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Cashew Processing in Africa will Reduce Poverty – Experts

Experts in the cashew industry in Africa have revealed that the processing of cashew in Africa will help reduce the alarming rate of unemployment on the continent. Africa which is now the largest producer of cashew nuts, accounting for more than half of the world’s production has a significant challenge regarding processing the nuts. Currently, processing of cashew nuts remains ...

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Pokuase Police arrest 30 in three swoops

Chief Superintendent of Police Mr Francis Yiribaare, Amasaman Divisional Police Commander

Three separate swoops by the Pokuase District Police have resulted in the arrest of 30 suspected robbers, made up of five women and 25 Nigerians. Those arrested were between the ages of 18 and 34, and the police found suspected narcotics, a suspected stolen car, as well as items believed to be used for their robbery operations. During the intelligence-led ...

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Why Ghanaians Are So Slow To Bury Their Dead – BBC

In our series of letters from African journalists, writer Elizabeth Ohene considers why bodies are not buried for months, sometimes years, in Ghana. This past week there was another one of those typically Ghanaian funeral stories in the news. The body of a chief who had died six years ago was still in the morgue as the family bickered over ...

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Youth Icons Ghana Officially Launches Tree Project; Urges Youth To Fight Deforestation

A passionate appeal has been made to the youth of Ghana to take keen interest in the planting of and caring of trees to help avert the effects of deforestation and global warming in Ghana. This appeal was made at the launch of the Green Republic Project, a youth-led tree planting project that seeks to plant about 20 million trees ...

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Robbery cases hit 968 in first quarter in Ghana – Report

About 968 robbery cases were recorded in the first quarter of 2018 across the country, that’s according to the Director General at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Joseph Oklu Gyamera. Out of the number, robbery took 484 cases, street robbery recorded 172, residential robbery 124 cases, workplace robbery recorded 95, while highway robbery recorded 49 cases. ...

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June 3 victims to gather at disaster site, demand compensation

Victims of the 2015 June 3 flood and fire disaster  will today gather at the site of the incident, near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, where over 150 people died. They are massing up to demand compensation they feel they have been denied. Some of the victims have complained of economic hardships and have accused the government of neglecting them. One ...

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GOIL going upstream; a venture or an adventure?

Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Goil Company (GOIL), Mr Patrick Akorli

News about the leading and indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL venturing into the upstream sector of the industry, could be a feather in the cap of local content participation as well as inclusive growth. Because it will lead to a significant increase in Ghana’s participation in this God-given resource. Although the upstream is considered one of the very profitable areas, ...

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Mallam Junction section of Accra-Kasoa road reopens Saturday

The Mallam Junction section of the Accra-Kasoa road that was closed to vehicular traffic, to make way for work on the Mallam Junction drainage project, will be opened to traffic by Saturday, June 2. This will bring great relief to motorists who ply the road who have been under intense stress since their routes were diverted for the GAMA Sanitation ...

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Tumu: One Dies As Police Clash With Locals

One person has been confirmed dead by the police following a swoop in a town called Hain in Tumu of the Upper West region. Confirming the incident to Starrfmonline.com, the regional commander DCOP Otchere Boapea said the deceased, Kanwei Hanidu, 21, was part of a wee-smoking gang escaping arrest Thursday, May 17, 2018 after a SWAT patrol team spotted them smoking ...

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We’ll demolish structures on waterways to curb flooding – AMA

Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Mayor of Accra

The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) may demolish all structures in the capital that are in waterways. This will be in addition to constructing and desilting major drains in a bid to deal with the annual struggles with flooding during the rainy season. Speaking to Citi News the AMA Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, said his outfit would also embark on ...

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