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Ghana has been drawn in Group F in qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Cameroon. The draw, which was held on Thursday, pitched the Black Stars against Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Kenya. Forty-eight teams were put in 12 groups of four. Group winners will automatically qualify for the tournament while four best second-placed sides also join them for the tourney. If Cameroon, paired in Group B, win its group, the other teams in the group – Morocco, Malawi and Comoros/Mauritius – will be ranked without recourse to results against the Indomitable Lions. There are…

The president, Nana Akufo Addo has indicated that his nominees for regional minister positions would be announced after January 24 when parliament resumes. According to the president the names of the persons to occupy these positions have already been penciled but would be handed to parliament which is currently on recess. The president said this at the announcement of the third batch of ministerial nominees on Thursday January 12, 2017. The president however indicated that the names of the third batch of his nominees would also be presented to parliament upon resumption of the house. So far 36 ministerial nominees…

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested five persons who attempted to stop toll operations in the Central Business District and Makola Market in Accra on Thursday. The arrested men suspected to be members of the Invisible Forces – an appendage of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) – are said to have prevented revenue collectors of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from discharging their duties and took away GH¢2,000. “The persons who have been arrested shall be arraigned before court to face the full rigours of the law without delay,” Accra Regional Commander ACP Timothy Yoosa Bonga told journalists…

President Akufo Addo has clarified that the six new ministries he has created would be working from his office – The Office of the President and be funded by the budget of the Presidency. According to the president, the decision to create these ministries is in line with the parties manifesto and in tandem with promises made on the campaign trail. Nana Addo said “the six (6) new portfolios that are coming up will to be working under the umbrella of the office of the president. They are not stand-up ministries that are going to be established. “They are all…

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Thursday January 12, 2017 named 11 more persons to add to the 25 he has nominated to serve in the various portfolios under his administration. Read short profiles of these personalitiesbelow. PROF. GYAN BAFFOUR – MINISTER FOR PLANNING Professor George Gyan-Baffour is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi. From July 2002 to December 2004 he was the Director General of The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) of the Republic of Ghana where he oversaw the preparation of the first Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003-2005) Paper.…

Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the integrity of the 36 people nominated to man the respective ministries, will give them a smooth sail through parliamentary vetting next week. Announcing the last batch of ministers for the mainstream ministries, Nana Akufo-Addo said he does not expect the Appointments Committee of Parliament to have issues or any difficulty in approving his nominees. “I’m okay that the calibre of people that we have put before the [Parliament] House is such that the Parliament will not have any difficulty in approving my nominees,” he said. The President said he does not anticipate…

President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo has acknowledged the straits in which the country’s economy is but has assured of transforming it. He therefore called on all to help him “bring relief to our population”. President Akufo-Addo says his government is bent on delivering on the commitment it made to Ghanaians prior to winning power. He said the will to deliver on the promises was factored into the selection of his ministers. President Akufo-Addo expressed these sentiments on Thursday, January 12 after unveiling his third batch of ministers. Among the ministers-designate in Thursday’s list are Catherine Afeku (Tourism, Arts and Culture),…

The third batch of ministers to serve under President Akufo-Addo’s government was announced today with 11 persons making the list that included the creation of new portfolios. Giving out the names at the usual press conference at the Flagstaff House, the president maintained that the ministers-designate are equipped with the needed experience to execute creditably in their various portfolios. Below are the new Ministers-designate Minister of Planning (Office of the President) – Prof. Yaw Gyan Baffuor Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture – Catherine Afeku Minister of Information and Presidential Spokesperson – Mustapha Abdul Hamid Minister for Special Development Initiatives…

A radio station in Cameroon’s English-speaking city of Bamenda has been closed down. A police squad visited the offices of Radio Hot Cocoa and ordered that it stop operations. Officials accuse the station of using interactive programmes to stir up tension among Anglophone listeners, who often complain that they face discrimination. In the last few months there have been protests in Bamenda against the use of French in courts and schools in two of the country’s two English-speaking regions. The other eight semi-autonomous administrative regions are Francophone. An editor at Radio Hot Cocoa, Pierre Anoufack, told the BBC: We were…