Ghana
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
— Kwame Nkrumah
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Raila still wants to be NASA 2017 candidate
The general election could well be a rematch between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cord leader Raila Odinga, despite much talk and deliberate suspense about another joint opposition flagbearer. The Star has established Raila has quietly put together a presidential campaign team headed by university don Dr Adams Oloo. None of ...
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Kenya will not shut down internet on Election Day
Kenya has no plans to shut down the internet before, during or after the general election in August, the Communications Authority said yesterday. The Authority officials made the statement in response to reporters' questions at a briefing on what is expected of broadcasters covering the August 8 polls. "We are ...
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[AUDIO] Only drug dealers want many guns, says Marwa
Nelson Marwa has claimed only those who deal in drugs require many guns to protect their trade. During a press briefing on Wednesday, the visibly agitated Coast regional coordinator asked residents to report to him if they "see somebody carrying two guns". "Are they protecting heroin, cocaine? Kwani bunduki ni za nini? Si ni ...
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Akufo-Addo takes oath as Ghana’s new president
•A new dawn has come, says Tinubu in congratulatory message Accra- Before a roaring crowd including local and foreign guests ,Nana Akufo-Addo yesterday took office as Ghana’s fifth president, promising to stamp out government corruption and kick start the private sector. The 72-year-old former human rights lawyer declared that being ...
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President Akufo-Addo to cut taxes
Ghana’s new President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to cut taxes to boost the economy at his swearing in ceremony on Saturday, whilst also promising to protect the public purse by getting value for money on services. Akufo-Addo, 72, defeated incumbent John Dramani Mahama in peaceful elections a month ago, a rare ...
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Lamamra holds discussions with special envoy of Ghanaian President
ALGIERS- Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra held Thursday, in Algiers, talks with former Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs James Victor Gbeho who is on a visit to Algeria in his capacity as special envoy of Ghana’s President. In a statement to the ...
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Uhuru, Raila draw battle lines ahead of August polls
Kenya’s foremost political rivals, President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cord leader Raila Odinga, have used their New Year messages to draw the pre-election battle lines. The two, who faced off for President in 2013, and are expected to do so again on August 8, had not a kind word for the ...
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Raila calls for mass action over election
Opposition protesters plan to pour into the streets in mass action starting January 4 to protest what they call Jubilee's "legal coup". Yesterday Jubilee lawmakers passed amendments that Cord says weaken electoral laws and enable rigging and election theft. Cord leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday said the demonstrations ...
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The duty to defend the Constitution (1)
Kaine Agary In a wave of “change” sweeping across the nations of the West African Coast, from Senegal to Burkina Faso, Nigeria to Ghana and The Gambia, the people have spoken either through the ballot or through protest to express their displeasure and unseat incumbent Presidents some of whom had ...
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Trump likely to trim official aid to Kenya, report suggests
The US is likely to cut a multibillion-shilling annual aid to Kenya under the Donald Trump presidency, a new report suggested yesterday. The Economic Insight: Africa Q4 2016 report, commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, says there are signs of the Trump's administration adopting an ...
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Ghana opposition leader Akufo-Addo wins presidential election, radio stations report
Ghana's main opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the west African country's presidential election with an absolute majority over President John Mahama, two influential private radio stations said on Friday. In his first comment since the election, Mahama said on Twitter on Friday he would wait for official results, in ...
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Five key things to know about Ghana
Ghana is a resource-rich west African country where worries about the economy are set to dominate Wednesday’s presidential election. – Major producer of cocoa, gold – Ghana is the world’s second biggest producer of cocoa after Ivory Coast and Africa’s second biggest gold producer after South Africa. Those commodities are ...
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Business: SimbaPay rolls out mobile money service in Ghana and Uganda
London-based digital money transfer provider, SimbaPay, has announced the launch of its money transfer service to Ghana and Uganda.
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Ghana's fake US embassy shut down after issuing visas for 10 years
Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital Accra run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department said. Until it was shut down this summer, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey building ...
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Entreprises exportatrices vers l’afrique
Amimer énergie : Un groupe qui s’africanise Amimer Energie est un groupe algérien fondé en 1989 et spécialisé dans l’élaboration de solutions d’énergie électrique. Très actif sur le marché national, le groupe veut tout de même renforcer sa présence dans plusieurs régions du continent africain. «Nous souhaitons faire passer de 6 ...
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One dies as Ghanaian woman sets Nigerian husband, in-law ablaze
A Nigerian man living in Ghana, Benjamin Oyem, has died from injuries sustained when his brother’s Ghanaian wife, Comfort Agboloshie, set the room they were sleeping in on fire. According to reports, 38-year-old Agboloshie on Thursday removed her three children, all females, aged four, seven and nine, from the room ...
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Ruto's shuttle diplomacy for Amina job to cost millions
KENYA has chartered a private plane for Deputy President William Ruto’s pan-African campaign for Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed in a move reminiscent of the Sh100 million “Hustler Jet” scandal of 2013.Kenya has launched a massive diplomatic offensive to have Mohamed replace South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as the next ...
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Al via la campagna di promozione per l’edizione 2017/2018 di Invest Your Talent in Italy
Dopo il successo dell’edizione 2016/2017 di Invest Your Talent in Italy 2.0 che ha portato in Italian 54 talenti internazionali provenienti da Azerbaijan, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Egitto, Etiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Messico, Vietnam e Turchia, è partita la nuova campagna di promozione IYT, per l'attrazione...
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Business: Kenya Re enters Southern Africa market
The Kenyan re-insurer already has a foothold in West Africa, where it has offices in Nigeria and Ghana, as well as in Asia where it operates in India and Nepal.
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Four dead after ride at Australia's biggest theme park malfunctions
Four people were killed on a river rapids ride at Australia's biggest theme park after a malfunction threw two of the victims off the seemingly innocuous ride and left the other two trapped inside. The tragedy at the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, the main tourist ...
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Ethiopian Adjudged CIMG Airline of the Year
[Ethiopian Herald] Africa's most profitable and largest airline Ethiopian Airlines, has been adjudged the Airline of the year (International) at the 27th edition of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana National Performance Awards in Accra.