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Zain Ghana causes controversy.

Mobile telecommunications company Zain Ghana has come under fire for allegedly desecrating a cemetery in the Osu traditional area in the capital. Local news sources report that tombs have been flatten...
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Ghana presidential candidates.

Eight candidates will contest the presidential elections in Ghana on 7 December. The frontrunners are former attorney general, minister of justice and minister of foreign affairs Nana Addo Dankwa Akuf...
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Society of Petroleum Engineers expands in Ghana.

Two student chapters of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) have opened in Ghana at the Regional Maritime Academy in Accra and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ku...
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Vodafone and Nokia expand in Ghana.

Vodafone is carrying out a major expansion drive in Ghana less than two months after taking over the country
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Ghanaian women in South Pole expedition.

Two women from Ghana have been shortlisted by the Commonwealth Women
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New business newspaper for Ghana.

The business community in Ghana has a new newspaper,
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Boost for women Zoomlion employees.

Twenty-five female employees of leading private waste management company Zoomlion Ghana Limited have qualified as
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Ghana and Nigeria to establish chamber of commerce.

The governments of Ghana and Nigeria have given their backing to the creation of a joint chamber of commerce to improve trade and investment between the two countries. The chamber will be established...
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ECOWAS carnival to be held in Accra.

Performers and spectators from all over west Africa will arrive in Accra for the first edition of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) carnival from 19-21 September. The carnival is...
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Accra Climate Change Talks 2008.

The Accra Climate Change Talks are being held in the Ghanaian capital from 21-27 August. The meeting is part of ongoing negotiations taking place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Clima...
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Kofi Annan appointed chancellor of Ghana university.

Former secretary general of the United Nations Kofi Annan has been appointed chancellor of the University of Ghana in Accra. Annan, a Ghanaian, will be sworn in by president John Agyekum Kufuor at a s...
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Ghana cuts spending on luxury items.

Ghana has decided to slash government spending on cars, computers, carpets and other
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Accra racecourse demolished.

Bulldozers have razed Accra racecourse near the international conference centre to make way for a luxury hotel, local news sources report. The dawn operation left several people living in the area wit...
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China-Europe International Business School in Accra.

Ghana is to host the Africa campus of the prestigious China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS). To begin with the school will be based at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in the...
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Accra to host conference on aid effectiveness.

Ministers, heads of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, donor organisations and civil society representatives from over 100 countries are to gather in Accra for an international forum on...
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Vodafone to control Ghana Telecom.

Vodafone is to buy a controlling share in Ghana Telecom for US$900 million. The purchase, which still needs the backing of Ghana
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Accra harbour project to begin.

Work on the long-awaited Accra harbour project in James Town is due to begin in August, according to the director of the Old Accra Conservation Development Project Nii Teiko Tagoe. The redevelopment...
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Ghana to host continental golf tournament in 2012.

Ghana is to host the 2012 edition of the annual All Africa Golf Championship for amateur golfers across the continent. At least one golf club in the country will be upgraded to meet international stan...
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Kwame Nkrumah research centre established.

The late Kwame Nkrumah, political activist, pan-Africanist and Ghana
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African psychiatrists to meet in Accra.

The African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals (AAPAP) is to meet in the Ghanaian capital for its second annual conference from 25-28 June. Roughly 600 mental health professionals f...
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FonTV launches in Ghana.

Ghanaians can now watch television on their mobile phones following the launch of Africa
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Lighting Africa 2008 Conference.

The first ever international business conference for environmentally friendly off-grid lighting takes place in Accra from 5-8 May. Representatives of the global lighting industry, international and lo...
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Ghana Music Awards 2008.

The annual Ghana Music Awards festival takes place in Accra from 24-27 April. As in previous years nominated musicians from across the country will be competing in 26 categories including song of the...
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New boreholes in Accra.

Accra is to get 13 new or improved boreholes in an attempt to mitigate the ongoing water shortages in the capital and surrounding areas. Neighbourhoods set to benefit from the works include Tantra Hil...
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Ghana elections.

On 7 December Ghanaians will go to the polls to elect their next president and parliament. The presidential candidates for the main political parties are already campaigning across the country as th...
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Railway workers strike in Ghana.

An ongoing strike by Ghana
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Water shortages in Ghana.

Ghana is in the grips of a serious water crisis due to work on infrastructure and prolonged dry weather, local news sources report. In mid-February the privately owned Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL...
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Project to help Ghana’s wood carvers.

The West Africa regional programme office of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has launched a project to assist the growing number of woodcarvers in Ghana who are unable to access their traditional...

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