana Re) has held its 40th Anniversary retreat in Accra, with a call on Ghanaians to insure their property to enable them recoup their losses. The aim of the retreat was to bring unity among …