All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scores of American citizens in Ghana on Wednesday poured out at the Accra Embassy to participate in the first phase of the process for obtaining an Absentee Ballot Paper to vote in the November 4th Presidential Election.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nokia, the world's leader in mobility and network equipment, solutions and services, has opened its first Nokia Care Centre in Ghana.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 6th African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Summit ended in Accra last Friday, at which the issue of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) featured prominently.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The sixth biennial summit of the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states has ended in Accra, Ghana with issuing its first decision. According to official statement from the summit released in Accra on Saturday, John Agyekum Kufour, president of Ghana and President-in-Office of the 6th Summit of ACP heads of state and government, said "The summit, having considered the negotiations and...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The sixth biennial summit of the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states is to end on Friday in Accra, Ghana with an "Accra Declaration". Since 1997, heads of State and government of ACP member countries have been meeting regularly to lay down the broad guidelines for the general policy of the ACP group and give the Council of Ministers instructions relating for its implementation. According...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
from Reuters Africa By David Lewis ACCRA (Reuters) - Europe should stop pressuring the world's poorest states to sign individual trade deals and allow more time for African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) nations to agree a common negotiating platform, ACP members said on Friday. A declaration by leaders of the 79-nation ACP group meeting at a summit in Ghana will call on Friday for undisrupted trade access...
Making the Most of the Internet (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Fraud. A God-tosser too! One out of five! From Mrs. Akos Abavana kinstan House, Manet Estate, Accra Ghana. Dear One, I got your contact via Internet as God wishes, my name is Mrs. Akos Abavana and I am living with AIDS. Ever since my husband, Hon. Abavana, former Ghanaian Agriculture minister died of AIDS and I was tested positive of the AIDS virus, the mass media wouldn't just let me and my family...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Youth Wing of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD-YW) will begin its search for GH¢100,000 when it launches an educational support fund on Monday October 6 in Accra.
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
from Reuters Africa By David Lewis ACCRA (Reuters) - Sudan's president, accused of genocide in Darfur by the West, said rich countries were bullying the planet's poorest states into accepting bad terms of trade and warned of a "looming Cold War". Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who faces a possible International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur, used an African, Caribbean, Pacific...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
President John Agyekum Kufuor, on Tuesday, used the occasion of the celebration of the Eid-ul-Fitr, at the Independence Square in Accra, to remind Ghanaian Moslems about the importance of sending their children to school. We could not agree with him the more, when he added that the greatest future, that parents could bequeath their children, was education.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) leaders on Thursday gathered in the Ghanaian capital city of Accra for their 6th summit, with the food and energy issues high on their agenda. During the two-day summit, the leaders will discuss the global food crisis, energy crisis, the status of the Economic Partnership Agreement, the future of the ACP group as well as climate change. In wake of the global...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
from Business Daily Africa Written by Yash Tandon The OECD-inspired and promoted Accra Action Agenda (AAA) on “aid effectiveness” was concluded on September 4 2008 as a “consensus” document by almost 1,200 delegates from about 100-odd countries and intergovernmental organisations (IGOs). There was also a side event of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) attended by some 600 delegates from 325 CSOs...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
ACCRA (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Thursday a possible indictment against him for war crimes threatens to derail Darfur peace talks and enlisted support from the 79-nation ACP bloc against the prosecution.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
ACCRA, Ghana -- Sudan's president has warned that attempts to prosecute him on charges of waging a genocidal campaign in Darfur are undermining the peace process aimed at stopping the violence.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Premier supporters Group, Ghana National Supporters Union (GHANSU) and Estate Developers giants - Y. Kumey Company Limited, has presented two megaphones worth thousands of dollars to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuhu Sharabutu at his residence at Fadaman, in Accra.
