Terkper Eyes Diaspora Bonds
The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has strongly indicated that the government is seriously considering issuing diaspora bonds to raise cheaper funds in a bid to tap into the wealth of Ghanaian...
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Why African States Have Started Leaving the ICC
Until last week, no country had withdrawn from the International Criminal Court. Now, three African states — South Africa, Burundi and Gambia — have made official decisions to leave. Gambia...
Mahama Promises To Construct More Roads In Eastern Region
President John Mahama has promised to construct three additional roads in the Eastern Region. According to him, the roads have been captured under the cocoa roads programme to fast track its...
Mahama Mortgaging Ghana’s Gas To China
President John Mahama is engaged in a deal that will essentially mortgage volumes of Ghana's gas supply to China in return for a US$2billion loan, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said. “The NDC...
Politicians Can’t Print In Ghana Due To Economic Situation – Akpenyo
The current economic situation does not allow for political parties to print their election materials in Ghana. That is according to Head of brokerage at First Bank. It is expected that printers and...
SuperSport End Ghana Premier League Broadcast Contract
Pay television company SuperSport have ended their three-year association with the Ghana Football Association as the official broadcast partners of the Ghana Premier League. SuperSport refused to...
Russia’s UN Human Rights Council Seat Under Threat
Russia's seat on the UN Human Rights Council is under threat due to its support of the Syrian government's air campaign in Aleppo. More than 80 human rights and aid organisations, including Human...
Help Me To Sue The EC Over The Proxy Voting If They Persist On Carrying It Through
I still stand firmly by my conviction that the PROXY VOTING is a recipe for rigging Election 2016 in favour of the NDC. It is one of the Plans Bs and Cs by Mrs Charlotte Osei who has completely lost...
Renewable Energy Capacity Overtakes Coal
The International Energy Agency says that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal. The IEA says in a new report that last year, renewables accounted...
Which Country Is the Most Generous In the World?
A war-torn state and a country ruled by an oppressive military junta for decades are home to the world’s most generous people, research suggests. People in Iraq are the kindest to strangers, while...
World Stocks, Commodities Climb As Economic Confidence Lifts
World markets had a swagger about them on Tuesday as upbeat economic data and signs of a revival in inflation pushed up stocks and commodity prices and kept the dollar at a nine-month high. Factory...
Deadly Explosion Hit North-West City of China
Seven people dies in the north-west of China A powerful explosion has killed seven people and injured at least 94 in a city in the north-west of China's Shaanxi province. The blast in Yulin happened...
Intervene In ‘cement Wars’
The Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Togbui Amenya Fiti IV, has appealed to President John Mahama to intervene in what he termed as the “cement war” raging in the country. Some...
Somali Pirates’ Hostages ‘ate Rats’ To Survive
A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has told the BBC. Filipino sailor Arnel Balbero said they were also only...
Clinton’s Campaign Of Firepower Is Losing The 2016 Election Against Trump’s Guerrilla Tactics
Much to the incredulity of the elite political class, Donald Trump is within the margin of error of Hillary Clinton's lead. Trump can stumble. Hillary could reboot and change the calculus. That said,...
Explosion Kills One At Steel Factory
One person was reported dead and seven others in critical condition following an explosion Saturday night at Sentuo Steel Ltd., a Chinese steel manufacturing company in the Tema Heavy Industrial...
Tom Hayden, Famed Anti-Vietnam War Activist, Dies Aged 76
Hayden died in his home in Santa Monica "after a lengthy illness", the Los Angeles Times reports. He was a member of the "Chicago seven" charged with conspiracy over anti-Vietnam war protests in 1968...
Agya Koo Is An Ingrate and Liar
Ghanaian Actor Clement Bonnie aka Mr Beautiful has described his fellow actor Kofi Adu aka Agya Koo, as a liar and an ungrateful being who’s out there struggling to unjustifiably cause disaffection...
Asian Sailors Freed By Somali Pirates Arrive In Kenya For Flights Home
26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, ahead of flights home, a maritime expert said....
Political Parties Pledge More Support For Science Education
The two main political parties and the independent presidential candidate have pledged to allocate more resources to science and technology education. The Independent Presidential Candidate, Mr Jacob...