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File[/caption] 3news.com can confirm that some senior police officers are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations in connection with the alleged coup plot. At least one of the senior police officers is a Commissioner of Police (COP). They are said to have been in close contact with some alleged coup plotters currently standing trial. Snippets of information gathered by 3news.com suggest that experts have examined the phones and other communication gadgets of the plotters – Dr Yao Mac-Palm, leader of the group, together with Donya Kafui, alias Ezor, a blacksmith, and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu, a freight manager,…

Without the support of CEO of Sunda International (Ghana), Isaac Hu and Twyford Ceramics, the Ghana Eagles rugby team would not have been able to prepare properly for the 2019 Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens in South Africa. Mr. Hu by chance ran into the Ghana Eagles  squad in Nairobi just before they boarded their final flight to South Africa. Here, he is with Tournament Manager, Rafatu Inusah and the Ghana Men’s VIIs Squad. Thank you, Mr Hu! Thank you Sunda! Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Representation of the People’s Amendment Act (ROPAA) Committee set up by the Electoral Commission is set to take a trip to the United States of America on November 1, 2019 to consult Ghanaians living in the USA to seek their consent and views towards implementing the Act. The trip is one of many that have been taken in the past months outside the country by Committee to ensure broader consultations are held with Ghanaians living abroad. “It is expected that feedback obtained from the consultations during the tour will be factored into the operationalisation  of the Act by the…

The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. The measure detailed how the inquiry will move into a more public phase and was not a vote on whether to impeach the president. The vote was the first formal test of support for impeachment in the Democratic-controlled house. The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines. Only two Democrats – representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 – voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour…

A 50-year-old man guarding an ATM farm at the Sunyani Technical University campus has been killed in a suspected robbery operation. Sumaila Dambila was found dead Thursday dawn seated in a wooden chair with his legs and hands tied to the chair with nylon ropes, and the mouth and nose tied with white and blue jacket, a police report said. Although the suspects managed to break into a GCB Bank ATM room, they could not open the safe in which monies had been stored. Attempt to break into another ATM belonging to the Barclays Bank was unsuccessful. “…The ATM office…

Diplomatic activities at the Embassy of Israel in Accra resumed on Thursday after embassy officials in Ghana and across the globe declared strike on Wednesday. The strike was due to internal budgetary issues between the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Israel’s Ministry of Finance. But the Embassy in a statement on Thursday said diplomatic and consular services are available “until further notice”. “All diplomatic and consular services are fully active and the embassy is working in full capacity. The Embassy will soon contact individually all those applying for consular services to resume their process.” The statement assured that the…

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has observed the need for peace in China, saying the prosperity of the African continent is closely linked with China’s peace and stability. She made the remarks in a speech at the opening session of a seminar on China’s development and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The seminar was organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on Thursday, October 31, 2019. According to the Minister, “while one cannot deny the geopolitical dimension or significance of the crisis in Hong Kong, the fact remains that Africa’s prosperity is closely…

Ghana earned nearly 200 million dollars from the export of agriculture and related products to the United States of America last year. Agriculture trade between the US and Ghana hit 300 million dollars during the year, the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky, said on Wednesday at the end of a trade mission to West Africa. US export of agriculture products to Ghana for the period, he said, was 101 million dollars, which is about one-third of the trade volume between the two countries. “Two-way trade between Ghana and US is around 300 million,” the deputy Secretary told…

Ghana earned nearly 200 million dollars from the export of agriculture and related products to the United States of America last year. Agriculture trade between the US and Ghana hit 300 million dollars during the year, the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky, said on Wednesday at the end of a trade mission to West Africa. US export of agriculture products to Ghana for the period, he said, was 101 million dollars, which is about one-third of the trade volume between the two countries. “Two-way trade between Ghana and US is around 300 million,” the deputy Secretary told…

The United States is pushing to become the largest exporter of agriculture and related products to Ghana and the entire West African sub region which has become heavily dependent on foreign imports. The US, which is Ghana’s sixth-largest import supplier, holds 4.9 per cent market share of Ghanaian agricultural imports, something the US is seeking to increase to beat competition from the European Union, China, Brazil, and Southeast Asia. US agriculture export to Ghana in 2018 amounted to 101 million dollars, the third biggest since 2014 when the figure stood at 150.7 million dollars. “About Two thirds is going from…