Gender - Women | Society
Ghanaian wins Caribbean & Commonwealth pageantry
afrol News, 25 April - A 20-year-old Ghanaian law student at the Univesity of Kent (Medway Towns), Shirley De Lawrence, has kept the title in West Africa by winning the 19th Miss Caribbean & Commonwealth contest, in succession to Uchenna Obika of Nigeria, at the Polish Centre in Hammersmith, West London.
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Labour | Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Trade unions call for decent work
afrol News, 22 April - Trade ministers and heads of state meeting for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the Ghanaian capital Accra have been urged to endorse a strong commitment on the interlinkage between trade and development. Read more
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Politics | Society
Ghana’s ruling NPP in shock
afrol News, 21 April - Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party of President John Kufuor is in a state “shock” over the resignation of Alan Kyerematen, former Trade and Industry Minister and unsuccessful presidential candidate.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Gender - Women | Society
West African migrants bailed
afrol News, 1 April - A new program aimed at engaging West African women migrants in the development of their countries has been launched in Italy. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
Ghana awaits massacre march
afrol News, 6 March - Human rights activists would not let up in their efforts to seek justice for families and victims of the 23 July 2005 massacre in The Gambia. As such, a memorial march has been scheduled for the 44 Ghanaians and six African nationals in the Ghanaian capital Accra on 12 March. Read more
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Labour | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights | Society | Gender - Women | Politics
Ghana shuns labour standard
afrol News, 28 January - The government of Ghana has been faulted for breaching the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation it had ratified, a new report issued by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Health
Ghana: Transit point for drugs
afrol News, 25 January - Ghana’s Minister of Interior, Kwamena Bartels has admitted that the country’s entry points are gradually being used as transit points for drug trafficking. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Ghana massacre probe set
afrol News, 21 January - The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is poised to conduct investigations into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of about 44 Ghanaian nationals along the coast of The Gambia in July 2005. Read more
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Politics | Society
Ghana minister under siege
afrol News, 16 January - Dozens of armed policemen, some in bullet proof vests, have besieged the residence of Fracis Poku, Ghana’s ex-Minister of National Security early this morning, chasing away visitors. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Ghana complains to ECOWAS
afrol News, 15 January - The government of Ghana has announced its decision to refer Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the murder of about 44 Ghanaians on the coast of The Gambia in July 2005. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Gender - Women
Teens sentence deferred again
afrol News, 10 January -
The sentencing of the two British teenagers found guilty of smuggling six kilograms of cocaine has been deferred for the second time by a juvenile court in the capital Accra. The reasons for the deferment was to allow a social services report to be taken into consideration. Read more
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Politics | Society
Chief cleric backs hajj probe
afrol News, 20 December - The Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Nuhu Sharabutu, has backed the government's order to investigate the reasons why many would-be Ghanaian pilgrims were stranded at airport for almost two weeks. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Ghana: CPP nails tensions
afrol News, 17 December - At its third national delegates congress in Kumasi, the party that led Ghana to independence in 1957 [Convention People's Party (CPP)] has addressed its looming internal tension before finally endorsing the candidature of Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom for the 2008 presidential polls. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
Ghana signs EPA-light
afrol News, 13 December - After intense protests and controversy over the trade partnership agreement between the European Union and Africa Caribbean and Pacific countries, Ghana government decided to sign what is referred to as an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)-light with the European Commission. Read more
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» 12.12.2007 - Ghanaians protest price hikes
» 11.12.2007 - Ghana to arrest hajj committee
» 22.11.2007 - Malaria cripples Ghana’s health budget
» 21.11.2007 - UK teens guilty of Ghana drug smuggling
» 20.11.2007 - MFWA petitions bulldozers
» 16.11.2007 - Ghana leader's motorcade in another accident
» 14.11.2007 - Ghana leader escapes crash
» 12.11.2007 - Gambia leader awaits indictment
» 31.10.2007 - Minister tasks ECOWAS states
» 29.10.2007 - Diabetes threatens Ghanaians
» 19.10.2007 - Ghana study reveals low life expectancy
» 18.10.2007 - Ghana bar fights prison closure
» 16.10.2007 - Ghana’s leading mobile operators in trouble
» 12.10.2007 - Ghana battles congestion
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Ghanaian bags Africa Reform Prize
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