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President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has accused the African Union (AU), of turning its back against former Libyan leader, the late Muammar Gaddafi when he needed the support union the most. The North African country has been plunged into chaos nearly years after its leader; Muammar Gaddafi was killed in an operation carried out by the ...

A Ghanaian family is pleading with government to help bring back their son who went to Libya aged 16 years hoping to cross into Europe but is now in the hands of rebels. Issaka Abdul Mumin called from Libya in 2013 to tell his family of his adventure to find better living conditions across the Mediterranean sea. “We all didn’t ...

Ghana sold ¢5.29 billion worth of long-term bonds on Thursday, dominated by re-openings of previous bond issues by the major commodity exporter to help restructure its high public debt, lead arrangers said. Ghana is grappling with budget deficits, inflation and a volatile local currency, all of which have forced the government to sign a $918 credit deal with the International Monetary ...

Development watchers have expressed concerns about deepening bite of HIV/AIDS in the Nabdam District, warning it is a major roadblock to steps being taken by stakeholders to deal with low agricultural production and chronic food insecurity in that deprived part of the Upper East region. The district recorded 52 cases of the disease in 2016 and at least 56 people ...

Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has disclosed that some of the Ghanaian detainees in Libya were forced to pay various amounts before they were released. According to her, some of them paid as much as GHc5, 000 before they were discharged. “Some family members of the Ghanaian detainees have had to pay ransoms, sometimes as much as GHc5, 000 ...

An international relations expert has said that the 127 Libyan returnees would become security threats to the country if the government fails to integrate them well into society. The 127 persons of Ghanaian origin who were detained in Libya for illegal migration arrived in Ghana after government facilitated their release from the Libyan authorities. The returnees landed at the Kotoka ...

Educating the public on the different dimensions of corruption would empower citizens to eschew corruption in all its forms as well as constructively support to fight the canker. Citizens also need to be educated on how to demand accountability from their district assemblies and other public institutions, a research conducted by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) said. The ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, a Freemason and Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England, says the Craft of Freemasonry is about charity, transparency and accountability in advancing the cause of humanity. Therefore, he said, those who desired to promote these tenets and principles must acquire knowledge and understanding in order to espouse them well. He said ...

The Police CID has arrested the leader of a massive social media fraud syndicate after two months of Investigations by Starr News. The suspect popularly known as Joshua Torkor, but in real life called Joshua Ekow Sagoe,  was arrested by the Police after he turned himself in at the Police Headquarters after his key accomplice, Adwoa  Akumia, a National Service ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has described as inaccurate reports that the increased enrollment under the Free Senior High School policy, is solely to blame for cases of congestion and infrastructure deficit being experienced in some schools. Speaking during a Meet the Press session on Thursday, the Minister buttressed his point by indicating that, some of the ...