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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on government to take proactive steps to safeguard Ghana’s maritime boundary with Togo. This, according to the ruling party, will forestall any boundary dispute between the two countries in future. This comes in the wake of a three-year maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and her western neighbours, La Cote d’Ivoire. That dispute was settled – in the law courts – on Saturday. READ: ITLOS rules in Ghana’s favour but issues operative clauses In a statement to commend Ghana’s legal team, the NPP called on government to see to an amicable handling of the…

Kenya has been stripped of the right to host the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) following a Confederation of African Football (Caf) executive committee meeting in Accra. The decision was announced at a media conference after a one-day meeting headed by Caf’s president Ahmad. Caf announced that the decision to move the tournament was made “in light of accumulated delays from reports of the various inspection missions conducted in the country.” The 16-team tournament for locally-based players only, is scheduled to take place between 12 January and 4 February 2018. A Caf inspection team visited Kenya from 11 to 17…

US bombers have flown close to North Korea’s east coast to demonstrate the military options available to defeat any threat, the Pentagon has said. It said the flight was the farthest north of the demilitarised zone between the Koreas that any US fighter jet or bomber had flown in the 21st Century. Tensions have risen recently over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. At the UN, North Korea’s foreign minister said US President Donald Trump was on a “suicide mission”. Ri Yong-ho’s comments to the General Assembly mimicked Mr Trump’s remarks at the UN on Tuesday, when he called North Korean leader Kim…

A Level 300 multi-talented student of the African University College of Communication, Listowell Acquaye, has received three nominations for the 2017 edition of the Ghana Tertiary Awards. He has been nominated for the ‘Most Influential Student Blogger/Writer/Author’, ‘Most Influential Student in Music/Spoken Word Artiste’, and ‘Most Influential Student Poet/Spoken Word Artiste’. Known in the contemporary gospel circles as Chosen YesuBa, Listowell Acquaye doubles as a poet and spoken word artiste. He has released songs like Go Higherr and Spiritual Erections and an audio poetry piece titled Virtuous Christian Woman is doing well. He’s performed on various platforms in tertiary institutions.…

Tullow Oil plc has welcomed the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in the maritime dispute between Ghana and La Cote d’Ivoire. A new methodology has been agreed between the two neighbouring countries with new coordinates given. “The new maritime boundary as determined by the Tribunal does not affect the TEN fields as per the map,” the British oil firm said in a release issued on Saturday. “Tullow will now work with the Government of Ghana to put in place the necessary permits to allow the restart of development drilling in the TEN fields.”…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has congratulated the governments of Ghana and La Cote d’Ivoire for being patient in seeing to the conclusion of the maritime border dispute. The nation’s largest opposition party said the finality to the issue is victory for pan-African collaboration, diplomacy and international rule of law. But it said many will be losing the point if mention is not made of its late leader, John Evans Atta Mills, and his successor, John Dramani Mahama. “Prof Mills established the permanent Maritime Border Secretariat,” the opposition party said in a statement on Saturday’s ruling by the International Tribunal…

Media giants Media General will on Monday host the immediate past chairman of the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation, Dr Kofi Mbiah, on the ruling of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered on Saturday. The former Ghana Shippers Council Chief Executive Officer will be hosted at the Executive Theater, Kanda-Accra in a lecture aimed at breaking down the ruling of the Special Chamber. The lecture will be themed: ‘Making Sense of the ITLOS Judgement on Ghana-Ivory Coast Maritime Boundary Dispute’. The event will be chaired by a former Commissioner of the Commission on…

Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong has expressed joy at the ruling of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered on Saturday. The Tribunal virtually upheld Ghana’s long-standing view of its maritime boundary over a new dimension tabled by La Cote d’Ivoire. Speaking on TV3’s Midday Live shortly after the judgement, Mrs Appiah-Oppong said: “It is a win for Ghana.” She had led the charge to the Germany-based international maritime court after bilateral efforts to find a solution to the dispute fell on rocks. But the change in government in 2017 saw…

Ghana and La Cote d’Ivoire have issued a joint communiqué to pledge commitment to the decision taken by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Germany on Saturday, September 23. Signed by Gloria Akuffo, Ghana’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and Adama Toungara, Adviser to President Alassane Ouattara, the communiqué said: “Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana accept the decision, in accordance with the Statute of ITLOS”. The decision by the Special Chamber of ITLOS accepted Ghana’s methodology in considering its maritime boundary though it demanded it be written. In effect, La Cote d’Ivoire’s Circumstance or Angle…

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Saturday delivered judgement on the three-year maritime dispute between Ghana and La Cote d’Ivoire. Ghana went to the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) after at least 10 bilateral negotiations with neighbours La Cote d’Ivoire fell on rocks. Saturday’s judgement was delivered in Ghana’s favour. Read full judgement here Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh