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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent a congratulatory message to the newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson. The former Foreign Secretary was elected by the Tories on Tuesday to replace Theresa May, who left office last month. He beat competition from current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Ghana’s leader, who is also a former Foreign Affairs Minister, stated on Twitter that  he is looking forward to working with Mr Johnson. “Best wishes for his success, and I look forward to working with him to strengthen the already strong ties between our two countries.” https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1153643151506255872 Boris Johnson,…

Swimming’s international governing body has issued a warning to Australian athlete Mack Horton over his controversial protest against Chinese rival Sun Yang. Horton refused to share a medal podium with Sun at the World Aquatics Championships in South Korea on Sunday. He has previously accused Sun of being a “drug cheat”. Sun denies recent claims he violated doping protocols. Governing body Fina also warned Australian officials over the protest. “While Fina respects the principle of freedom of speech, it has to be conducted in the right context,” it said, adding that athletes should not “use Fina events to make personal…

The Embassy of Israel in collaboration with the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement (GGFM) has introduced the Green Innovation Competition (GIC) as part of activities to mark this year’s Ghana Garden and Flower Show (GGFS). The GGFM is an initiative that seeks to promote Ghana’s floriculture and horticulture industry for a greener, cleaner, healthier, wealthier and more beautiful Ghana. The theme for the 2019 GGFS is ‘Be the Change’. The Israeli Green Innovation Competition is a new award scheme to honour individuals that come up with innovative ideas related to the growth of the floriculture industry in Ghana. As the…

The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more than two years can be immediately deported. Until now, expedited deportations could only be applied to those detained near the border who had been in the US for less than two weeks. Rights groups say hundreds of thousands of people could be affected. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says it will challenge the policy in court. The new rule is expected to be implemented with immediate effect…

A Cape Coast High Court has appointed an official liquidator to sell properties of Ghana Premier League club Ebusua Dwarfs to settle a two-decade-old debt to Great Liverpool FC. The lower division club had dragged Dwarfs to court over the 1999 transfer of former player Patrick Villars. The owner of Great Liverpool, Phillip Vincent Cann, took the matter to court after accusing the Cape Coast traditional club of snubbing him in the transfer of the former Ghana international. On Monday, March 25, legal representatives of Mr Vincent Cann led by K.O. Amponsah Dadie swore to and filed an affidavit in…

A group calling itself Tax Justice Coalition Ghana has pleaded with President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately rescind his decision to appoint Kwame Owusu as the board chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). “The Coalition views the appointment as insensitive to the public outcry about the alleged acts of corruption and conflict of interest issues while the said Mr. Owusu was the Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) and, in fact ,a slap on the faces of Ghanaian tax payers,” the Coalition said in a statement issued on Monday, July 22. Signed by National Coordinator Leonard Shang-Quartey, the…

Australian swimmer Mack Horton has publicly reignited his feud with Chinese rival Sun Yang, years after accusing him of being a “drug cheat”. Sun pipped Horton to claim gold in the 400m freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in South Korea on Sunday. Horton later refused to share the medal podium with Sun – who has faced fresh claims of violating doping protocols. Afterwards, Sun told reporters: “Disrespecting me was OK, but disrespecting China was unfortunate. “I feel sorry about that.” Horton, the defending Olympic champion, had also declined to shake hands with Sun or pose for photos with him.…

The mid-year budget review to be presented by the Minister of Finance in Parliament has been rescheduled to Monday, July 29. The delivery by Ken Ofori-Atta was initially scheduled to be done on Wednesday, July 24 but was rescheduled to Monday, July 22. But the date for the presentation has again been rescheduled to Monday, July 29. Already, the Minority in Parliament has warned the Minister of Finance, and by extension government, not to make it a “populist, vote-buying gimmick” but to address the hardships currently facing Ghanaians. Minority cautions gov’t ahead of mid-year budget review The government at a…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, July 23 resume his regional tours by visiting the Central and Western Regions. President Akufo-Addo’s tours give him an opportunity to interact with citizens, stakeholders and opinion leaders, inspect ongoing development projects as well as cut sod for new projects to commence. On Tuesday, he will kick off the tour in Shama in the Western Region, cutting sod for work to commence on 2nd expansion factory works for a company called Twiford Ltd. He will commission Ghana Gas projects in Esiama, meet chiefs and people in town hall meetings as well as…

Eritrea has signed up to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTFA) meaning that all countries on the continent have now agreed to the deal. The AU says that AfCFTA will create the world’s largest free trade area. It also estimates that implementing AfCFTA will lead to around a 60% boost in intra-African trade by 2022. The first step is to cut tariffs for goods from countries within the bloc but the timeframe to do this is yet to be announced. Economic superpower Nigeria signed up earlier this month leaving Eritrea as the only country outside the deal. Eritrea did…