A Strategic Prize
Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State group's Raqa bastion and the nearby dam is the country's largest. Tabqa is both the...
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Afia Schwarzenegger and Family Tour Akosombo Dam
Media personality Afia Schwarzenegger has once again dished out "goals" to Ghanaians as she and her family embarked on an educational tour to Akosombo in the Eastern Region. The family made a stop at...
MCE Makes Sanitation An Urgent Priority
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, has vowed to go the extra mile to rid the city of filth. Environmental sanitation, he indicated, was going to be made an urgent...
Pregnant Women Deliver In the Bush Trying To Access Healthcare
Kuoro Barechi Nlowie Baninye II, a Niator divisional Chief has given a harrowing account of how pregnant women in Sangbaka, a predominant farming community in the Sissala West District of the Upper...
French Guiana Activists End Crippling Protest After Deal
The movement behind social unrest that left French Guiana paralysed for almost a month has ended the protest after Paris pledged an aid package worth billions of euros. A general strike by 37 unions...
San Francisco Goes Dark Amid Major Power Outage
Equipment failure at a utility station and a subsequent fire pulled the plug on San Francisco on Friday, cutting power to downtown businesses and homes for hours. An outage that began late in the...
Nigerian Manchester United Fans Electrocuted Watching Match
Scores of people were watching the game in this viewing centre At least seven people have died after an electric cable fell on fans watching a Manchester United match on TV in Nigeria, police say....
We Don’t Foresee Tariff Reduction – ACEP
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has rejected any possible reduction in tariffs due to the reduction in cost of producing power by Independent Power Producers (IPP) in Ghana. According to...
Apple Touts Greater Use of Recycled Metal In Gadgets
Technology giant Apple wants to "one day" end the need to mine materials from the earth to make its gadgets, the company said in its annual environmental responsibility report out Thursday....
Bill To Regulate Gas Industry In the Offing
The Ministry of Energy is currently in the process of developing a Gas Bill and intends to submit it to Parliament for approval, this year. The bill, when approved is expected to provide a...
3 Dead, 6 Injured As A Result of Electrical Shock
A correspondent, Star Boy narrating the incident said, the incident occurred on Tuesday April 18 Information reaching Nyankonton Mu Nsem indicates that, 9 people have been electrocuted, 3 of them...
You Are Confused About Aspects of Ameri Deal; IMANI Fires Ayine
IMANI Ghana, a policy think tank is on a collision course with the Ex-Deputy Attorney General Dominic Ayine over the controversial $510 million power agreement with Turkish giants Africa & Middle...
Energy Experts Question Capping of Power Price Per Kilowatt Hour
Energy experts have questioned government’s decision to cap electricity price, in terms of power purchases negotiation, at 10 cents per kilowatt hour, stressing that it will not attract investors...
Why Former Dep. Attorney General Is Wrong On AMERI
Why Former Dep. Attorney General is wrong on AMERI IMANI principals have been locked in a debate over the last week with the former Deputy Attorney General ("ex-DAG") who led the Ghanaian side in the...
NDC Firing Blank Bullets – Baako
Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper says the opposition National Democratic Congress’ criticism of President Akufo-Addo’s first 100 days in office is much ado about nothing. Mr...
Croatian Rivers Face Hydroelectric Peril
Swans glide peacefully over green river waters in the central Croatian area of Karlovac, a tranquil spot popular with fishermen and swimmers that environmentalists fear could be devastated by...
Full Text, Minority’s Press Statement On Nana Addo’s First 100 Days
ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF DECEPTION, THUGGERY, CORRUPTION AND OSTENTATION - AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT SO FAR BY THE NDC MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY 17TH APRIL, 2017. Honourable...
ACEP Demands Details of PPAs Reviewed
The Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) wants government to provide the details of the power purchase agreements (PPAs) reviewed within the past three months. At a Joy FM-organised event on...
We Cannot Wait For Four Years
We cannot wait for four years - NDC The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it cannot wait for four years to elect another president whilst President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and...
3 Die of Electrocution At Jema
Three persons have been confirmed dead and 6 others said to be in critical condition after they suffered electrocution at Hospital Area a suburb of Jema in the Kintampo South District of the Brong...