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Medical workers say at least two people have died during clashes in Ivory Coast following President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term. They were killed in the southern town of Divo where opposition supporters clashed with those of Mr Ouattara. Residents said one of the dead was a teenager who died after protesters set fire to a bar. On Saturday, the governing party formally chose Mr Ouattara as its presidential candidate. He had previously promised to step down, but changed his mind after the unexpected death of the prime minister in July. Source: BBC

Manifesto, which is a document detailing the policies and intentions of political parties or similar entities should they win the mandate of the people to govern, has been used by parties during election years. In many cases, political parties in Ghana have not lived up to expectations generally as far as their manifestos are concerned. Research has shown that, leaders and politicians sometimes fail to deliver even 50% of the contents in these documents. The inability of the electorate to put their leaders to strict check on effective manifesto delivery is partly due to the technicalities and the language involved…

Ghana’s coronavirus case count has reached 43,505 after 180 new cases were confirmed as at Thursday, August 20. According to the update given by the Ghana Health Servce (GHS) on Sunday, the recoveries-cum-discharges are at 41,532. The deaths remained 261. As a result, the active cases have reduced to 1,712. Among these patients, 16 are in severe conditions while four are in critical conditions with two on ventilators. Regional breakdown The Greater Accra Region continues to lead with as many as 21,624 cases, out of which 20,986 have either recovered or been discharged. The Ashanti Region follows next with 10,731…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has given a stern notice that his government will investigate the botched deal between government and Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited. “We will investigate PDS,” he stated. Mr Mahama made this known in an interview on TV XYZ on Sunday, August 23 from the Gateway Hotel in Nkwanta in the Oti Region. He said the deal embodies the corruption that has engulfed the current government. The PDS concession agreement, which was to see a private firm takeover of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), was terminated by government in 2019 after a detection of…

The automotive industry is one of the mainstay industries in all modern economies. The assembling of motor vehicles has historically been done in developed and emerging economies. It is a very competitive global industry and every nation has to have the right conditions to be competitive in this industry. Ghana’s foray into the assembling of motor vehicles began in the late 1960s with the first vehicle assembly plant opening on February 2, 1969 when Auto Parts Vehicle Assembly Plant commenced the assembly of Nissan cars, buses, pick-ups and trucks. Subsequently, other assembly plants were opened by UAC Motors, Briscoe/ATS/KOWUS, SCOA…

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of General Studies at the Methodist University College, Dr. Bonsu Osei-Owusu, has described the 2020 theme for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as apt and coherent. The lecturer considers the 2020 manifesto as a continuation of the 2016 manifesto and seeks to completely strap up and execute the 2016 manifesto policies. The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday, August 22 launched its 2020 manifesto in the Central Region ahead of the December 7 general elections. The manifesto is under the theme: ‘Leadership of Service: Protecting Our Progress, Transforming Ghana for All’. Reacting to…

Chinese video app TikTok is taking legal action to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump’s executive order prohibits transactions with TikTok’s owner ByteDance from mid-September. Officials in Washington are concerned that the company could pass data on American users to the Chinese government, something ByteDance has denied doing. The short video-sharing app has 80 million active US users. TikTok says it has tried to engage with the Mr Trump’s administration for nearly a year but has encountered a lack of due process and an administration that pays “no attention to facts”. “To ensure that the…

The Paramount Chief of Chiraa Traditional Area, Barima Mintah Afari II, has endorsed the Vice Presidential candidature of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, saying it is time for an intelligent and hardworking woman to be at the Presidency. According to him, the selection of Prof. Opoku-Agyemang as running mate to former President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the December presidential elections is in line with the meaningful progression of women in the governance of the country. The traditional leader cited the exploits of Yaa Asantewaa, who exemplifies the courage of women, indicating that apart from having females…

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says the policies and programmes of the next NDC administration will enable the citizenry to achieve the Ghanaian dream. “The dream of the Ghanaian to live in a progressive nation of equal opportunities, the dream of economic prosperity, of quality and accessible education and training, of access to sustainable jobs, of quality leadership, of quality infrastructure, of quality social protection and welfare system, value-added and productive agriculture sector, and all-inclusive development will all be achieved under the NDC,” she explained Addressing members of the Sunyani Traditional…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) takes politics seriously and so takes promises to the people in same measure. He said it was in that vein that the party launched a manifesto prior to the 2016 elections to sum up the promise to the people of Ghana then. “I said at the launch that a manifesto represented for me a solemn social contract between the electorates and the elected,” he said in an address to party faithfuls at the launch of this year’s manifesto at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). “I entered…