Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is currently reviewing one of the sector’s major policies the 1994 Forest and Wildlife Policy. The review has been necessitated by a number of emerging issues including institutional and legislative reforms within the forest sector and current global initiatives such as the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the […]
Ghana is one of Africa’s great successes – a stable and thriving country that is testament to the impact of aid. As pressure on these budgets grows, Observer editor John Mulholland travels to the country to assess its progress Early last Sunday morning on a plane ride from the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to the northern […]
Five years ago Kahraman Haliscelik, the Turkish Radio and Television United Nations Bureau Chief in New York travelled to his native country of Turkey to meet with one of the Governors in one of the southern provinces. Kahraman’s village had no electricity and water supply was a luxury at the time of his visit. Following […]
The embattled businessman at the center of the controversial judgment debt Alfred Agbesi Woyome has been charged for defrauding the state with three other accomplices. The beleaguered businessman has been refused bail for conspiracy to commit crime, defrauding by false pretense and corrupting public officials in the controversial GH¢58 million judgment debt. The others are […]
Vodafone Ghana has launched the largest Wi-Fi zone in the country at the Ghana Hostels on the University of Ghana campus. This is the largest internet access point in the country with the capacity to serve over 5,000 students at any given time. Students on campus can now connect and access Vodafone’s internet service through […]
S Africa: `Dalai Lama visa issue dead in the water` Cape Town: The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an application on the Dalai Lama’s visa, claiming that it was too late to fix the past, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Friday. Judge Elizabeth Baartman dismissed with costs the application on whether it […]
South Africa’s leading anti-AIDS group has said that allegedly faulty condoms are among more than 1.35 million handed out at the African National Congress’ 100th birthday party. Health officials confirmed that all of those condoms have been ordered to be recalled. But the Treatment Action Campaign said no warning has been issued to people that […]
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London-listed African Minerals has arranged $868-million in financing for the continued expansion at its Tonkolili iron-ore project in Sierra Leone. The company said on Tuesday it had successfully closed the book and pricing of $350-million of convertible bonds due 2017. African Minerals also received credit approval for $518-million from Standard Bank to […]
Application by IFP and COPE on the constitutionality of the government’s failure to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama is dismissed in the Western Cape High Court AN APPLICATION on whether it was constitutional for the government not to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama last year was dismissed in the Western Cape […]
Cairo, February 06: Former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, is likely to be moved to the capital Cairo’s Torah prison hospital, a government official says. Mubarak is currently being held at a military hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Protesters have long been complaining that the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) has been […]