November 2017

The Minority in Ghana’s parliament has chastised the local media for being in bed with government. The Minority’s criticism comes barely a month after former President John Mahama accused the media in the West African country of treating…
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A senior lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Dr. Eric Osei Asibey foresees the cedi losing grounds to major trading currencies next year if steps are not taken to address the factors putting stress on the local…
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Theresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet, accusing Moscow of meddling in elections and carrying out cyber espionage. Addressing leading business figures at a banquet in London, the prime minister said Vladimir Putin's…
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Zimbabwe's army chief has warned those responsible for "purging" the country's ruling Zanu-PF party to stop, or the military will step in. The rare intervention comes just a week after President Robert Mugabe sacked his deputy Emmerson…
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The Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tamale South Constituency, Haruna Iddrisu, has urged the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to put the painful 2016 defeat of the party behind them and focus on…
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AirtelTigo is the new brand name of the merged Tigo and Airtel telecom companies. The new name and logo were launched on Monday, 13 November. It becomes the second-largest telecom firm in Ghana and would control 22 per cent of the…
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Thousands of homeless Iranians huddled against the cold late on Monday, a day after more than 450 people were killed in Iran's deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. Rescue teams kept up search operations for dozens trapped beneath…
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The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, will on Wednesday present the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy of the government to Parliament, in which he will be seeking approval to spend some GH¢61 billion. The amount is needed to anchor the…
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A former deputy Minister of Power under the Mahama administration, John Jinapor, has accused the President of trying to deceive Ghanaians by suggesting downward review of electricity tariffs in the 2018 budget. According to him, even…
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The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has dismissed media reports claiming that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he cannot fulfill all his promises.On Monday November 13, some media houses in Ghana…
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