An economist, Dr Kofi Orlins-Lindsay, says the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) decision to maintain the monetary policy rate at 26 per cent is a clear indication that the economy is not growing as expected. He said “if the economy was to be growing and livelihoods were being improved, the BoG would have reduced the policy … The post Ghana’s economy isn’t growing – Economist appeared
A leading rights group has accused Kenyan police of using “gruesome violence” to break up an opposition protest in the capital on Monday. Protesters were beaten up even after being “subdued”, said the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Kenya’s police chief said officers intervened to curb “lawlessness”, but an internal inquiry would be held … The post Kenyan police used ‘gruesome
Around 12,000 people have been urged to leave Canada’s oil sands camps near the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire heads towards them. A regional official told the BBC that 8,000 people were given precautionary evacuation orders late on Monday, in addition to some 4,000 who had already been advised to leave. … The post Canada oil workers urged to flee blaze appeared first
Popular Ghanaian hiplife artiste, Wisa Greid, has endorsed the presidential candidature of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ahead of this year’s elections. Born Eugene Ashie, the ‘Ekiki me’ hitmaker declared his support for Nana Addo, when the latter visited ‘Agyeman’ in the La Dadekotopon Constituency of the Greater Accra Region. “I … The post Hiplife artiste
Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has warned ministers of state not to dilly-dally when invited to answer questions on the floor of the House. Speaker Adjaho has therefore charged the Majority in Parliament to assume the role of persuading ministers to be present on the floor anytime they are needed by the legislature to … The post Speaker of Parliament in stern warning to ministers
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