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Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs has said that government would organise an emergency meeting on Ghanaians detained in Libya and the migrant situation there. According to her, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would collaborate with the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection and other MDAs to arrange the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on migration. The objective of the meeting is to come up with concrete measures to deal comprehensively with the situation of the Ghanaian detainees in Libya. Ms Ayorkor Botchwey made the revelation when she briefed Parliament on the recent…

Mr Anders Samuelsen, the Danish Foreign Minister has said Ghana’s quest to develop its economy beyond aid depended highly on empowering its entrepreneurs to grow and expand their businesses. He said an expanded economy built on the back of entrepreneurs would create more jobs for unemployed young people. Mr Samuelsen who accompanied the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II on a two-day visit to Ghana made the remark when he was hosted by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in Accra. It was to create a platform for promising young entrepreneurs to engage the Danish Minister on the prospects and challenges…

Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangagwa has named his cabinet, appointing senior military figures to high-profile positions. Mr Mnangagwa has made Sibusiso Moyo, the general who appeared on state TV after the recent military takeover, the new foreign minister. The head of Zimbabwe’s air force, Perence Shiri, was named the minister of agriculture and land affairs. Mr Mnangagwa was sworn in last week after Robert Mugabe agreed to resign. The man who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years stepped down after the military intervened following the sacking of Mr Mnangagwa as vice-president. A missed opportunity? BBC’s Africa Correspondent Andrew Harding It’s not…

President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II has called for swift prosecution of any chief found culpable of corruption.     According to him, the chieftaincy institution is losing its dignity due to some bad practices engaged in by a number of them. He was reacting to the latest Afrobarometer report, which revealed that about 53% of Ghanaians believe some traditional leaders in the country are corrupt. “From time to time we get the corruption index report coming and I personally believe that, yes, here is some level of corruption among the chiefs,” Ogyeahoho Yaw…

A civil organization,  calling itself the Fighters, has condemned what it calls “crude slavery” being practised in Libya as it calls for military action in that country. In a press release, the group remarked, “it is very disappointing…that African governments have been very slow in their response to this criminality”. According to the group, what is happening in Libya violates several Conventions passed by the African Union and the United Nations relating to slave trade and human rights in general. “We have heard the usual speeches. But these speeches have proven to be very useless in times of crisis over…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

The 2016 National Best Farmer says he is disappointed in the government for reneging on the promise to build him a house. Robert Crentsil, 42-year-old farmer from Ajumako Enyan-Essiam district in the Central Region, said he was promised a fully furnished three-bedroom house constructed for him in any part of the country of his choice. Mr. Crentsil was adjudged the best farmer last year with 120 acres of cocoa farm, 80 acres of rubber, 60 acres of plantain, 60 acres of cowpea, 30 acres of cassava, 7 acres of oil palm, 6 acres of coconut, 15 acres of citrus farms among others.…

The Chairperson African Commission on Human and People’s Rights P. O. Box 673 Banjul, The Gambia Dear Commissioner Soyata Maiga PETITION TO END SLAVERY IN LIBYA NOW We, Members of The Future Group (A Civil Society), numbering 130 Members made up of young men and women largely of African descent with a focus on Pan-Africanism, Mentorship, Social and Economic Justice, Inter-generational Equity and Leadership basing our action on Article 55 of the Charter, wish to present before the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, a Petition for the Commission to Investigate and End Slavery in Libya Now. NAME: The…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana stands ready to renew and deepen the ties of co-operation and friendship with France, for the progress and prosperity of their respective countries and peoples. To this end, President Akufo-Addo has stressed that “we want our relations with France to be characterised by an increase in trade and investment co-operation, not aid.” This, according to the President “is the way to develop healthy relations between our two countries, and put Ghana at the high end of the value chain in the global market place, and create jobs for the teeming masses of…

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced the completion of the refinancing of US$2.5 billion of Reserves Based Lending (“RBL”) credit facilities. The US$2.5 billion of credit facilities are split between a commercial bank facility of US$2.4 billion and an IFC facility of US$100 million. The fully committed facilities are revolving with a three-year grace period and final maturity of November 2024. The transaction, which was formally launched in early October following the resolution of the Ghana – Cote d’Ivoire border dispute, was materially over-subscribed and extends the maturity of the Group’s existing RBL credit facilities. Tullow has also decided to…