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Ghana has backed eight African states on the decision to abandon the CFA Franc, in favour of the proposed, new common currency of ECOWAS, the ECO, beginning in 2020. A statement by the government of Ghana stated that “We, in Ghana, are determined to do whatever we can to enable us to join the Member States of UEMOA, soon, in ...

Accra based Asempa FM, has put together a list of Ministers and Deputies who performed outstandingly in the year 2019. The list which was announced on the station’s late afternoon political talk show “Ekosii Sen” looked at five benchmarks in the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration. The five benchmarks were sector ministry and its mandate, ministry deliverables, visibility and branding, human relations, accessibility ...

Muslim-majority Burkina Faso has been hit by a wave of violence by militant Islamists in recent years. Christmas Eve saw more than 30 people, mostly women, killed in a suspected jihadist attack. But behind such grim headlines lies a more complex picture. The country has a history of religious tolerance, and it is not uncommon to see families made up ...

In June 1983, Ghana’s borders were closed and curfew hours extended by the head of state, Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. This was to ensnare rebel soldiers who staged the fourth unsuccessful coup attempt against his military government. Rawlings said on Radio Ghana that there was an attempted coup but was crushed after the loyal troops and the rebels fought ...

The Food and Drugs Authority has directed the immediate withdrawal of some 16 tomato paste brands from the market. In a statement, the FDA described the 16 tomato paste products as unwholesome and contain starch and colour ingredients which were not indicated on the labels. The FDA added that the ingredients are not permitted in tomato paste, thus, violating the ...

An inferno has ravaged seven vehicles in a mechanic shop at Osu in Accra. Sunday’s raging fire also destroyed three rooms in an adjoining residential building. Reporting the tragedy for 3news, Moses Dickson said, “The cars are quite new,” adding a motorbike in the affected residential building was also destroyed. It is not clear what started the fire but eyewitnesses suspect an electrical fault. It took personnel ...

The Bank of Ghana will auction US$715 million in Forward Foreign Exchange Auctions in the whole of 2020. The months with the expected highest auctions of US$80 million each are January, February and March 2020. In accordance with the Foreign Exchange Forward Auction guidelines issued on the 23 September 2019, the Bank of Ghana said bids are invited as per ...

NDC Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Sam George has petitioned event organiser CharterHouse over the appearance of popular comedian OB Amponsah on their Night of 1026 laughs show tonight. It comes after the comedian apologised over a joke he made about the NDC flagbearer former President John Mahama at the D2R show organised by CITI FM. Scores of NDC ...

As the year draws to a close, we at OccupyGhana® reflect on what we have done this year, what is left to be done and where we want to go next year in the service of God and our dear country Ghana, as follows: We started off the New Year by congratulating the Auditor-General on the first ever Special Audit ...

The Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana is set to unveil a 40-feet vehicle, manufactured by the Kantanka Automobile Company Limited at the Mission’s 39th Technological Exhibition at the Apostle Safo School of Art and Science (ASSAS) at Awoshie Last Stop, Accra on December 29, this year. “This vehicle, which comes in the shape of an aeroplane, minus the wings, will ...