Libya Is Hell; Don’t Waste Your Time
Some Ghanaian nationals who returned from Libya, Thursday, have advised their countrymen who intend leaving the shores of Ghana for greener pastures in the North African country to rescind their...
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UN Security Council Delays Vote On Western Sahara To Allow Pullback
The UN Security Council on Thursday postponed voting on a draft resolution on the Western Sahara conflict amid signs the Polisario Front independence movement was preparing a pullback from a tense...
AG’s Report Already Contained 2015 Bauxite Proceeds – BoG
The Bank of Ghana has clarified that the US$41.05 million proceeds of bauxite had already been accounted for in the Auditor General’s 2015 Statements of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Payments...
Over 95,000 S.Sudanese Fled To Sudan In 2017
More than 95,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan so far this year, the UN said Thursday, as thousands continue to flee war and famine in the world's youngest nation. South Sudan, which split from...
Burundi Accused By WFP of Blocking A Convoy
The UN's World Food Programme has said Burundi has blocked an 10-truck aid convoy coming in from Rwanda, the Reuters news agency reports. Burundi has fallen out with Rwanda and accused it of backing...
Distressed Companies To Benefit From GHC220m Rescue Package
The government, through its National Industrial Revitalisation Programme (NIVP) has provided GH?220 million to revive distressed but viable local companies across the country. The programme, which...
Distressed Companies To Benefit From GHc220m Rescue Package
The government, through its National Industrial Revitalisation Programme (NIVP) has provided GH?220 million to revive distressed but viable local companies across the country. The programme, which...
South Sudan Forces Launch New Offensive
South Sudanese government forces on Wednesday launched an offensive on a town in the north, displacing civilians who may be headed toward the border with Sudan, the UN envoy said. Some 50,000 people...
$41m Bauxite Receipts ‘missing’ In Audited Accounts of BoG – PAC
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to provide data on bauxite exports for 2015 to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament today as it was not captured in the audited accounts of the Central Bank....
BoG Sweats Over 40,000 Tons of Bauxite Export
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) appears to have little or no knowledge about 40,000 metric tons of bauxite worth US$41million that was exported from the shores of Ghana in 2015. Officials of the Central Bank...
Business Development Minister Courts Kenyan Investors
Business Development Minister, Mohammed Awal, has assured Kenyan investors that the current government is committed to towards securing a win-win situation for every investor in Ghana. He said the...
COCOBOD To Subsidise Fertiliser For Cocoa Farmers and Halt Free Supplies
COCOBOD will stop supplying free fertiliser to the country's cocoa farmers and instead subsidise the products in an effort to create a fairer market, a spokesman for COCOBOD said on Friday. The...
Travel Agent Defrauds Ghanaians, Stranded In Libya Airport
Some Ghanaian immigrants in Libya are stranded at the airport in Tripoli after some self-styled travel agents defrauded them of huge sums of money under the pretext of helping them travel from...
S.Sudan Hosting Rebels To ‘extend War’ In Sudan
Sudan's powerful security agency on Monday accused breakaway South Sudan of staging talks with rebels fighting Khartoum's forces in two southern states, with the goal of "extending the war" there. In...
South Sudan Accused of Abducting Rivals In Nairobi
Human Rights Watch says it is concerned about two South Sudanese men, an activist and a rebel official, who disappeared in the Kenyan capital Nairobi three months ago. The campaign group says it is...
Morocco and Algeria In Row Over Syrian Refugees
Conflict in Syria has forced people to flee their homes Morocco and Algeria have become embroiled in a diplomatic row over a group of Syrian refugees. The countries have summoned each other's...
Comprehensive List of All the Companies Owned By Ibrahim Mahama
Ibrahim Mahama has just been ordered by EOCO to pay an amount of $12.7million for sending dud cheques . But as per the number of companies and businesses the tycoon owns we at YEN.com.gh believe that...
Prioritise Irrigation In Agric Mechanisation
The agric sector remains one of the pillars of Ghana’s economy. More than 60% of the workforce is engage in agriculture. Government since 2007 had begun providing support in the form of subsidised...
Egypt, Sudan Vow Not To Aid Respective Opposition Groups
Egypt and Sudan said on Thursday they will not harbour or support opposition groups fighting their respective governments, as top diplomats of the two countries vowed to boost bilateral ties....
S. Sudan Ex-Rebels Hold Dozen UN Staff Hostage In DR Congo
South Sudanese former rebels are holding about a dozen UN staff hostage in a refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN official said Tuesday. UN officials were negotiating to try to...