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Ghana-EU sign first voluntary agreement on legal timber exports

afrol News, 20 November - Ghana will sign the historic agreement with the European Union, aimed at ensuring that only legally harvested timber from the West African country is exported to the EU market.

Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
Ghana fit to double cocoa production

afrol News, 3 November - The Ghanaian government and its cocoa industry is gearing up to meet the aim of producing one million metric tonnes of cocoa by 2012. Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company is already preparing to address bottlenecks in distribution, marketing and sales.

Economy - Development | Politics | Environment - Nature | Society
Ghana and Burkina Faso urged to develop strategies on use of Volta River

afrol News, 21 October - Ghana’s Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing Albert Abongo has urged Ghana and Burkina Faso to lay out clear strategies on the utilisation of the Volta River, saying the river is critical for socio-economic development.

Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Society
Cocoa livelihoods programme launched in Ghana

afrol News, 19 October - The World Cocoa Foundation today announced the launch of the Cocoa Livelihoods Programme (CLP), at a ceremony held in Accra, Ghana.

Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Science - Education | Society
Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana youth to benefit from Cocoa development grant

afrol News, 1 October - Over 160,000 people are to benefit from the World Cocoa Foundation Youth Education Programme in West Africa. The two year, $5.6 million public-private partnership will focus on youth and young adults in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.

Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Society
$1.2 billion trade finance to support Ghana's cocoa sector

afrol News, 24 September - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and other partners will sign a USD 1.2 billion pre-export facility to support the Cocoa Board of Ghana (Cocobod).

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Govts can stop the carnage on African roads, author

afrol News, 12 August - A new book by Okyere Bonna says it is about time to stop the carnage on African roads, further saying the world cannot sit and watch millions of people die every year.

Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Ghana could meet its MDG target of halving poverty, IMF

afrol News, 17 July - Ghana has been approved for a three-year arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) valued at about US$602.6 million.

Economy - Development
A major boost for Gold mining in Ghana

afrol News, 7 July - Ghana is expected to establish a $15 million gold refinery project in the last quarter of 2009, C. C. Global Investments has announced in the statement.

Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Economic meltdown threatens progress in fight against hunger

afrol News, 11 June - The World Food Programme says the current global economic down turn could reverse the gains made in a number of developing countries and also threatens to undermine progress made in the fight against hunger.

Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Local farmers sign US grant deals

afrol News, 8 June - In an effort to reduce poverty and create social benefits, the United States African Development Foundation has signed a number of grants which will benefit grassroots groups in Tanzania and in Ghana.

Economy - Development
Ghana expands oil adventure

afrol News, 4 June - Ghana's National Petroleum Corporation today has issued 11 new exploration licenses, further expanding the exploration rush off its promising coast. First oil revenues are already planned for 2010.

Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Ghana's SMEs to benefit from Italian funded credit loan

afrol News, 27 May - The Ghanaian government has launched a 22- million Euro credit line aimed at supporting the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as way to boosting private sector activity and to enhance its contribution to the country's economic growth.

Economy - Development | Society
UN commends Ghana officials on drugs bust

afrol News, 22 May - The head of the UN anti-drug agency has today congratulated Ghana on the seizure of a multi-million dollar cocaine shipment in Port Tema earlier this week.

Politics | Society | Human rights
Gambia is liable for Ghanaian deaths - report

afrol News, 15 May - The joint UN and West African bloc (ECOWAS) fact-finding team has found the Gambian government liable for the disappearance of 44 Ghanaians and other West African nationals in the Gambia.

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