Author: Krobea

The District Chief Executive of Juaboso, Madam Martha Kwayie Manu, has assured residents and chiefs that work on the Benchema-Osei Kojokrom road will resume by December. Speaking on her behalf by the District Coordinating Director, Emmanuel Esiape, the DCE said financial approval has almost been granted for the project to resume. This follows a demonstration by residents on Monday, October 28. The demonstration saw irate residents block a portion of the road and burnt tyres, sending a message to government for work to restart. Fix our roads or we smuggle cocoa to Ivory Coast – Irate residents tell gov’t The…

He is known notably for his reggae vibes but Rocky Dawuni will now add on to that side of him with tree planting. The award-winning international reggae musician said he is putting together plans to choose a day on which 100,000 trees will be planted in Accra, Ghana’s major capital city. This is an issue that borders on climate change, he said. Speaking to Berla Mundi on TV3’s New Day on Tuesday, the Grammys nominee said he is liaising with the Mayor of Accra to get this vision come to fruition. For him, the project will be personal for participants…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for completing the Adaklu Senior High School at Adaklu-Waya in the Adaklu District of the Volta region. He said education remained the key to opening up societies for rapid development and praised the government highly for finishing construction works on the project started by the Mahama administration to make secondary education accessible to people in the catchment area. Former President Mahama said this in an address delivered on his behalf by Mr. Kwame Agbodza, Member of Parliament for Adaklu at the first Goeviwo festival durbar at Adaklu Goefe…

An injury-time penalty by Naby Keita was the only goal as Asante Kotoko travel to La Cote d’Ivoire for the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup play-off with a 1-0 advantage. The first half of the match was played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday, October 27. The center referee, Eugene Mdluli, had to discontinue the game as play became difficult as a result of heavy rains in Kumasi. The match was pegged at 0-0 when it was rained off. On Monday, when it re-started from the second half, the Porcupine Warriors continued to miss chances just…

A Texas police officer has shot his son, mistaking him for an intruder, a police spokesperson said. The gunfire rang out at the officer’s home in the Dallas suburb of Desoto on Saturday evening. The police have not filed any charges and have ruled out foul play. “It was an accident,” said DeSoto Police spokesperson Pete Schulte. The son, in his 20s, suffered a non-life threatening injury to his forearm, said Mr Schulte. The police spokesperson said the off-duty officer returned home on Saturday evening and realised it wasn’t in the state that he had left it. He was also…

The President of Guinea Bissau Jose Mario Vaz sacked his government on Monday “with immediate effect,” creating doubts over next month’s election, news agency AFP reports. Mr Vaz said the decision, which was read out on national radio, was based on what he called a “serious political crisis” in the country, which had “prevented the normal operation of some institutions”. The move comes days after Prime Minister Aristide Gomes denounced a coup attempt and police violently repressed an opposition protest. One protester was killed on Saturday and several others were injured during a demonstration calling for a delay to the…

iWatch Africa officially launched its ‘Human Rights Abuse and Corruption Project’ last Tuesday at the University of Ghana in Accra. The project, which leverages data, investigative and digital tools to stop human rights abuses, will train 60 journalists across the country to combat corruption and improve accountability in Ghana. Project Lead Nana Boakye-Yiadom expressed iWatch Africa’s unwavering commitment to empowering journalists in Ghana, as well as addressing the challenge of human rights abuses and corruption in the country. “iWatch Africa over the years has resolved to tracking corruption in Ghana. This project will put a spotlight on human right abuses…

The Government of the People’s Republic of China has through its Ministry of Commerce sponsored the training of 20 Ghanaians drawn from the Ministry of Energy, its agencies and students on a 21-day seminar on Development and Management of Oil and Gas for Ghana. The training seminar organized by the Jiangxi College of Foreign Studies in China is to enhance the knowledge of the participants in oil and gas and its related activities. At the opening of the seminar at the Yao Lake Pearl Hotel at Nanchang in the Jiangxi Province in China, the Director of the Foreign Economic Cooperation…

US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky will lead a trade mission to West Africa, October 28-31, to help United States exporters unlock new opportunities in a region where strong economic growth is driving demand for imported food and farm products. The mission will be based in Accra, Ghana, and will also include buyer delegations from Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Senegal. “At USDA we are working to sell the bounty of American agriculture. West Africa is a bright spot with a growing middle class that are hungry for our delicious and wholesome agriculture products,” said Deputy Secretary Censky.…