IMF Mission Urges Ghana Government to Address Short-Term Vulnerabilities
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Christina Daseking, visited Accra during February 12-25, 2014, to conduct discussions for the 2014 Article IV consultation. The mission met with Vice-President Amissah-Arthur, Finance Minister Terkper, Bank of Ghana Governor Wampah, other senior officials, members of parliament, and representatives of the private sector, think tanks, and civil society.
Shining star of Africa's democracy
Accra, March 6 1957. Tens of thousands of rejoicing people flood the streets of the city center. Shouts of "freedom, freedom" fill the air as men, women and children sing and dance, celebrating the birth of a new state and the beginning of a new era: an independent Ghana.
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Fire renders 500 jobless at Kumasi Central Market
More than 500 traders lost their sources of livelihood when an inferno engulfed sections of the Kumasi Central Market early Wednesday.
The fire, which began about 1:30 a.m., razed down about 300 shops and stalls, destroying food items, cosmetics, cloths, jewellery and wigs, among other items.
The affected traders, who could not control their emotions, broke down in tears.
Many of them wondered where they would be able to secure funds to either restart their businesses or pay the loans they had obtained
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Footballer arrested for offering mother for ‘sakawa’
A 22-year-old footballer who allegedly offered his mother for rituals has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
The suspect, Enoch Adjei, who plays for Soccer Rex, a Jasikan-based Volta Regional Division One team, had wanted to kill his 50-year-old sick mother (name withheld) at Jasikan in the Volta Region to make it easier for him to transport the human parts needed for the rituals to Accra.
But the buyer, who was acting on police instruction,
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TUC pleased with govt admission of challenges in economy
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has described the President’s State of the Nation Address as comprehensive and commended him for acknowledging the challenges facing the structure of the economy.
It also commended the President for announcing measures to deal with the challenges.
In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Kofi Asamoah, the TUC said, “We particularly commend the President for announcing a plan for the progressive introduction of free secondary education in Ghana.†Â
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Update technology for crime detection — Prof. Buor
The Vice Chancellor of the Valley View University (VVU), Professor Daniel Buor, has urged the government to assist security agencies to acquire more modern technologies to enable them to effectively detect and combat crime.
He said current criminals were smart in coming up with new technologies to outwit existing technologies, hence the need for the police to be always ahead technologically.
He was speaking at the closing ceremony of a computer training programme for selected police officers in
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2 Cops, BNI officer in court for possessing drugs
An Accra circuit court, presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, on Wednesday remanded three security officials and an unemployed man in prison custody for unlawfully possessing narcotic drugs and cannabis.
The three security men include two policemen — Corporal Isaac Okine and Lance Corporal Dennis Maakogor Pwamang — and Felix Bani, a Bureau of National investigations (BNI) officer stationed at Bole.
The other accused person is Eddisah Yakubu, unemployed.
The two policemen and the BNI official pleaded
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