Ghana News

Farmers in Ghana would soon access new varieties of rice and sorghum from Mali and Senegal respectively to boost local production, under the West African Agricultural Productivity Programme .

Information available indicates that the artistes billed to perform on the 3rd edition of the Ghana Meets Naija musical concert keep increasing.

Nigeria super star musician Timaya is set to dazzle and thrill fans to a list of awesome songs come the 29th June 2013 at the Accra International Conference when Ghana meets Nigeria on one music platform.

As public outcry for better power supply and general service improvements mount, the Electricity Company of Ghana continues to explain its demands for over 160 per cent increase in tariffs from Ghp 9.76 kilowatt per hour to Ghp 30.67 kilowatt per hour, or, as the company puts it, it may collapse under its mounting losses.

China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.

President John Dramani Mahama has said the government had made steady progress over the past 20 years of multi-party pluralism to enhance accountability, transparency and integrity.

The Commercial Court in Accra yesterday summoned the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Joe Ghartey, to appear before it and testify in the litigation involving the sale of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone.

Pressure is mounting on the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Ebo Barton-Odro to resign, in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in the Martin Amidu versus Waterville case.

It is almost becoming a daily and weekly routine, as markets in the country continue to witness a series of fires, leaving in their wake the destruction of millions of cedis worth of properties.

Cradling her newborn son in her arms, Gifty shows him off proudly to family and friends but her joy is clouded by a secret she dare not share: she is HIV positive.

The Centre for Freedom and Accuracy , a freedom and accountability non-governmental organisation , last week reminded Ghanaians of what can best be described as a premeditated sieve under the economic iota of the country - the Tema Harbour.

Zambia president Kalusha Bwalya has warned Ghana that they will defeat the Black Stars in Kumasi when the two sides clash for a place in the 2014 World Cup qualifying playoffs in September.

Local Black Stars coach Dauda Lutterodt must plan for life without influential quintet who are likely to move abroad next month.

Ghana defender Harrison Afful was not on the flight to Accra with the rest of his Black Stars team-mates as he has been recalled by the Esperance.

The dip in international gold prices in the first quarter of 2013 combined with the high cost of operations is leading companies to review their work plans and to cut operating cost.

Ghanaian footballer David Addy married her long-time girlfriend Dyen Gabriel in a private ceremony on Monday in Accra, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

AshGold supremo Kudjo Fianoo would meet coach Bashir Hayford over releasing striker Yakubu Mohammed to undergo Orlando Pirates medicals on Tuesday.

The Convention People's Party has called for the protection of major markets in the country to prevent the spate of fire outbreaks.

Afua Boahemaa Donkor ; Mr. Oppong Yeboah, ; Mr. George Addison, ; Mrs. Charlotte Morgan-Asiedu , Mr. Abdulai Rafui and other dignitaries.

The Kumasi Central Market has experienced the latest inferno when fire gutted the parts of the market early dawn on Sunday.