Ghana midfielder Michael Essien is expected to play a key role for Real Madrid in their Copa del Rey semi-final clash with Barcelona tonight.

Kweikuma(W/R), Jan. 30, GNA—The residents of Kweikuma in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis are in a state of shock  when a 13-year-old boy, Isaac Ocran, committed suicide with a nylon rope on Tuesday.

South Africa's richest black man, mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, announces he is giving away half his wealth to improve the lives of the poor.

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President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana is offering 120 soldiers to join troops from France and other African countries intervening in the Malian crisis. According to the President, the Ghanaian soldiers are mainly from the engineering regiment and they will …

Accra, Jan 30, GNA - President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday appealed to the newly sworn-in ministers to treat people they would be serving with respect and dignity to justify their nomination and approval as Ministers.

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President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday appealed to the newly sworn-in ministers to treat people they would be serving with respect and dignity to justify their nomination and approval as Ministers

The new Ministers taking their oath of office Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, today January 30, 2013 swore-in his first batch of Ministers at the Osu Castle, the seat of government. Parliament on Tuesday January 29, 2013 approved the nominations …

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Accra, Jan. 30, GNA – Mr Akwasi Oppong-Fosu, Minister designate for Local Government and Rural Development has argued that the abolition of that Ministry was not necessary but that getting the work done effectively was the issue to be addressed.

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Lawyer Mike Ocquaye Jr., yesterday expressed concern that it would be legally suicidal for the legal team representing Nana Akufo-Addo and two others in an election petition at the Supreme Court to submit its evidence to the Electoral Commission (EC) and President Mahama (Respondent) since it could lead to tampering of evidence

[AEP]The New Patriotic Party (NPP) petitioners challenging the results declared in the 2012 presidential election have filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking an order directing the Electoral Commission (EC) to answer interrogatories relating to Ghanaians who voted in foreign countries.

A Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku has described Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobbey as a traitor and pleaded with all party supporters to ignore him

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Residents of Yamoransah in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region were yesterday shocked to the marrow when information reached them that a 31-year-old woman, Agnes Acquah, had drown her four-year-old son, Samuel Dadzie, in a pond