In respond to devastations the Ebola virus has unleashed on Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and other West African countries, several African nations have closed their borders. At the onset of the Ebola advent in Liberia, Ghanaians reportedly picked up bulldozers to demolish a refugee camp where Liberians resided for over 20 years and chased them out.

The President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Ghana was on course to being the energy hub of West Africa in the near future.

The United Nations has appointed Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas of Ghana as its special representative and head of the United Nations office for West Africa (UNOWA).

In respond to devastations the Ebola virus has unleashed on Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and other West African countries, several African nations have closed their borders. At the onset of the Ebola advent in Liberia, Ghanaians reportedly picked up bulldozers to demolish a refugee camp where Liberians have been residing for over 20 years and chased them out. This rather unfriendly response, which pundits describe as un-African and inhumane, has triggered outrage amongst the affected countries,

On 10 September 2014, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Sun Baohong paid a call on H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana.

The Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission of Ghana, Dr Alfred Ofosu-Ahenkorah, and the acting UNDP Resident Representative, Gita Honwana Welch, signed the Agreement on China-Ghana South-South Cooperation on Renewable Energy Technology Transfer Project for their respective institutions at a ceremony in Accra on September 8th.

The Ghana Internally-Generated Funds Technical Support (GIFTS) Project, which is meant to provide revenue mobilization assistance to some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to help improve their revenue base, has been launched in Accra.

The Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Mr Christopher Thornley has lauded the Ghanaian decentralisation and local government setup at a ceremony at which the Canadian Government is supporting three assemblies (two municipal and a district)to improve their revenue generation base.

The chiefs and people of Techiman Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, have rounded-up the celebration of their annual Yam Festival, known "Fofie Kesee Yam Festival" with a grand durbar. The occasion was also used to mark the 10th anniversary of the enstoolment of the Omanhene of the Techiman, Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV on Ohene Ameyaw stool.

The media has been urged to advocate more for mental health in the country.

A sod-cutting ceremony was held on last Wednesday at Kokobra, a farming community in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality of the Ashanti Region for work to commence on the up-grading and tarring of Fumesua-Okyerekrom-Kokobra 1.8 kilometre road project in the municipality.

A campaign, dubbed: 'One Ghana Cedi Project' to assist children afflicted with childhood cancer access affordable and quality treatment, has been launched in Accra.

The South Tongu District Assembly has presented an amount of Nine Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-five Ghana Cedis Twenty-nine (GH₵ 9,385.29) to People Living with Disability [PWLD] in the district at Sogakope.

The Minister for Health, Dr Agyeman Mensah, has disclosed that Ghana has not recorded any polio case for the past five years (2003-2007), except for a temporary setback in 2008, when eight wild polio virus cases were reported.

Monrovia -Ghanaian President and the ECOWAS current Chairman John Dramani Mahama will pay an official visit to Liberia on Monday, September 15, 2014. While in Liberia, the Ghanaian leader will make a donation of assorted food items to aid Liberia's fight against the deadly Ebola virus.

Dismissed Director of Finance and Administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Fred Opare Hammond is considering a legal suit against the Chairman of the Party, Mr. Paul Afoko, the General Secretary, Mr. Kwabena Agyepong and the party in general, over what he terms as wrongful removal from office and defamation of character .

A Pressure Group calling itself "Concerned Youth for the Development of Western Region" is demanding a full scale investigation into the circumstances under which a 28 acre parcel of land, meant for the building of the proposed Takoradi Shopping Mall, was registered under the name of Western Development Consortium Limited (WDCL).

11,693 out of 20,000 persons posted by National Service Scheme (NSS) to the Greater Accra Region to serve the nation in various capacities have registered their names with its Secretariat to start the new service year.

A former tutor of St. John's School, Sekondi, has reportedly called for the scrapping of the Basic Education Certificate Examination because, to him, "it has become a major impediment of access to secondary education."

As part of an initiative by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to sensitise the general public on the Ebola disease, the Professional Cosmetologists and Beauty Therapists Association (PCBTA) has been urged to insist that customers wash their hands before entering beauty salons.