A Hutu rebel chief linked to atrocities in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo began fighting deportation from Germany where he was detained last week.
Ignace Murwanashyaka filed objections to being deported after his asylum a…
Some people in Accra who viewed the eclipse of the sun with the prescribed eclipse shades tore it into two and shared it with their friends.
They watched the event with one eye while the other eye was protected with their palm.
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Mr Justice Yaw Appau, Supervising High Court Judge in Kumasi, has advised budding lawyers to be courageous in the course of practicing their professional career.
He said courage and bravery were the hallmarks of the legal profession…
A magistrate's court at New Edubiase has sentenced a 41-year-old revenue collector to eight months imprisonment for falsification of accounts.
Yeboah Kankam Dacosta pleaded guilty to the charge and asked for leniency.
Police C…
Shareholders of the SG-SSB Limited expressed satisfaction with the Bank's performance for the 2005 year and voted unanimously for the Bank to purchase 10 per cent of issued shares to raise share price.
The Bank at its 26th Annual Ge…
Clients of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in some parts of the Upper East Region have begun defrauding the scheme, Mr James Maurice Abakisi, Builsa District NHIS Manager, has said at the weekend.
"Under the pretext of be…
President John Agyekum Kufuor received Letters of Credence of four new Ambassadors accredited to Ghana at the Castle, Osu.
They are Mr Saadi Mohamed Altumaizi, Ambassador of the State of Palestine; Mr Miroslav Krench, Ambassador of …
Mr. Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister has warned that communities, which vandalize public property such as Police stations, would face the full rigours of the law.
"This is because lawlessness, instability and disorder are not co…
President John Agyekum Kufuor laid the foundation stone for the construction of a four-million-dollar National Mosque on 1.7 hectares at Kanda in Accra.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made available 264,000 dollars while the Ghanai…
Former Liberian leader and fugitive war crimes suspect Charles Taylor was arrested Wednesday in a northern Nigerian town near the Cameroon border, police spokesman Haz Iwendi said.
"Mr. Taylor has been arrested. He was arrested in the…
Fugitive Liberian warlord Charles Taylor has "agreed" to stand trial at the international tribunal in the Hague, but not in Sierra Leone where he faces an indictment for alleged crimes against humanity, his spiritual counsellor said.
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The Ministry of Education and Sports has expressed serious concern about demands by custodians of lands for compensation in respect of school lands, some of which were acquired as far back as the 1920s.
Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Minister …
The Ministry of Education and Sports said Wednesday, March 29, the day on which a solar eclipse is expected, is not a public holiday, as the event would last for only three minutes.
Mr Ato Esuman, Chief Director of the Ministry, who…
Mr Eddy Obeng-Darko, the Atwima-Nwabiagya District Director of Education, has stated that the youth had a responsibility to halt the alarming rate the environment and the ecosystems were being destroyed.
Mankind's existence and the …
The 60-year-old UN Human Rights Commission was due to bow out Monday to make way for a streamlined council that activists hope will be sprightlier in tackling abuse.
The 53 states in the Human Rights Commission were holding their fina…
Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, has assured Ghanaians that the Representation of People (amendment) Act will ultimately prove to be a unifying factor in spite of the rather contrived confusion and chaos that…
Former Liberian leader and war crimes suspect Charles Taylor has disappeared from the villa in which he was living in exile in Nigeria, the Nigerian presidency said in a statement Tuesday.
The statement said Taylor had left his house …
Prof Dominic Fobih, the Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines, has said the drive for investors to take advantage of the country's stable political and economic climate would not be complete if land was either unavailable due to encumbranc…
Runaway Spanish league leaders Barcelona are already dreaming of a future that will feature France striker Thierry Henry as they enter the home straight in La Liga with a nine-point cushion.
The Catalan club switch from the Mediterran…
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kwaku Amoako, Brong Ahafo Regional Unit Commander of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DVVSU) expressed concern about the increasing number of divorce cases in the Region.
He sai…
The Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines has within the past three years spent about 167 billion cedis on the Government's Plantation Development programme.
The programme, being sponsored through HIPC funds, has three components, re…
Ghanaians have been asked to patronise goods produced within the country to enable local industries to expand their operations.
The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Kofi Osei-Ameyaw said the shift to the patronage of local p…
European lawmakers will present a petition to the
European Commission on International Women's Day on Wednesday, calling for tough measures to prevent thousands of women and girls being forced into prostitution in Germany during the socce…
Real Madrid put a turbulent week behind them on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over city rivals Atletico Madrid but Barcelona moved on towards a title defence with Samuel Eto'o securing a 3-2 home win over Deportivo La Coruna.
The win l…
A paramount chief of the Mo Traditional Area has appealed to northern scholars to put politics aside and marshal meaningful plans to develop the north to solve the acute poverty there.
He said there was a lot of income-generating ac…
GNA-President John Agyekum-Kufuor said the passage of the Representation of the People's Amendment Bill (ROPAB) would enhance the
country' s democratic development.
He assured Ghanaians that the act would not destroy the democratic visi…
Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said the party would continue protesting against the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill (ROPAB) until the government withdraws it.
He was s…
Professor Michael Oquaye, Energy Minister, said steps were being taken to improve the supply of kerosene.
He said, "... the kerosene situation will be brought back to normal within one week."
"Kerosene will be delivered to the m…
The government has been urged to come out with a clear-cut policy to promote the sheanut industry to reduce rural poverty among the people in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions.
Madam Anna-Maria Fati Paul, Acting Direct…
The Adansi South District Assembly has set up a five-member committee to investigate circumstances that led to the inclusion of the 31st December Women's Movement Day-Care Centre at New Edubiase benefiting from the capitation grant.
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The Atwima-Nwabiagya district secretariat of the Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education and Sports on Thursday presented incentive packages to 43 facilitators for their hard work and dedication at a ceremony at …
The Kwahu South District Director of Education, Mr James Nii Okaija Dinsey, has ordered the temporary closure of St. Peters' Secondary School and all the 1,262 students sent home with exception of some few prefects following students' dist…
Wayne Rooney says he has no regrets about joining Manchester United and believes the move to Old Trafford has improved him as a player.
Since his 27 million pound move from Everton the 20-year-old has had to watch Chelsea dominate in …
Professor George Gyan-Baffour, a Deputy Minister of Finance on Thursday said government realised 28.2 billion cedis from the last major petroleum price increase between February 18 and February 23 2005.
The amount, which has since be…
The Parliament has voted to push the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill beyond the consideration stage, with one more legislative lap for it to be passed.
The Minority, who vehemently opposed the bill from its unset were ab…
Suspected outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu area spreading quickly through farms around the north Nigerian city of Kano, the head of a government clean-up team said on Tuesday.
Shehu Bawa, the leader of Kano State's bid …
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama has tasked journalists to admit their professional weaknesses and rally social support for development initiatives and expansion of public knowledge through informed and rigorous analysis.
Journalis…
Hosts Egypt are just one win away from a record fifth African Nations Cup title after they beat Senegal 2-1 in a riveting semi-final here on Tuesday.
The 'Pharaohs' will meet fellow Group A outfit Ivory Coast - who they beat 3-1 in th…
A Hamas delegation led by the Islamist movement's supremo Khaled Meshaal was due to review candidates for the vacant job of Palestinian prime minister with Egyptian officials, some of its members said.
The Damascus-based chief of the…
Mr Philip Basoah, Sekyere East District Chief Executive, has called on chiefs in the district to create land banks in their areas of jurisdiction for development.
He said this could attract investors to the district that had been inc…
The Ministry of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City on Monday condemned the indiscriminate use of the Kente cloth by some institutions and persons in recent times.
A statement signed by Mr Ferdinand O. Ayim, Personal Ass…
Ghana would host a Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine and Indigenous Knowledge to facilitate the identification and testing of potentially beneficial low-cost naturally derived medicinal products for the prevention and managem…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Elections Committee announced on Tuesday that it was postponing the election for the position of Corporate Member until the GJA Corporate Membership was duly constituted.
A statement signed by…
A South African Airways flight on Monday night made an emergency landing at the Kotoka International Airport after developing a technical problem shortly after take-off.
Sources at the offices of South African Airways on Tuesday con…
The Black Stars of Ghana, on Monday lost by a lone goal to the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the on-going Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Even though the performance of the Stars was an improvement upon what the team exhibited in the pre…
Ryan Giggs may have won more medals than any other player in Manchester United history but as far as the Wales winger is concerned there are few feelings to touch beating Liverpool.
Giggs provided the free-kick from which England cen…
The Vice-President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has advised Ghanaians to respect the country's authorities, especially the presidency, to ensure peace, stability and development.
He said since the President and the country's leadership were…
President John Agyekum Kufuor performed creditably to the admiration of his colleagues as he answered questions pertaining the outcome of the report on Ghana under the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
The reveiew, which falls u…
The Chairman of the Communication Department of the Obuasi constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it was unfortunate for Dr Obed Asamoah, the former NDC Chairman, to cite violence and other uncomplimentary reasons…
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo, named chairman of the African Union at its summit meeting in Khartoum , is a career soldier who has never been afraid to use force to further his political ambitions.
Sassou-Nguesso returned to…
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