Author: Krobea

Inhabitants of Anlo beach in the Shama District of the Western Region want urgent intervention that would ensure their relocation to a safer place. The community of over 3,000 fisher folk has been heavily exposed to sea level rise, which had swallowed more than half of their asserts and continue to wreak havoc on them. Anlo beach is a settler fishing community north-west of Shama in the Western Region. It is located at the estuary of the Pra River and surrounded by the sea, river and large swampy areas. The over 3,000 inhabitants are mainly fisher folk from the Volta…

Seed growers in the Western and Central regions are crying foul over the high cost of electricity, hence calling for government’s intervention. Media General’s Lucy Ayambilla reports, the farmers complain the situation will gradually affect the country’s food production in the near future since the situation is warding off some seed growers. The Grains and Legumes Development Board at Winneba is the largest in the country and serves the Eastern, Western and Central regions. Seed growers within the Western and Central regions who patronize the facility say the high electricity tariffs in seed production is the major impeder of the…

An abandoned bridge connecting the new sawmills and the Agona Asafo community in the Central Region is really impeding development in the area. Residents and saw millers are therefore calling on the Agona East District Assembly to complete work on the bridge to make it accessible. The construction of the main bridge connecting Agona Asafo and the new sawmills was started by the Member of Parliament for the Agona East Constituency in 2015 and abandoned in the same year. Reliable sources from the Agona East District Assembly disclosed that the construction of the bridge did not pass through due process…

The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana. The two leaders exchanged views on the situation in the Republic of Ghana and the sub-region.They also discussed the challenges of terrorism and violent extremism. The Secretary-General expressed appreciation for President Akufo-Addo’s engagement and commitment, as co-chair of the group of 17 eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocates, to the SDGs. The Secretary-General commended the Republic of Ghana for its contribution to the resolution of the post-electoral crisis in the Republic of The Gambia. Source: UN

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…