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"Ndoum is the Best" Says CPP Chairman as Party Grapples With What to Do With Freddy BlayMr. Ladi Nylander, National Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) has told ADM that he believes that Dr. Nduom is the best person among the presidential candidates to lead the nation. (AllAfrica)
"Hands Off Elections"
Mr. Dan Lartey the Leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has cautioned the Institute of Multiparty Democracy (IMD) of the Netherlands to desist from financially assisting the four politcal parties in the country. (AllAfrica)
African Cancer Organisation Launched
The CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah on Friday May 9 2008 launched a new London-based pan-African charity, the African Cancer Organisation (ACO). (AllAfrica)
Silence and Secrecy Spreading HIV/Aids
A human resource officer at the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC), Mr. Richard Dodoo has said the current atmosphere of silence and secrecy about HIV status is the result of the way Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) are treated. (AllAfrica)
Ambassadors for Biodiversity World Migratory Bird Day 2008
The theme for this year's World Migratory Bird Day: "Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity" draws attention to the link between migratory birds and wider biodiversity as well as the overall state of our environment. (AllAfrica)
Le Roy Calls Up 23 Players to Camp
Claude Le Roy calls up a 23-man squad for Ghana's reverse fixture match of the African Nations Championship against Togo. (AllAfrica)
The Putin Flip
Someone once said, I think it was Henry Kissinger, that political power is an aphrodisiac. I bet it is also an intoxicant! Look at good old Mugabe: Why would he want to hold even as it must be clear to him that he has long gone past his level of incompetence. (AllAfrica)
Saturday court starts operating in Accra (GhanaWeb)
Critics of DFP got it wrong - Alhaji Issakah (GhanaWeb)
Obed Asamoah predicts surprises in 2008 elections (GhanaWeb)
Edubiasehene celebrates 80th birthday (GhanaWeb)
Veep lauds training of Liberian immigration officers in Ghana (GhanaWeb)
Easter School at Bolgatanga (GhanaWeb)
Do not award road contracts outside approved budget - Anane (GhanaWeb)
Major rainy season begins (GhanaWeb)
Australian HC takes part in Ga Mashie clean-up exercise (GhanaWeb)
DFP congress kick-off (GhanaWeb)
Free For All Fight In NPP (GhanaWeb)
Afram Plains Sold to Foreign Investor (GhanaWeb)
Art & Culture
"Political parties must at all costs avoid defamatory, derogatory, and insulting attacks on rival parties or individual personalities by any form of communication, written or verbal."
'Africa Models' is a four part series featuring at least one uniquely inspiring aspect of four states that could be considered as worthy model nations . via Capital Ethiopia
(Topix.net)ENERGY: World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa
"By building a coalition between all parties in the industry, we hope to reduce hurdles and perceived uncertainties that accompany the development of a market as undiscovered as this one"
An international campaign to bring modern lighting to one-fourth of Africa's people enters a new phase this week with talks to draw investors to markets beyond the reach of the continent's outdated power grid. via Inter Press Service
(Topix.net)Ghana sets curfew after five killed in tribal clash
"They are all over the place. Many of them were shooting from the gutters along the roads and from in between houses"
Fighting between rival northern tribesmen in normally stable Ghana has killed five people, prompting the government to send in hundreds of troops to impose a local daytime curfew, a minister said on Monday. via Reuters
(Topix.net)Africa moving away from dictatorship, says Ghana's president
"It is just that Ghana, which was the first country to gain independence, I believe, has gone full circle and now has decided to go democratic and constitutional"
AFRICANS now enjoy democracy as they move away from the era of dictatorship, President John Kufuor of Ghana has said. via Vanguard
(Topix.net)May Day Celebrations from the Regions
"Our landlords burden us with heavy rents, sometimes they demand for more than our monthly salaries as advances, and eject us at will, without any person raising a finger."
Workers must work hard to create jobs for others From Ernest Kofi Adu & Issah Alhassan, Kumasi THE ASHANTI Regional Secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Ghana , Mr. via The Ghanaian Chronicle
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The Acting Secretary-General of the Ghana Trade Union Congress , Mr. Kofi Asamoah has called on both government and Parliament to review the relevant portions of the constitution to ensure that all members of ... via The Ghanaian Chronicle
(Topix.net)Rawlings Regrets Leaders' Executions
Memories of the 1979 executions of three of Ghana's former heads of state and some top military officers came alive again at the weekend in Abuja as the ex-president of Ghana, Flight Lt. Jerry Rawlings (rtd), said though the killings were regrettable, there was no way his Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) junta could have avoided them. (AllAfrica)
NPP Beats NDC in Cabinet Reshuffles
While the debate on frequency of ministerial reshuffles rages on, it has emerged that, the ruling NPP has had more reshuffles, both major and minor than opposition NDC. (AllAfrica)
Residents of Bawku Live Under Fear of Reprisals And Hunger
As the two feuding factions in the Bawku Traditional area- the Kusasis and Mamprusis continue to live under fear, there are worries of food shortages. (AllAfrica)
CPP Promises to Retain ADB As a State-Owned Bank
A Convention People's Party (CPP) administration will retain the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) as a state-owned financial institution, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, Presidential Candidate of the CPP has promised. (AllAfrica)
IEA Begins 'Evening Encounter' With Presidential Candidates
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is hosting a programme dubbed; "Evening Encounter" to provide the platform to presidential candidates of four political parties with representation in parliament to educate the electorate on their vision and plans. (AllAfrica)
Breaking the Yoke of Expensive Marriages
That God in His own wisdom instituted marriage to glorify Himself has been well documented in the Bible. Indeed other religions besides Christianity also see marriage as a sacred institution, whose preservation should be the concern of society. (AllAfrica)
