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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor will take his turn today, in the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) stakeholder engagements, looking at areas for constitutional review in the country. A powerful team of consultants and journalists from leading media houses would be in attendance to listen to the presentation of former …

With the withdrawal of some 300 British peacekeepers from Mali in the wake of frosty relations with Bamako over the involvement of Russian mercenaries in the fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel, some special forces are expected to arrive in Ghana. In a report by UK-based ‘The Telegraph’ and …

The lives of millions will be under threat in Ukraine this winter, the World Health Organization has said. Half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed, and 10 million are currently without power, said Dr Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe. Temperatures are predicted to …

Police in Yobe state, north-east Nigeria, say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who was allegedly detained by her husband and kept without food for a long time. The victim died at the weekend in a hospital in Kano, after being rescued from the husband’s …

Eighty-eight percent of business leaders surveyed by accounting and auditing firm, KPMG, have revealed that the government takes too many taxes and yet there is little to show for these taxes. Again, 51.4% of the respondents want that the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy) reviewed. Furthermore, petroleum and import duties/levies were …

President Akufo-Addo has asked Ghanaians to keep with his government to turn the current economic crisis around. He said his government are determined to change the situation. According to him, the citizenry will soon witness results from some of the decisions and actions taken to ameliorate the problems. The President …

Resources such as gold, bauxite, cocoa, timber, diamond, oil, among others are mined or obtained in different parts of Africa.In Ghana, almost every part of the country has a deposit of natural resources, however, the citizens in the country are one of the poorest in the world. And trying to …

Qatar has big ambitions for this year’s World Cup – not just in terms of hosting it successfully but also regarding how far their national team can progress. This will be their first appearance in the tournament, having qualified by virtue of being hosts, and getting through the group stage …

Taking selfies from the stands and sitting on the grassy pitch, thousands of migrant workers gathered in a Doha stadium to watch the opening match of the first World Cup in the Middle East. The special fan zone set up at the industrial area on the city’s outskirts includes a …

Cristiano Ronaldo believes his explosive TV interview, in which the Manchester United forward said he had been betrayed by the club and was being forced out, had not been a distraction in the Portugal changing room in the World Cup. The Portugal captain said that he is not worried about …