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New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his cabinet, making substantial changes to ministerial positions. He reappointed Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister, reversing his sacking by the former President Jacob Zuma. Mr Zuma, who is facing charges of corruption, was forced to stand down earlier this month by his own party. Mr Ramaphosa took over, promising a “new dawn” for the country and pledging to be tough on corruption. “In making these changes, I have been conscious of the need to balance continuity and stability with the need for renewal, economic recovery and accelerated transformation,” Ramaphosa said, while announcing…

Paris St-Germain forward Neymar is set to miss the Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against Real Madrid after being diagnosed with a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle. The Brazilian, 26, was injured during Sunday’s Ligue 1 win over Marseille. Neymar joined PSG for a world record £200m fee from Barcelona last August and has scored 29 goals in 30 games. The club said he suffered “a sprain of the right ankle and fissure of the fifth metatarsal”. They did not indicate how long he would be out for. PSG are 14 points clear of second-placed Monaco in the league…

A fertility specialist with the Accra Fertility Centre has advised married couples with fertility problems to first seek medical solutions in their quest to bear children. According to Dr. Nana Henaku-Larbi, almost all infertility cases are purely medical conditions and can only be solved with proper diagnosis and procedure. He therefore asked couples seeking to procreate to conform to treatment and recommendations by health experts. “We need to move away from the practice where spiritualists become our only port-of-call in our quest to get children. God has given the wisdom to doctors who through scientific means, can engineer wombs to…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the current aggressive posture of the Auditor General combined with the renowned anti-corruption tendencies of the newly appointed Special Prosecutor is the clearest evidence yet of the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government’s determination to fight the canker of corruption. Speaking at the 8th Annual Accountability Lectures and the launching of the 2017 Financial Year’s Audit organised by the Ghana Audit Service on Monday, the Vice President said government is more determined than ever to block any leakages in the system, and expects the relevant agencies to play their part in the fight against corruption.…

Government has committed some $1.5 million for the automation of the auditing process in the country. The move, according to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is geared towards making the Ghana Audit Service more responsive to the changing dynamics in the fight against corruption. Dr Bawumia made this known at the 8th Annual Accountability Lectures and launching of 2017 Financial Year’s Audit organised by the Ghana Audit Service in Accra on Monday. “I am happy to say that following from the mid-term review of the PFM project, the Audit Service has been allocated $1.5million to be used in automating…

Ghana’s Police Service has served notice it will dismiss any of its personnel accused of sexual exploitation in South Sudan if found guilty after investigations. The Service says it has written to the UN to grant it permission to send a team from Ghana to South Sudan to have firsthand information about the sexual scandal that has since attracted criticism from Ghanaians. A total of 46 personnel of the Formed Police Unit of the Ghana Police Service were on February 22 recalled from Wau and confined to a base in Juba after a preliminary investigation into allegations of sexual exploitation.…

Since gaining independence in 1957, Ghana has focused on improving access to education and achieving universal enrolment. Primary education became free in 1961 and the 1980s saw major reforms swept through the education system, including restructuring primary and secondary education and introducing vocational classes. In September 2017, the Ghanaian government made secondary education free, with President Nana Akufo-Addo reportedly saying: “There will be no admission fees, no library fees, no science centre fees, no computer laboratory fees, no examination fees, no utility fees. There will be free textbooks, free boarding and free meals.” The benefits of the Ghanian government’s focus on education are…

Ghana’s leading media conglomerate, Media General, has secured exclusive broadcasting rights for Ghana’s premier music awards, the Vodafone Ghana Music, for this year. This brings the nation’s longest standing and the most prestigious music awards to the home of millions of Ghanaians across the country live on TV3, the nation’s favourite leading televison channel, as well as its sister media stations (3FM, 3news.com, Onua FM, Connect FM and Akoma FM). A partnership agreement between Media General and CharterHouse Ghana was signed live on TV3 Midday Live on February 26 by Group Chief Executive of Media General, Mrs. Pearl Esua-Mensah and…

Students from 15 senior high schools in the Western Region will from March 1 participate in the 6th drama and poetry festival in Takoradi to preach against corruption, a canker that has permeated the country. Themed: “Using Drama as a Conduit to Fight Corruption” the students will use poetry and drama educate students about the negative impact of corruption on Ghana and its effects on the individuals during the two-day event being organised by the Center for National Culture (CNC). Acting Director for the Western Region CNC, Rev. Stephen Ebo Kese, said his outfit found it prudent to use the…