http://www.tvafricaonline.comLatest articles hosted on tvafricaonline.com.Copyright 2012tvafricaonline.com. All rights reserved.GNA – The Volta River Authority (VRA) announced on Thursday that a drastic reduction in gas supply from Nigeria through the West African Gas Pipeline to its thermal plants was forcing the power companies to embark on a load management exercise. A statement issued by VRA in Accra said the situation ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8fdb9818-bcde-4054-8167-8941442b708103-Feb-2012Accra, Feb. 3, GNA – The National Information Technology Agency (NITA), the Information Technology Implementing Agency of the Ministry of Communications has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ghana Dot Com, a successor company of Network Computer Systems Limited. Ghana Dot Com (GDC), the current manager of the .gh domain ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7e29bc8a-5776-4226-869c-90def7b5ce9903-Feb-2012Information reaching the New Statesman is that Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the man at the centre of the GH¢51 million fraudulent payments, has been arrested. The decision to arrest Mr Woyome was taken at a meeting held at the Castle involving President John Atta-Mills, Dr Benjamin Kumbour, Attorney General and Minister ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=957272d5-a6ce-47c1-a8bd-e068ddac6e6f03-Feb-2012Tarkwa, Feb 3, GNA - A 23-year-old mechanic, Timothy Brako, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling an 11 year-old girl by a Tarkwa circuit court. He pleaded guilty. Prosecuting, Police Detective Chief Inspector Oscar Amponsah, told the court that on January 11 the victim was ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0afe7288-34e5-49ce-b693-c605e0cf9f3503-Feb-2012Bolgatanga, Feb. 3, GNA - Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have expressed concern about sports facilities that are inaccessible to them that has made it difficult for them to effectively participate in sporting activities due to the construction styles of the structures in the country. Mr David Aniah National President in charge ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9ef84d49-57a0-4db7-bc3c-af7402bd9e2b03-Feb-2012The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is saddened to announce that midfielder Anthony Annan''s mother passed away on Thursday night. Madam Sophia Sampson died in a hospital in Ghana after falling sick earlier in the day. Annan, who is part of the Black Stars squad playing at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ac30f5a3-4069-4d4d-84b7-04382949e0d703-Feb-2012Atlanta,GA - Ladies and Gentlemen, “Agoo, awula mei, ke ataa mei”, “Annuanom”, “Hear yea, Hear yea” you have probably heard the name; Shegge aka Shegge Da Don and if you have not, the world is about to hear an artiste with incredible talent dubbed the next Ghanaian multi-talented Hiplife star ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c13f66b9-eaa1-4666-8d8c-26a6c1d05eb003-Feb-2012Tracy Morgan''s mother says she struggled for years to provide the comedian with everything he needed as a child, but now that she''s out of work and facing foreclosure he''s refusing to help her. Alicia Morgan, in a phone interview with CNN Wednesday, said she called her son last month to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=81369721-05cd-4020-96b7-86765d7de21e03-Feb-2012MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) - A member of Islamist group Boko Haram has confirmed one of the group''s high-ranking members was arrested, but refuted reports that the detained person was its spokesman. In a phone conference with journalists in the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Thursday, the man said Boko Haram''s head ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=07162036-e586-4f98-b423-2b4f1ce43cd303-Feb-2012DAKAR (AFP) - Riot police deployed in downtown Dakar on Friday as the opposition planned a prayer meeting near the presidency, after days of unrest sparked by President Abdoulaye Wade''s bid for a third term in office. Armed with anti-riot gear, groups of police gathered on corners near the Blanchot Mosque ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9e3009bc-e26c-4e5e-a50e-02881a46bb3803-Feb-2012Accra, Feb. 02, GNA - Ghana and Euromoney are to hold ''''Ghana Finance and Investment Conference'''' next week to create a platform for policy and strategy as well as highlight Ghana''''s attractions as a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destination. Speakers for the two-day event scheduled for February 7-8 February, will be ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3521e061-891e-4efd-90f4-730000065c5303-Feb-2012A former Chief of Staff under the Kufuor administration, Kojo Mpiani says members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) who refused to submit themselves before the Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO) during the investigations were justified. Mr. Mpiani has accused EOCO of pre-judging the case before it began investigations ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9c618186-59cd-4995-8645-93ee13f771a303-Feb-2012The youth of the Convention People''s Party (CPP), in alliance with residents at Odawna-ECOMOG, yesterday went on a demonstration, demanding that Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), resign immediately. According to the demonstrators, Mr. Vanderpuije had failed to deliver on his own promises and therefore should ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1f828d87-9084-445b-8a2e-1f178338ca3203-Feb-2012Half Assini (W/R), Feb. 2, GNA - Twelve members of the Community Police Unit of the National Youth Employment Programme have appealed to the authorities of the programme to quickly pay their five months'' outstanding allowance to alleviate their suffering, Mr Patrick Asabie Amihere, a member of the Unit, told ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=343926c7-b814-4bb3-92d2-9b639aa09c1c02-Feb-2012A Lagos High Court declared that top Nollywood actress, Stephanie Onyekachi Okereke, was never legally married to former husband and Super Eagles fringe player, Chikelue IIoenuosi. The LG and Kanekalon ambassador went to court to formally seek divorce papers of her marriage to the former footballer. Stephanie had a secret wedding with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1fdc222c-fd27-440a-b8c7-3405ccc58c0901-Feb-2012Cape Coast, Jan.31 GNA- Teachers at Cape Coast Amanful Catholic Boys Junior High School (JHS), have threatened to strike if the Metropolitan Assembly fails to stop people from dumping refuse on campus and using the facility as a place of convenience. Mrs Georgina Nkum, Head teacher of the school issued the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b1daf628-4d43-41e2-b8c7-0469bc96a7ee01-Feb-2012The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Directorate of Education has ordered final year students of the Junior High School (JHS) in the metropolis to sign an undertaking with their parents as witnesses to be of good behaviour until they write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Nana Kofi Adjei Mbeah, Metropolitan Director of Education ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cfda262c-ea9e-4e11-9971-8e70ebcdcac201-Feb-2012Mali and even Botswana, thrashed 6-1 by Guinea, go in search of a place in the quarter-finals as Wednesday''s Group D games brings down the curtain on the Africa Cup of Nations first round. The group is on a knife edge with any of the four teams - leaders Ghana and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=81ffeee7-e070-4699-af86-82d690df69a501-Feb-2012Evangelist Diana Asamoah Ministry, a renowned ministry dedicated to spreading the gospel of God through evangelism and powerful song ministration, has announced its intention to organize musical concerts throughout the country to educate the people against violence during the elections. Evangelist Diana Asamoah, who has been in the evangelism and music ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=edd43d80-8102-4949-b2ac-59318963f2de01-Feb-2012The ''''Bomaye'''' man is currently involved in a new reality show dubbed ''''I''''m In Love with…?'''' It is being put together by Access Media Productions in collaboration with DSTV and is expected to show on a local TV station after everything is done. The show is centered on Biney and his ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=45cb07bd-5c94-4b0d-8375-34a0c9d8e2dd01-Feb-2012The Paediatrics Unit of Ridge Regional Hospital in Accra, is expediting action to discharge children on admission to make way for more cases due to the closure of the Children''s Department of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Accra about the measures put in place after the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ff3a7dae-8635-4fe7-bd21-93b20eb158ec01-Feb-2012Anumso Mines, a gold mining company, is to start prospecting for gold at Banka near Gyadam in the Asante-Akim South District following the issuance of license to it by the Minerals Commission. Ahead of this activity, the company together with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a durbar to educate the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9cbf3ec4-6cd2-4351-84a4-a517717f5ebf01-Feb-2012Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome is in court over EOCO''s handling of investigations ordered by President Mills into the controversial 58 million cedi payment to him by the state. His lawyers this afternoon filed two writs, first, questioning the mandate of the Economic and Organised Crimes Office to investigate the matter. Their case ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4aaaa33e-976f-458b-a280-5f724664d9b201-Feb-2012Ethiopia, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On the heels of the 18th African Union (AU) Summit, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Bank (WB) held High-Level Consultations at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, on the 31st of January 2012. The meeting was part of regular consultations ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=acfecd1e-fcd6-4b90-b63a-ab7e5115249a01-Feb-2012The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is to present the draft National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), one of the triggers for donor support, to Parliament next month for adoption. It is, therefore, finalising the draft NACAP, progress of which was communicated to the Vice-President on January 6, this ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6579105e-fb00-4f73-9b6e-32a27b73f2cf01-Feb-2012After several legal tussles and hurdles, the way has now been cleared for the People’s National Convention (PNC) to hold its national delegates congress on Saturday, February 4, 2012. at Sunyani. 1,400 PNC delegates will elect the party’s flag bearer for the 2012 elections at the Sunyani Polytechnic campus, the venue ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=74b6f16c-b472-4c28-a200-a8f71d35ffe701-Feb-2012US President Barack Obama has confirmed that unmanned drones regularly strike suspected militants in Pakistan''s tribal areas. Mr Obama called the strikes a "targeted focused effort at people who are on a list of active terrorists". The US does not routinely speak publicly about drone operations. Mr Obama made his comments during an ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0b47f993-5dd7-485a-b71b-f0dd378e74ea31-Jan-2012Unemployment in the eurozone hit a record high at the end of last year, the Eurostat agency has said. The jobless rate in the 17 countries that use the single currency was 10.4% in December, unchanged from November''''s figure which was revised up from 10.3%. Some 16.5 million people were out of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=47ad7041-2cbc-4cc2-9097-7cd04a4a027c31-Jan-2012Addis Ababa, Jan. 30, GNA - President John Evans Atta Mills has resented the Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award to Nigerian Scientist; Professor Oluwole Daniel Makinde, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Mills was assisted to offer the award by Madam Samia Yaba Nkrumah, Chairperson of the Convention Peoples'' Party and daughter of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cec1c4a4-8ec7-4669-9d78-5f3996f0f7fb31-Jan-2012Both Barack and Michelle Obama come from an American culture where historically the black man or woman has to be twice as educated, and work twice as hard to compete and succeed in a white world. To say quality education is central to this first family is an understatement. Education has ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e291db65-631b-4d8d-99c0-6e6be3a7351531-Jan-2012A three million- Dollar Grant agreement, was on Monday signed between the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). The grant would be used to support the second phase of the Master''s Degree in Public Sector Management and Training Programme (PSMTP) which is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=75a86bae-4838-4d60-ab0b-129e8ae8203b31-Jan-2012As family members and other interested parties wait for the BNI to produce DSP Gifty Tehoda in court, State Attorney, Rexford Wiredu is warning affidavit against her bail will shock the family. He is expected to file the affidavit soon. Rexford Wiredu''s comments follow exchanges between him and lawyer for DSP ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0bbce59a-1a99-4ad7-a80e-c44d75728c5131-Jan-2012According to him, the Service Providers had given the Authority up to Tuesday to submit the names of their representatives to the Pilot Review Committee to be set up, adding that there would be another meeting next week Thursday which would make the Committee operational. Speaking in an interview on Oman ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ae7bbe09-5a12-49b3-940f-399d5bc279eb31-Jan-2012A SOCCER ACADEMY of international standards to help develop youth football in the country will soon be built at Komfoko near the Essipong Stadium at Sekondi-Takoradi. A brainchild of United Soccer Training Academy, based in Pennsylvania, USA, the soccer academy would be built on a 10-acre land just three kilometers from ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0df923cc-8da4-4e6e-a3fb-8765b43bcaab31-Jan-2012Kaka has revealed that he was assured by both Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and coach Jose Mourinho during the winter break that he has a long-term future at the club. The attacking midfielder has struggled for both form and fitness since arriving at the Santiago Bernabeu from AC Milan in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=10729226-8b9b-4040-ad53-9c005e34efd431-Jan-2012The much talked about show in town this January – Raquel live inside Dodi Princess scheduled for today – 27th of January 2012has been postponed to the 3rd of February 2012 for better and proper adjustment of the show. Management and organizers of the show express deep regrets to all tickets ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2813541a-53f1-4712-a57c-86288954f26631-Jan-2012E MY GUEST movie - MEDIA content material ABOUT THE MOVIE: Plot Outline: An ex-lover sets off a rather intricate set-up to pursue her newly-wed childhood sweetheart... BE MY GUEST is a riveting drama set to take the audience on a mind-boggling spin that could leave you wishing to see it again. It ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d578742e-43dc-4eec-bb09-bc8e90ba050031-Jan-2012Oil exploration giant, Tullow Oil Plc says Ghana''s lack of infrastructure to process the natural gas associated with the Jubilee Field is not the reason for its failure to reach the production target of 120,000 barrels of oil per day, as claimed by some industry players. “This is a new field; ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=23fe9598-81a9-4bad-a997-806164fa9b4631-Jan-2012Private businesses in the country need to take advantage of the investment potential that exists within the West Africa sub-region, Minister of Trade and Industry, Hanna Tetteh, has said. “Private businesses in the country should focus on doing business in other West African countries. SMEs should aim to compete in other ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d71b9dd7-f0f7-4941-ab09-e0bc940c738731-Jan-2012Nkaseim (B/A), Jan. 30, GNA – Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister for Transport, would contest the Assutifi South constituency seat in the 2012 parliamentary election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The 311 NDC Asutifi South delegates acclaimed Alhaji Dauda, unopposed in last the parliamentary primary that was supervised ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4dec2a03-0b42-47f5-8bf9-bc112b7ac9c331-Jan-2012The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is to present the draft National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), one of the triggers for donor support, to Parliament next month for adoption. It is, therefore, finalising the draft NACAP, progress of which was communicated to the Vice-President on January 6, this ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7095c7f9-1068-4550-8b91-0eae910aca1831-Jan-2012LONDON (AFP) - Two Libyans are to sue the former counter-terrorism director of British spy agency MI6, claiming he played a key role in their rendition to Moamer Kadhafi''''s Libya, their lawyers said Tuesday. Abdelhakim Belhaj, who became Tripoli''''s military commander after the Libyan leader was ousted in last year''''s revolution, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=aabc8d3a-76e9-4291-9fec-779d63f104cf31-Jan-2012GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM and Partners have, over the last eight months, provided transport assistance to 100,000 Somalis fleeing into Kenya and Ethiopia because of war and famine. From its reception centre at Dollo Ado, on the border between Somalia and Ethiopia, IOM used buses ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=05bea68c-2e54-4fc4-9690-fd429d87453c31-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 31, GNA - Members of the Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners (SPMDP) and Ghana Registered Midwives Association (GRMA) in Ashanti Region, have resolved to indefinitely suspend their services to National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) subscribers, effective February 1. The decision was taken after the two groups met ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=72c6bd69-720b-497f-a1c6-d563f5e8011931-Jan-2012Dr. Philip Amoo, Head of Public Health Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, is attributing the outbreak of killer bacteria at the Children''s Block of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to over-crowding. He told Evans Mensah on Joy FM''s Top Story on Monday that ''this was a time-bomb waiting to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0544041c-0ef3-4b68-838d-69d42b0bd0e631-Jan-2012The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is to present the draft National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), one of the triggers for donor support, to Parliament next month for adoption. It is, therefore, finalising the draft NACAP, progress of which was communicated to the Vice-President on January 6, this ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2937af9e-a29e-4f00-8e27-218b865e42eb31-Jan-2012A crackdown on "phishing" scams has been announced by 15 of the top technology companies. Email providers such as Google and Microsoft will work with companies like Paypal and the Bank of America to improve authentication. Phishing attacks typically involve scammers posing as familiar companies in an attempt to trick users into ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fa6fd29e-c422-453f-b8a5-997d48498bc330-Jan-2012Growing inequality, environmental decline and "teetering" economies mean the world must change the way it does business, a UN report concludes. Health and education must improve, it says. Subsidies on fossil fuels should end, and governments must look beyond the standard economic indicator of GDP. The High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability was ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0a2ada42-122a-4997-b386-2d2fb75c0ad030-Jan-2012Alleged rogue trader Kweku Adoboli has pleaded not guilty to two charges of false accounting and two of fraud while working for Swiss bank UBS. Mr Adoboli of Clark Street, east London, appeared at Southwark Crown Court accused of unauthorised trading that lost UBS about £1.5bn ($2.3bn). The 31-year-old worked for UBS''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b8ad5de4-0d6f-4db7-841e-c07d5e07c45530-Jan-2012The eurozone crisis will dominate an EU summit on Monday, with an emphasis on growth and "smart" budget discipline. The EU has more than 23 million unemployed people and there are fears that wide-ranging budget cuts will harm enterprise and training. Cuts need to be "smart" - well-targeted - to allow room ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2eac2248-c0fe-4713-be3f-e3551d533e6d30-Jan-2012Ho, Jan. 29, GNA - Reverend Joseph Senyo-Pongo, Resident Pastor of Evangel Assemblies of God Church, Ho at the weekend challenged educational institutions to seriously address issues pertaining to morality among students. He said this was necessary to match academic and professional excellence with moral uprightness. Reverend Senyo-Pongo said this at the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c6ce4476-64c5-41a3-b514-d2ccbb2d9cdc30-Jan-2012When you place someone second fiddle to another in such a way as to make him or her inferior thereby nullifying the reason for existence of that person, what do you expect from him or her - Excellence? Certainly not! I am not sure we are going to get that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fbbe8f04-362d-4a6f-bac0-4ed25ae9623930-Jan-2012The Board of the Ghana Statistical Service has attributed its decision to ask the Government Statistician, Dr Grace Bediako, to proceed on leave, to her poor management of some projects run by the Service. The Board said a group of international partners comprising the World Bank, EU, and DFID who assessed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=87ee4a95-daeb-4c8f-bc7b-ff3c40422fed30-Jan-2012The Board of the Ghana Statistical Service has attributed its decision to ask the Government Statistician, Dr Grace Bediako, to proceed on leave, to her poor management of some projects run by the Service. The Board said a group of international partners comprising the World Bank, EU, and DFID who assessed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=23926618-0851-4b2d-8067-387f89697f0730-Jan-2012Civil rights drama The Help has won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, including best cast and best actress for Viola Davis. Another of the film''s stars, Octavia Spencer, was named best supporting actress. "Dream big and dream fierce," Davis told the audience at Los Angeles'' Shrine Auditorium on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7a03619e-c384-4ac9-8cac-1a8a46472bb230-Jan-2012Guinea coach Michel Dussuyer is aiming for a win in the "final" Group D showdown against Ghana at the 2012 African Cup of Nations. The top-of-the-table clash at the Stade de Franceville has generated much importance with Ghana on six points, Guinea and Mali on three apiece and Botswana out of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=56b5278f-d1a2-4db7-93eb-3c288fcbff5730-Jan-2012Black stars Goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey has admitted his performance in the opening two group games of the ongoing Cup of Nations has disappointed himself and hopes to improve in subsequent games. Adam Kwarasey has been heavily criticized for failing to impress so far in the tournament as his aerial control, composure ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ccef9248-64f0-4baf-89d0-e7c122e7f0f030-Jan-2012Essipong (W/R), Jan. 29, GNA - Nana Akufo-Addo, flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to organize the December elections in a transparent manner for a clear-cut winner to be chosen. He made the call when speaking on “Our Yearning for Peace” at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3a89faa8-e522-4c7f-b058-c7f2322966f230-Jan-2012Kaka has revealed that he was assured by both Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and coach Jose Mourinho during the winter break that he has a long-term future at the club. The attacking midfielder has struggled for both form and fitness since arriving at the Santiago Bernabeu from AC Milan in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cb0e21d5-3625-4593-9634-1eec0e1d36a830-Jan-2012A Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, says the posture of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu, on cases the A-G''s department is prosecuting in court puts his successor, Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor, in a "tight corner". Kofi Adams believes the newly appointed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=251b73ef-3b39-4872-9fa6-8fe78a8b263530-Jan-2012KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Gunmen have attacked two more police stations in Nigeria''''s second city of Kano, killing at least two people amid a wave of escalating violence blamed on Islamists. One of the attacks occurred at dawn on Monday, setting off a gun battle with police, residents said. On Sunday ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ff3d5d1d-aefd-4928-af49-d882d9498c7f30-Jan-2012JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Renowned jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela and heavy metal in Botswana feature in Rolling Stone''s take on music in its new South African edition, which hopes to fill a conspicuously empty niche. The American title launched its latest international edition in South Africa in November, tackling a crowded media ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2468634d-04bb-41c9-8244-de263a9bce7b30-Jan-2012Bill Gates has frugal tastes. Asked to name his luxuries, he lists DVDs, books and takeaway burgers. It is hard, however, to think that any fast-food outlet would get rich on Gates''s custom. During a long list of engagements beginning well before dawn, he consumes nothing but cans of diet ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fb1e5a74-bcf5-4fad-b468-eba144c4281130-Jan-2012Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Jan 29, GNA - China at the week-end said it would provide a total of RMB 600 million free assistance to the African Union (AU) in the next three years. The Asian nation said it was ready to add new dimension to the development of China–Africa relations, and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ead2db5f-c605-40ad-a936-db080f3b90c730-Jan-2012JUBA (AFP) - South Sudan on Monday accused its former foes in the Khartoum government of arming gunmen who killed over 40 people in a cattle raid, as the UN warned tensions between the two sides risks regional peace. "A militia group from Unity state penetrated into Warrap state... and attacked ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c3452091-0b88-4bdc-9633-1918ac50d2f430-Jan-2012Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,Presidential Candidateof the New Patriotic Party, yesterday reaffirmed his determination and that of his party to do everything possible to ensure that the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections pass without any incident that will disturb the nation''''s peace and stability. “We believe the peace, unity and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=aa633382-b963-4dd6-8026-1ad07700ce2530-Jan-2012Critics have hit out at Google''s decision to merge personal data from YouTube, Gmail, search, social network Google+ and dozens of other services. Forthcoming changes to privacy settings will see data shared across all these platforms. Users cannot opt out of the changes. Google said the update would offer more relevant searches. But ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a65ed089-53d9-4dd5-a684-dd4b22248c1e27-Jan-2012The Acting Minister of Education, Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, on Thursday inaugurated three boards with the core mandate of assisting the Ministry in its quest to improve on education in the country. The boards were; the National Inspectorate Board, the National Teaching Council and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Speaking ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=958ecf1e-9ad0-45ff-a437-6423a4ec9f2027-Jan-2012Accra, Jan 27, GNA – Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has noted that the Ghana Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) was one institution that impacted greatly on his leadership as a President of the country. He said the Association in the 1950s was a transformational and still a centre that deepens ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6a030da2-287a-4859-8396-98781364d32d27-Jan-2012The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has called on the media, particularly, those in the Ashanti Region, to support the authority in ensuring the successful implementation of the Capitation pilot programme. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NHIA, Mr. Sylvester Mensah, who made the plea during an interaction with a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=afbb28e0-95e5-4aa6-8e41-5b916cc8825b27-Jan-2012CAIRO (AFP) - Protesters headed to Cairo''s Tahrir Square on Friday, joining hundreds already camped out there, ahead of a mass rally to demand democratic change, a year after the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Marches will leave Cairo''s mosques after noon prayers and set off for Tahrir, on a day ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=feb0ae5d-7723-4c4c-968d-64a70104075f27-Jan-2012KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigerian security forces searched for a kidnapped German engineer on Friday as the Boko Haram Islamist group threatened new attacks in Africa''''s most populous nation and top oil producer. In an audio recording posted on YouTube, Abubakar Shekau said he ordered the coordinated attacks that killed at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8eb6753a-4fc6-4669-8d85-0c28064b05fa27-Jan-2012Police have mounted a search for six armed robbers who attacked the female hostel of the Asante Mampong Midwifery and Health Assistants Training School in the early hours of Thursday and not only made away with cash and other valuables but also allegedly raped one of the students. The robbers took ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c9d6ef6c-254c-4468-93c3-ccf522e1c52427-Jan-2012Parliament Wednesday inched towards the passage of the Intestate Succession Bill when the bill passed through its second reading stage. The Bill, which was laid before the House on November 3, 2009 and referred to the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs for consideration and report, seeks a more responsive ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=34787421-11b9-465f-b387-b80d23905a9427-Jan-2012Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Jan 26, GNA - The 18th African Union (AU) meeting in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, which officially opened last Monday, has assigned Ghana''s President John Evans Atta Mills major roles during the session of heads of State and Government. Aside delivering the keynote address, which is on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=99448467-79ed-4464-bce8-d78f5707205727-Jan-2012A 62-year-old herbalist at Kwahu in the Eastern Region, Anthony Kofi Busu, who went to the Edumfa Prayer Camp on Tuesday to seek spiritual healing, has died at the lavatory belonging to the camp. Busu was said to have reported at the camp on that fateful day around 5:30p.m. The body has ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=607a2ea3-2300-40eb-97e1-3955ba30214226-Jan-2012Fire gutted the Timber Market at La in the Greater Accra Region around 0230 hours on Sunday, destroying property estimated at millions of Ghana cedis and rendering a number of people homeless. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), an eye-witness, Nii Kofi Abrah III, sub-chief of Asere Kotopon of La ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d8d1df81-e897-4005-a642-e166f221cbd526-Jan-2012Reports available indicate that all is set for the Glo ambassadors to do a compilation album in Accra very soon to project the activities of Glo. The musical album features all the Ghanaian music stars on contract with Glo. The stars are Asem, Tinny, Reggie Rockstone, Edem, Irene Logan and Sharifa Gunu. The ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=82209c11-6028-4191-8edd-16764f4e53c326-Jan-2012R&B singer Ne-Yo has become vice president of the legendary music label Motown, it has been announced. The star''s new role will incorporate producing, songwriting, mentoring the label''s artists and seeking out new talent. The 32-year-old, who had previously been signed to Def Jam, will also release his fifth studio album this ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0d98b3ac-dc21-4865-8281-6678f37c922126-Jan-2012Residents in the Tema West constituency woke up Wednesday to see the whole area washed with posters of the NPP with Nana Addo but with a blank space for who becomes the MP on the ticket of the party in this year''''s elections. The posters have a smiling Nana Akufo-Addo with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=739be2b9-4dd1-4610-9cc9-e760fe9075b226-Jan-2012Mehame (B/A), Jan. 25, GNA – Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Transport on Tuesday cut the sod for work to commence on the construction of a metal bridge over River Tano on the Mehame-Dadiesoba feeder road in Asutifi District of Brong-Ahafo. The project, expected to be completed in March this year, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fe085232-3394-4021-89d4-05b447dc4d6e26-Jan-2012Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has halted its work in detention centres in a Libyan city because it said its medical staff were being asked to patch up detainees mid-way through torture sessions so they could go back for more abuse. "Patients were brought to us in the middle ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cb61e1c6-8258-4c7f-9899-2a82fbca2f6a26-Jan-2012The Convention People''s Party (CPP) of Ghana has said it is disappointed some ministers still remain in government after Wednesday''s ministerial reshuffle and new appointments. According to the party, the Health Minister-designate, Alban Bagbin, was a failure at his former ministry and so does not deserve the new appointment. The party, however, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5f86b059-f92a-4e4c-89f3-e0153c91f33226-Jan-2012DAKAR (AFP) - Senegal''s main opposition parties plan to protest Friday against President Abdoulaye Wade''s bid to run for a third term, defying a government ban on demonstrations and stoking fears of violence. "The protest will take place tomorrow morning at the Place de l''Obelisque," in Dakar, Alioune Tine, spokesman for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=86cc31ad-ec97-49e2-8a63-0f016ef61cc226-Jan-2012Just when DStv audiences thought that they had seen all the incredible twists and turns that mega-hit reality-TV franchise Big Brother Africa could possibly include, M-Net''s sensational series has pulled off another huge surprise. And you know it''s a massive announcement when even the fact that this season''s brand new cash ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8ccfbf4e-6e67-4e1c-8c88-822b1d40ea7825-Jan-2012Shell Ghana is hoping to be rebranded as VIVO Energy by end of March this year. The move which is subject to management approval will however affect only its corporate-brand and offices but exclude the service and commercial stations. The rebranding has been necessitated by changes in the shareholding structure of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cdbc3eb1-5307-4015-88df-879c32212b5425-Jan-2012The Motor Traffic & Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service over the weekend raised GH¢2,750 from the auctioning of impounded motorbikes in the Greater Accra region. The motorbikes were sold to scrap metal dealers after several attempts by the unit and the police administration to get the owners to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fd07677d-c065-4c35-bd24-3c5ed0a76cbe25-Jan-2012Michael Teye Nyaunu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo, who lost in the recent primary to contest on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), might already have one of his feet outside the party. The MP is not only considering running as an independent candidate to contest ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=95aac1aa-886d-412d-8c65-88bae9ea286725-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 24, GNA – Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo, New Patriotic Party Parliamentary Aspirant for Dome/ Kwabenya Constituency on Tuesday urged the Muslim community to take active part in the upcoming national biometric registration exercise slated tentatively for March. “The only way you can exercise your inalienable franchise as enshrined in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5a6ddd2f-9cb9-4bf4-83ac-ab506741418925-Jan-2012LAGOS (AFP) - Nigerian troops have withdrawn from the streets of the commercial capital Lagos following a public outcry over their deployment in the wake of mass fuel protests, a spokesman said Wednesday. "The soldiers have left Lagos. Their withdrawal was approved by the military authorities," military spokesman Colonel Mohammed Yerima ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1f7f98d0-8662-4eec-bb56-18d20d80164325-Jan-2012CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptians poured into Tahrir Square on Wednesday to mark a year since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, with the ruling military planning grandiose celebrations and activists vowing to reignite their unfinished revolution. Thousands of Islamists, liberals, leftists and ordinary citizens entered the square, the epicentre of protests ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a145276f-d9ea-4379-ba52-44f2aea2ac5725-Jan-2012In its quest to offer quality services to valued customers, Airtel Ghana, the fastest growing communication network in the country, has rewarded its subscribers involved in the ''Airtel Friendzy'' promotion at a ceremony in Takoradi. The event, which was the fourth in the series, saw the highest group winner in the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5eb64065-789a-4e11-bb91-20cda760d4f225-Jan-2012MOGADISHU (AFP) - US special forces swooped into Somalia early Wednesday to rescue two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man held hostage for the past three months, security officials said Wednesday. US Navy SEALs aboard at least six military helicopters flew in low over central Somalia to surprise ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f0b9cbdf-392a-4638-9e01-adfce3c6b33d25-Jan-2012The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has pledged to work in concert with the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) to advance the development of the Accra metropolis and the rest of the country. The two entities committed themselves to open their doors to each other for regular consultations and co-operation in the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a72808d8-4131-481e-b585-a0ab3342994725-Jan-2012About 23 percent of cocoa tree stock nationwide are above 30 years and unproductive. This has led to a situation whereby most farms are heavily infested with mistletoes and diseases, which reduce the potential yield of cocoa in such farms. As a result of this, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has called ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6b62f679-66f6-4fb3-a6ba-4f123bd0b3ff25-Jan-2012GHANAIAN hiplife artiste, Nii Adoo Quaynor aka Tinny, has promised to use his musical career to raise funds to assist a number of needy children and some selected needy institutions in the country. The manager of the artiste, Richard Agyeman Berko, who led a team of friends of Tinny to Okuapeman ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c588e2ad-0b16-4794-b7d3-7034e2cb0da624-Jan-2012Accra, Jan 23, GNA - Mrs Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo, Speaker of Parliament on Monday opened a five-day meeting of the Joint committee on agriculture, environment, water resources and rural development infrastructure and industrial development of the ECOWAS Parliament in Accra. It is under the theme; Implementation of the ECOWAS Agricultural Policy: ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8b3658d0-6f4f-40a7-bd9b-67eeb8fb150c24-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 23, GNA - The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) Council will this week meet and declare its official position on the distortions created following the migration of doctors and other health professionals onto the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS). The meeting, which is one of its usual Council meetings, will ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=78941107-5fd2-49da-9cbe-c72c4c3a759724-Jan-2012The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the government must officially explain to Ghanaians why the Education Minister Betty Mould-Iddrisu decided to resign from government. Mrs. Mould-Iddrisu tendered in her resignation letter at the Presidency on Monday. Some senior government officials have told Citi News that the former attorney general decided ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ddc47167-279d-47c1-8490-b205fcd0472f24-Jan-2012Accra, Jan 24, GNA – There was jubilation amidst dancing and singing at the Kotokuraba Market, Cape Coast in the Central Region, when the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) "Family Train" got to the area. The CPP''s Brass Band procession through local streets was met with shouts and chanting of “Akoko ara ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=48abc530-82bb-42aa-a8a6-9d85dca0f1f624-Jan-2012MAPUTO (AFP) - Paulo Salazar served on a Portuguese warship during Mozambique''s long liberation war, leaving him stranded on the wrong side of history. Now, more than four decades later, he''s among the colonial-era veterans waiting patiently outside the Portuguese embassy to apply for a military pension from Lisbon, which most ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=22cc8b90-508d-4589-9866-9d8485c9896a24-Jan-2012DAKAR (AFP) - Senegal''s President Abdoulaye Wade has filed his candidacy in February polls with the Constitutional Council, which will rule on its validity on Friday, the prime minister said Tuesday. "We are optimistic as to the (application''s) admissibility. It meets all the requirements of the law," said Prime Minister Souleymane ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=82117efa-fb31-488c-92c1-15ba9b5c6feb24-Jan-2012Accra, Jan 23, GNA - Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, Deputy Minister of Energy, has pledged to work hard to justify the overwhelming confidence reposed in him by the delegates of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Tamale Central Constituency to lead the party in Election 2012. He said people in the constituency should work ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=81b0a71a-691d-4386-b993-81346b25c30724-Jan-2012The swift intervention of some police personnel at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle averted what could have been a bloody clash between some traders and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Task Force. The traders, who were armed with sticks and stones, were displeased with the manner their colleague, identified as Taller, was ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=443fb76f-173e-400b-8c97-cde580cac9a724-Jan-2012Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has said its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up. Mr Lazaridis, who founded RIM in 1984, will become vice chairman. Mr Balsillie will continue to sit on the board but not have any operational role. Chief operating officer Thorsten Heins ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4ba410a8-2867-47c7-8476-500d9d3df96b23-Jan-2012UK scientists have detected a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. The bulge is some 8,000 cubic km in size and has risen by about 15cm since 2002. The team thinks it may be the result of strong winds whipping up a great clockwise current in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a1a693f2-9148-45f0-90ee-059a2b3ca6bc23-Jan-2012European Union foreign ministers have formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran over its nuclear programme. The sanctions involve an immediate ban on all new oil contracts with Iran, while existing contracts will be honoured until 1 July. Tehran denies that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons and says talks and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ab6ce972-f2b5-46c5-83d3-6da8c0ec156d23-Jan-2012What has happened to Col Muammar Gaddafi''s son, Saif al-Islam? Libyan authorities have been given until the end of Monday to answer questions over his health and legal status. The International Criminal Court wants him to stand trial in The Hague, but Libya''s new leaders have said they want him to face ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=703f93bf-1d12-4d34-9903-e7d8dee5328e23-Jan-2012Gold Fields Ghana has sent a goodwill message to the Black Stars at Franceville, Gabon, ahead of the Stars'' opening game against Botswana in the ongoing 28th edition of the African Cup of Nations tournament co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. A statement issued in Accra by the Executive Vice President ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4a51c976-1584-427e-a3a5-d15f28ec63f923-Jan-2012John Mensah wants an opening day victory in Group D to calm nerves ahead of a busy campaign at the African Cup of Nations. The Ghana captain admits that the expectation is high as the Black Stars chase a fifth African title. But he believes that winning against debutants, Botswana on Tuesday ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=733ddc64-bc9f-491e-a92e-7ec95b9f4f4823-Jan-2012Makoma is back with their new music video ''Yo Ozali'' is the second hottest single from their new album '' EVOLUTION'' soon to hit store near you. This young and talented African Gospel musical group has what it take to be the champ in Gospel scene. Armed by their unique ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b3d9826b-e1fa-469c-990d-4d4225c008f723-Jan-2012Dance guru Slim Buster has announced that all is set for the premiering of his movie titled ''HellMett'' at the National Theatre on Saturday January 28, 2012. In the said movie written by Mike Ofori and directed by Paa Kwesi of TV3, the musicians/dancer plays the lead role. The movie tells the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f197afd9-a6e1-4cbc-b2e8-f39c47d474b123-Jan-2012As the Bank of Ghana steps up its intervention to support the weak cedi, the local currency could throw up perhaps the biggest challenge to monetary policy this year, judging from indications picked up by the Business & Financial Times. Further cedi weakening, which is not a far-fetched scenario in the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=189b66fe-9207-4149-9a53-5f6d7ca0715d23-Jan-2012Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for customers and the general public has reached an agreement with British Airways to collect payments for its e-ticket reservations. The service, which has already started across the Bank''s branches nationwide, thus creates a partnership of convenience for both ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e9957d7d-f3e8-4ce5-ae27-1049ab311da023-Jan-2012Breman Asikuma, (C/R) Jan 22, GNA - The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Director of Health Service, Dr. Gohungo-Liuz Amouzu has said that malaria continues to top the ten top diseases in the district. He said as part of initiatives to reduce the rate of the disease, 54,685 treated mosquito nets were distributed to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=12b58170-befa-4c6c-88d9-4f915fb1148b23-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 22, GNA - A three-day forum on Persons With Disability (PWD) has been opened in Qatar''s capital Doha, with a call on governments and civil society groups to reconsider the major challenges confronting the physically challenged, particularly in conflict and crisis situation. The forum dubbed: “Crisis, Conflict and Disability: ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3645b013-88ff-4448-97ed-1808bd17999d23-Jan-2012The people of the Akwamu traditional area are experiencing their fair share of the “gargantuan crimes” being perpetrated on the people of Ghana by President Mills and his ruling National Democratic Congress after judgement debt of GH¢20 million awarded them in 2010 has been nicodemusly “chopped” by the NDC Member ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3fcab67d-8e8d-4380-ad8f-96ba8665a6c323-Jan-2012The police have arrested two students who were part of a stealing syndicate that harassed residents of Bolgatanga, especially those at the SSNIT Flats and the Bolgatanga Estates. They are Razak Elise, 22, of the Bolgatanga Polytechnic and believed to be leader of the group, and Majeed Sumani, 18, a junior ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=356be27b-fcdd-4e28-9613-e89d2c4219c523-Jan-2012The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of Education (MDE), Nana Kofi Mbeah, has expressed worry over the formation of social c1ubs by some junior high school female students to practice prostitution and other social vices. He alleged that some of the clubs have been named “Wetlands” and “Blue Girls” and the members operate ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0b10ea7c-f2f1-4a7e-a506-81c884a0c8f523-Jan-2012THE HAGUE (AFP) - The International Criminal Court on Monday confirmed charges against four out of six Kenyan officials, who will now face trial over deadly post-election unrest four years ago in which 1,100 died. "After having thoroughly examined all the evidence presented by the prosecution, the chamber decided to confirm ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1d7589ba-5fbf-4c34-ba86-6874a405541323-Jan-2012NEW YORK, January 23, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A television reporter covering the aftermath of coordinated terrorist attacks in northern Nigeria was gunned down this afternoon, according to local journalists and news reports. Enenche Akogwu, 31, a reporter and video camera operator with independent broadcaster Channels TV, was shot by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1ddc9b3d-46de-419d-a15e-27ca31f4516023-Jan-2012CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt''s lower house of parliament on Monday holds its first session since a popular uprising ousted veteran president Hosni Mubarak, with Islamists dominating the assembly for the first time. One year after the revolution, many Egyptians see the new parliament as the first sign of democratic rule, in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b08d0cee-df58-4f9d-9715-dad5bec2467a23-Jan-2012The US mining giant Freeport-McMoran has reported a 59% fall in fourth quarter profit as strikes at its Indonesia mine hit production. The company reported a profit of $640m (£413m) during the period, down from $1.55bn a year earlier. Freeport''s copper and gold mine in Indonesia was hit by a three-month long ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7ca7ff53-2420-4456-9c02-d05309266e8f20-Jan-2012Work-related benefits were claimed by 371,000 migrants last year - the vast majority of which were legitimate, the first research of its kind has shown. The estimates suggest workers born abroad may be less likely to claim benefits than UK nationals. A look at a sample of 9,000 claimants of certain nationalities ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=366100aa-cf8c-46e1-a01f-748b685fa98820-Jan-2012Nkawie (Ash), Jan. 19, GNA - A total of 1,102 young girls aged between 15 and 19 years in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District gave birth last year. Three hundred and eight (308) of the deliveries were done through caesarean section. Dr Samuel Osei Sowuah, the District Director of Ghana Health Service (GHS), addressing ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=94b09bfc-13fa-4429-83fe-1d96cf66c17220-Jan-2012Hackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website. The Department of Justice (DoJ), FBI and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) among others have been bombarded with internet traffic. Web links have been been distributed which, when clicked, make the user''s computer ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=99446d67-499f-41c4-818e-d23b09a38e9620-Jan-201220 January 2012. A sub-Saharan "African Spring”? This is the theme of the inaugural edition of the new BBC World Service global monthly programme, BBC Africa Debate, which will be broadcast from Accra, Ghana, on Friday 27 January. A year ago, when the protesters took to the streets in Tunisia, Egypt ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f2565f57-9799-443e-be06-a79691f27e8720-Jan-2012Glo Mobile Ghana is confident the activation of its integrated telecommunication system will generate a chain of direct and indirect employment and business opportunities throughout the country. Chief Operating Officer, George Andah says exciting activities have been lined up to launch the entry of the network onto the Ghana market. The company ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=28bfe51a-06a8-435c-b81a-a8d49076f8df20-Jan-2012The Prayer Warrior Team of the Volta Region branch of ZoomLion Ghana Limited has extended its activities to the deprived in society, as its members have presented food items and cash to an orphanage home – Drifting Angles Orphanage – at Tsito-Awudome, to aid the proprietors care for the children. The ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3922e594-55f4-4983-8929-e38e2405131720-Jan-2012Popular actor, Kofi Adu, a.k.a , has denied ever taking his former shop attendant, Cecilia Tandoh along on any of his shows outside Kumasi. Cecilia, 24, who is standing trial for allegedly stealing GH¢ 60,000 belonging to her former boss had claimed that her refusal to have sex with led to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c882c879-9727-46b1-a8e8-2effce1b6df120-Jan-2012When film producers imposed a one-year ban on sultry actress, Yvonne Nelson in December 2010, many observers may have thought that her career would be disrupted and she would be sitting at home all forlorn licking her wounds. Wrong. In fact, the 6ft tall movie star insists that the year 2011 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8d39d926-42e7-4de1-9ab8-426ef5ef5d0f20-Jan-2012The Volta Regional Police Command has made progress in dealing with the Akporsorkubi communal conflict that occurred on December 29, last year, which resulted in the death of one person, and leaving the Paramount Chief of the area, Alevle Okitikpo III, with gunshot wounds, while another person sustained various degrees ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a342814e-4e42-4edf-b54e-a98b7c7613c120-Jan-2012Court bailiffs, with support from the police, have seized two vehicles belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Kumasi for the non-payment of a liability of GH¢22,300 imposed on the company in a case of illegal disconnection of power to a customer. The Nissan pick-up vehicles, with registration numbers ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9386d711-8f19-41d3-9c6d-97c7b101955120-Jan-2012CAIRO (AFP) - Experts are investigating reports that a safe containing radioactive material was stolen from a site where Egypt plans to build its first nuclear power plant, government newspapers said on Friday. The UN atomic energy agency issued a statement Thursday saying "the items that have gone missing are low-level ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1cbcc3e4-de9d-4efa-8df1-84d851955f6320-Jan-2012JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa''s Kruger National Park has reopened its gates after severe flooding damaged roads, cutting off dozens of tourists, officials said on Friday. "Everything is back to normal now, all the gates have been opened. We are receiving visitors again," park spokesman William Mabasa said. Heavy rains this week ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=acc39d9c-8705-45fc-8e23-872a2bc000b420-Jan-2012The National Woman’s organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Madam , has slammed the communications team of the party for not doing much to check the growing misinformation being peddled about the party by the main opposition NPP. He said in spite of the major achievements of the government of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0e9cf2a0-c93d-462a-8382-e5eedd46765420-Jan-2012Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has endorsed a decision by some functionaries of his government not to appear before the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) which is investigating the payment of judgement debt to Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman. He wondered how the former ministers who had serious issues ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=625120c7-4f08-459c-a6ae-f1ad88e3293620-Jan-2012Nothing less than victory in the 2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations final next month will do for hard-to-please Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic. The 45-year-old Serbian coach travels to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea this week for the continental tournament with a squad considered joint favourites beside Côte d''Ivoire. Ghana launch a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b5a48c3b-2a48-42dd-b227-65e56cd94c1919-Jan-2012Since becoming chief executive, Mr Perez has been responsible for steering Kodak away from its traditional market in cameras to focus on home and commercial printers. However, the firm has failed to stop its plunging profitability. The move to seek bankruptcy protection comes after Kodak failed to sell its catalogue of digital ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7cf8e4fc-cf33-46d0-bfcf-09874aa73dc019-Jan-2012Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has appeared before the country''''s Supreme Court in contempt proceedings, to defend his record. The court initiated the hearing over Mr Gilani''''s refusal to ask Swiss officials to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari. If found guilty of contempt he could be banned ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=80b15572-57c3-4f38-8355-4e6c903a85cb19-Jan-2012The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, has expressed concern about the performance of pupils in last year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Upper East East region and called for the development of strategies to improve the performance and quality of education in the region. He noted ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a390c0ed-8964-4c6c-a4eb-986502babfad19-Jan-2012New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, has on behalf of the party extended goodwill wishes to the Black Stars of Ghana, “as they get ready to win their 5th African Cup of Nations title.” A statement issued by the party Thursday quoted him as saying “I believe strongly that with sheer ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a88e626f-1604-4fbd-aaaa-d853fb6e2f6f19-Jan-2012Asamoah Gyan scored on his return from injury as Ghana earned a 2-0 victory over Platinum Stars in an African Nations Cup warm-up on Wednesday. Two first half goals from Gyan and Andre Ayew wrapped up Ghana''s preparations ahead of the start of the African Nations Cup. The Al-Ain striker only returned ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9df4b621-fd61-4a4f-9d46-1a931b89652c19-Jan-2012The last son of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Dr Sekou Nkrumah, has said Ghana''s economic growth is being undermined by the policies of the leadership of the National Democratic Congress which is retarding the development of the country and creating multiple problems. He said to restore the economy to its rightful footing; ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=253b6fd0-ab86-4fd5-ace6-7e0d1d206d5919-Jan-2012All is set for the National Democratic Congress to hold its primaries to elect 116 parliamentary candidates for constituencies with NDC sitting Members of Parliament. The primaries, which will take place simultaneously nationwide, is slated for Saturday, January, 21 to 24, 2012. According to Mr George Lawson, Deputy General Secretary of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2e5a2f62-9d91-403c-aaea-559736639a2419-Jan-2012The president of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Mr. George Ofori, has described the current state of exchange rates from the major international currencies into the Ghana cedi as dangerous to Ghana''s economy. This was as a result of complaints made by some affected traders who say they are ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=16ccd5c3-bc05-4307-9696-7754729470cc19-Jan-2012Ghana will be unable to get as much crude oil as had been anticipated this year from the Jubilee Field. It had been estimated that the field would produce on the average, 120 thousand barrels of oil a day, a few months after the commencement of production. That target is however yet ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dbb39514-d353-44b2-a251-2ad4ccbb949a19-Jan-2012ome six Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCOP) to Commissioner of Police (COP), The Chronicle has gathered that there is an uneasy calm at the helm of the police administration over the exclusion of five other accomplished officers. The five DCOPs who were excluded from the list are DCOP David Asante-Apeatu, third ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d8dc7124-db3f-4f51-96fe-5f1bb829426c19-Jan-2012Akomadan (Ash), Jan 18, GNA - FORM-Ghana, a forest plantation company, has received thumbs-up from the government for its effort at re-planting the degraded Asubima and Afrensu-Brohuma forest reserves. It has already planted 2,190 hectares of teak and 376 hectares of indigenous species. The target is to re-forest 10,000 hectares of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1db72797-68fb-4686-b916-de75aa4d2c0b19-Jan-2012Koforidua, Jan. 16 GNA - Despite significance reduction in maternal, infant and under five mortality rates in Ghana, it is unlikely that the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets could be met. Mr Prem Shukla, Country Director of Plan Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO), who made this observation, said Ghana could ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=27053178-adae-468c-95b3-0a3176c6469e18-Jan-2012Peace FM''s affable "Kokrokoo" morning show host Chairman General, Kwami Sefa Kayi has been named "The Most Influential broadcaster" in the year 2011, in the newly released e-TV''s 100 Most Influential Ghanaians 2011. In a unique demonstration of its commitment to impacting society, E. tv Ghana, the fastest growing television station ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=160acecf-525f-4422-828d-d26c5eb1b81a18-Jan-2012An international research has shown that Ghana together with 10 other African countries risk putting the lives of millions of its people in danger due to the influx of fake malarial drugs on the market. The research showed that fake and poor quality anti-malarial drugs were threatening efforts to control the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=11dd19f2-c787-4d41-b559-a3ff98603b1f18-Jan-2012The GFA and Fifa took a giant step towards promoting and achieving healthy living among children by implementing the F-MARC ''11 for Health'' project in Ghana. A pilot study of the project, part of Fifa''s 2010 World Cup legacy, will be implemented in some selected schools in Accra before it is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3b6c1aad-6620-4e76-a818-1bcc76ff4da618-Jan-20122012 has begun with many news for the Champions Promenade in Monte Carlo. The 2011 awarded players footprints are now present. Luis Figo (Portugal), Ruud Gullit (Holland), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), Abedi Ayew “Pelé” (Ghana), FC Internazionale''s captain Javier Zanetti and the winner Ryan Giggs (Wales) are all there. Wallking along ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7bf524f9-7055-420b-9001-600b373c531118-Jan-2012Accra, Jan 17, GNA - The Sucatrade Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Finatrade Group of Companies, has now agreed that officials of the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) should supervise the destruction of 1,000 cartons of chicken. Apart from officially writing to the Customs Division to supervise the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0d4006b8-29ff-447c-bf03-bf0c777df9ae18-Jan-2012KAMPALA (AFP) - Sitting in the glow of his flat-screen computer monitor in a fashionable office, Donald Kasule says that until recently it was almost impossible to imagine making a success of an Internet start-up in Uganda. When he first had the idea several years ago for his "Wedding Bells" website ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=512611ec-c92b-4d67-a822-38e639018a4818-Jan-2012THE VOLTA Regional Police Command has arrested 26 persons from Apesokubi in the Biakoye District of the Region over the recent shootings that got Nicholas Ane killed and the Chief of Akporsor, Alevle Kwabena Okitikpo III and one other person injured. Out of the total arrest, 19 were men while seven ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d8937666-4dae-426f-998e-062f31bb514718-Jan-2012The recent promotion of superior officers in the Ghana Police Service has put the exercise on the spot with aggrieved persons and observers describing it as politically skewed. Those who were sidelined, information reaching DAILY GUIDE indicates, had their names put forth for the consideration of the Police Council chaired by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d9233009-88cc-4054-82cf-d02dc20db30a18-Jan-2012By E.K.Bensah Jr January is always a great month to review and refresh everything – including money. It is no surprise, therefore, I have chosen to focus on an aspect of resource-mobilization in fulfillment of the African Integration narrative which ought to see continental union—as per the Abuja Treaty of 1991—by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7500324f-1fbf-4a27-922c-180d36d9608818-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 18, GNA – The World Bank has appointed Mr Makhtar Diop, a former Finance Minister of Senegal and Chair of the West African Monetary Union (WAEMU) Board of Finance Ministers, as its new Vice President for Africa. The bank''s document made available to the Ghana News Agency in Accra ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4f95d084-6ed1-4d96-abd8-dc36be5faf2b18-Jan-2012Radio talk show organized last Monday, 9th January 2012 sparked off intensive "one on one" debate on Sankofa Radio - a city Radio station based in Stuttgart, Germany. The program was hosted by Kwesi Owusu, a political program moderator of the station with his Guest, Mr. Agbesi Nutsu, a powerful, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5c3d43cd-5589-4fb3-b721-978fb067f94f18-Jan-2012The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has today presented its interim report through the National Security Coordinator to His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills. The BNI was tasked by President Mills on 14th December, 2011 in the wake of the cocaine turned sodium bicarbonate case to unravel the mystery and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eaa6d417-3c53-45e3-8ab2-a82738bbfe5218-Jan-2012Tuberculosis which appears to be totally resistant to antibiotic treatment has been reported for the first time by Indian doctors. Concern over drug-resistant strains of TB is growing, with similar ''incurable'' TB emerging in Italy and Iran. Doctors in Mumbai said 12 patients had a "totally drug resistant" form of the infection, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b579e14a-0826-44a5-bd41-99a19cecaf0c17-Jan-2012The European Commission - the EU''s executive arm - has opened legal proceedings against Hungary over reforms to its central bank, data protection and judiciary. PM Viktor Orban was given a month to respond to the Commission''s concerns. Critics say the new central bank law puts the bank''s independence at risk. It ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cf933d9f-87f3-4574-85bb-85d46f5c584817-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 17, GNA – The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has assured Ghanaians that it would endeavour to maintain confidence in the operation of the SSNIT Informal Sector Fund (SISF), to safeguard funds of the informal sector contributors. The SSNIT said, as the sole shareholder, it owed contributors ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=69ae2f72-5a6b-4d3e-99a2-1c8334e19e9c17-Jan-2012Ghana’s leading producer of cement, GHACEM, says the industry saw a record 22% growth in 2011 relative to 2010, attributing this to the robust economic growth witnessed in the country in the year under review. The Managing Director of GHACEM, Mr. Morten Gade made this known in Takoradi at GHACEM’s 2011 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=57a3702b-6de1-48b2-9ae3-ccf1ebd4123517-Jan-2012The National Theatre in Accra will come alive with fun and excitement on Saturday, February 11 when six of Ghana’s seasoned highlife musicians mount the stage to perform at the ‘Vita Milk Valentine Love Nite’. Kwaisey Pee and his friends, Nana Fynn, Nana Tuffour, K.K Fosu, Kwabena Kwabena and Efya ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a1508e3d-71c2-4fa3-94f1-564773cb954b17-Jan-2012JUBA (AFP) - Gunmen killed at least 51 people in the latest ethnic clashes in South Sudan''''s troubled Jonglei state, the region''''s governor said Tuesday. "The whole night (Monday) they burned the town... 51 are confirmed dead and now we have 22 (injured) evacuated to Juba," said Jonglei governor Kuol Manyang. Armed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1e7f57f8-88de-4109-a718-49984e6e1c9417-Jan-2012A youth group calling itself Concerned Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given the government up to Friday to compel officials of the past administration to appear before the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to account for their roles which made the State to lose huge sums ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0a4e545e-f0b2-4ef4-86be-23188e149a2d17-Jan-2012''Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely'' – Lord Acton The above-captioned political maxim suffices to describe President John Evans Atta-Mills'' persona, especially with respect to his comments regarding his relationship with Fmr President Jerry John Rawlings in his recent press briefing. How fascinating is it that Mills could look into the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=77040258-0b67-4e84-b0ae-3c2f77701f4017-Jan-2012The BBC news report mentions a Jane Iwu (I don''t fail to notice the ''Jane'' part of Doe) who “knows of a friend.” No name. No dates. There''s also mention of a “second woman from east London who told of a friend.” Notice, an unnamed woman tells of another unnamed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0af28259-6b23-474f-bb06-19ef173c6c8b16-Jan-2012French PM Francois Fillon has defended his government''s economic policies following the decision by ratings agency Standard and Poor''s to downgrade the credit rating of France. He said the government would push ahead with reforms and debt reduction. Standard and Poor''s said Europe''s austerity and budget discipline alone were not sufficient to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2db90cac-ea32-47b8-91f3-42186c95312716-Jan-2012The University of Ghana has named one of the four new halls after its first female graduate, Mrs Elizabeth Frances Sey. A statement issued in Accra by Mrs Stella A. Amoa, Director of Public Affairs said Mrs Sey (Nee Biney) was enrolled in the then University College of the Gold Coast ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fc770d71-4572-43fd-8dcd-8fc21caf5add16-Jan-2012Apple''''s (AAPL) sixth annual "supplier responsibility" report is sure to be closely read by both critics and competitors. For one thing an addendum to the report lists for the first time the names of Apple''''s major subcontractors -- 156 companies, many in the Far East, representing 97% of the company''''s supply ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dbf0592c-a4dd-42d8-bc2e-040e1656fa6216-Jan-2012The National Lottery Authority (NLA), in association with Airtel Ghana and Edlorm Housing Limited, has launched a new gaming promotion called ''Win, Own and Walk In'' (WOW). WOW is targeted at SMS trivia fans, the young at heart, established NLA mobile gaming patrons and Airtel subscribers who dream of building or ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=116d56b7-2a2f-40f5-952d-fab1effe313116-Jan-2012MONROVIA (AFP) - Liberia''s Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in Monday in a lavish $1.2 million ceremony after her disputed reelection in the nation''s second post-war polls. The 73-year old grandmother took the oath administered by the country''s Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis as thousands looked on from the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0d7b6445-3509-4d07-bb86-4bf5844a5de416-Jan-2012The mobile industry in Africa contributes US$56billion to the regional economy, equivalent to 3.5% of total Gross Domestic Product, and employs some five million people on the continent, says the GSMA Africa Mobile Observatory report. The mobile industry in Africa is booming. With over 620 million mobile connections as of September ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=00a6e2f6-6bd2-4344-834b-78e0af97089416-Jan-2012The government is taking steps to ameliorate some of the hardships facing workers following the recent adjustment in fuel prices. As a first step more buses are to be imported by the government to improve public transportation to reduce the burden on the public. Additionally, the government has directed the early payment ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a789da72-b383-4365-ae9e-d6dfd8e8f2ad16-Jan-2012President John Evans Atta has renewed his pledge to work closely with Ghana’s neighbouring countries in the supreme interest of the economic and political development of his country and the rest of the West African sub-region. He underscored the need for unity and collaboration between Ghana and its neighbours with the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=011220b4-31b9-4c8f-9d1b-dca5adf1a32416-Jan-2012Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is leading the charge at this year''''s Brit Awards, with four nominations. The 20-year-old is up for best male, breakthrough act, best single for The A Team, and best album for his debut record, which is called +. Pop star Jessie J is up for three awards - best ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=95ff0f12-83b5-4e8d-b96d-4c6984ceaae113-Jan-2012Katy Perry was the big winner at this year''s People''s Choice Awards, winning five prizes including favourite female artist and song of the year, for ET. But the star wasn''t at the show, which took place at the Nokia Theatre in LA, after pulling out earlier this week. It would have been ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=607e2245-29e5-4161-9acc-0ae007363a1813-Jan-2012TIMBUKTU, Mali (AFP) - Mali''s army has deployed extra troops and military equipment to its largely-desert north where Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb operates, officials said Friday. "The Malian army has deployed men, equipment and over 200 vehicles to the north," an administrative source said. An AFP journalist saw two Mig fighter ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1f19c3bc-8ba9-4aff-aaa0-bfe034f15c5413-Jan-2012LAGOS (AFP) - A nationwide strike over the removal of fuel subsidies that has locked down oil-rich Nigeria entered a fifth day Friday after talks between the president and labour leaders failed to reach a deal. The main oil workers union has threatened to shut down crude production by the weekend ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=adbe66e8-cc8f-40b6-af27-8c7755d58de213-Jan-2012Eskom''s recent warnings of possible power outages as a result of routine maintenance activities in South Africa this summer has brought the country''s power problems back into the fore -- further highlighting that alternative energy solutions are not only important but necessary to address the current pressure placed on power ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d92be243-df78-478b-a47a-c9e2f623aacd13-Jan-2012Kenyasi Number Two (B/A), Jan. 13, GNA – Mr. Paul Sowley, General Manager, Environment and Social Responsibility of Newmont Ahafo mine at Kenyasi, has said there was no way cyanide or other dangerous chemical could spill over into the company''''s Water Storage Facility (WSF) or any nearby stream in the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c4f8e8dd-6993-44eb-b971-811a53a831c513-Jan-2012The Office of the Auditor –General on Thursday said only one payment totalling GH¢ 17, 094, 493.54 was paid to Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome in 2010 and not GH¢ 58,905,974.13. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra, explained that in 2010, two payment orders were made towards ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1c5a1df7-fac0-4a41-93b5-66eaaa198d6713-Jan-2012Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku says it is important for Ghanaians to know the health status of their president in spite of concerns raised by a section of political divide that it is not a relevant issue. According to him, if a president of a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fd01a57f-eb51-4dca-8b31-59de7df76ad413-Jan-2012The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has made useless the supposed successes President Mills claims to have chalked in the year 2011 under his much talked-about ''action year'' mantra. When the President met a section of the country''s journalists at the Castle on Monday he claimed to have made not only ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d6d1a76d-50d4-48c6-99f1-52b65af9d63c13-Jan-2012A senior source at the Castle has told the New Statesman that the President, John Evans Atta-Mills, has demanded for the resignation of his Attorney-General, Martin Amidu, with immediate effect. Mr Amidu''s resignation, according to our source, is expected to be made public at the weekend. This development, according to the source, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1efd63df-70ca-475d-8768-7521122d5a3f13-Jan-2012A 27-year-old man has died from a blow by his friend. Isaac Bonsah received the blow from Atsu Hartor during a scuffle between the two men at Agona in the Western Region. The scuffle was precipitated by an argument when Hartor and his brother, Tawiah Doe Hartor, had gone to Bonsah, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=04c07fdf-434d-4d34-b17d-0bd3046c730a13-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 12, GNA - Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Angwubutoge Awuni, Commander of Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), on Thursday appealed to individuals, organisations and institutions, to assist the unit to become more efficient and effective in its operations. He said, “By adequately resourcing the Police, you do ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c6a8d630-24f4-4144-8340-237cdc293abb13-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 12, GNA - Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Angwubutoge Awuni, Commander of Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), on Thursday appealed to individuals, organisations and institutions, to assist the unit to become more efficient and effective in its operations. He said, “By adequately resourcing the Police, you do ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d4784cef-eb08-4e32-a2a9-af2548d6984c13-Jan-2012The First ever African Choral Festival which comes off in Accra and Cape Coast on the 10th and 11th of March, 2012 respectively is gradually shaping up. The event which is under the theme ''''Celebrating Culture through Choral Music'''' is slated for March 9-13, 2012 and will take place in the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d5ea879b-d96d-4cd1-acc9-25332c73039112-Jan-2012British police are to investigate claims that UK secret services helped in the rendition of a man to Libya. The Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service said MI5 and MI6 officers would not be charged over separate torture collusion claims. One of the leaders of the anti-Gaddafi forces is suing the UK ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b58ac73c-425d-47df-b73d-91c79a36d94b12-Jan-2012Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a video that appears to show US Marines urinating on the bloodied corpses of several Taliban fighters. The Taliban has also criticised the video as "shameful" but said it would not derail attempts at peace talks. The US military is investigating the authenticity of the video ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b22659d7-696a-4a7c-b6df-8d9cd117c80b12-Jan-2012Sunyani (B/A) Jan. 11, GNA – The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) is distributing 11 million Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) free of charge nationwide. The more than GHc99,000 worth of ITNs were made available through funding from the United States Agency for International ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=987a4e6d-f392-48db-aa37-90e84c8aa78c12-Jan-2012Star actor Desmond Elliot has also joined the list of celebrities who have lent their voice against the fuel subsidy removal by the Nigerian government on January 1, 2012. According to the talented actor, the action is only meant to inflict untold hardship on the innocent masses. He took to his Twitter ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=959a0cbc-7e79-4ecc-9449-03aecc3d12a012-Jan-2012Blue Ivy''s parents, Beyonce and Jay-Z, are known for selling out shows and crafting chart-topping albums, so it''s not a surprise that the newborn has already set a Billboard chart record of her own. According to Billboard, since proud dad Jay-Z released his song "Glory" on Monday, it''s already entered the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e87904ef-c37f-4a87-a95e-e3f13066564212-Jan-2012merican super model, Amber Rose has opened up about what led to her breakup with hiphop star Kanye West about a year ago. Amber, 28, is currently dating rapper Wiz Khalifa of Black and Yellow fame. She had blamed television personality, model and actress Kim Kardashian for her break up with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=69a01e9e-3734-4342-8dc3-9ded1224ff0012-Jan-2012Liverpool hold the advantage and have a first Wembley appearance since 1996 in their sights after a Carling Cup semi-final first-leg victory at Manchester City. Steven Gerrard''s early penalty, awarded when Stefan Savic fouled Daniel Agger, condemned City to a second successive home defeat after their FA Cup exit against Manchester ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ed2ec9ac-14eb-4904-8ec9-784acb160f2912-Jan-2012Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, has announced the adoption of the Equator Principles - the industry standard for financial institutions active in project finance. A statement issued by the pan African bank said Ecobank would apply the principles to project finance activities in all relevant ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=811ad9cf-76bf-4a62-a905-97a53d475ff312-Jan-2012A report from the maiden GSMA Africa Mobile Observatory carried out in 2011 indicate that the mobile industry contribute a total of $56billion to Africa’s economy, representing 3.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the continent. The executive summary of the report, available to Adom News noted the mobile industry in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=571c9e45-85b7-485a-a715-b604bf42931312-Jan-2012The leader and founder of the Progressive Peoples Party has charged his members to work assiduously in order to become a viable alternative to the two major political parties in Ghana. Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom is embarrassed at the situation in which some parties fail to get a single vote in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c2ed1ad3-7376-4e3b-a737-dd7072e54eca12-Jan-2012National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jake Otanka Obestebi Lamptey, has stated categorically that no member of the party will cooperate with investigations into the Woyome saga as far as the probe is handled by the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation(EOCO). He claimed the NPP does “not want ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=58b4ee4a-25ab-4ddf-b67d-4c4329301d9212-Jan-2012The Minister for European Affairs & International Cooperation of The Netherlands, Ben Knapen, has visited Ghana to discuss further investments in the water and sanitation sectors. The visit of the minister and his entourage formed part of the launch of the new Dutch development policy on water, which Ghana is expected ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=310f06cd-8baa-4518-af8f-0b304cb0950012-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 11, GNA - The European Commission decided that starting from 2012, additional support to the tune of 52 million euros (110 million Ghana cedis) will be given to Ghana to reduce maternal mortality and achieve the MDG 5 targets. A press release by the EU in Accra on Wednesday ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5ab7b9b9-506e-4e74-a12d-1fb531240c6012-Jan-2012NAIROBI (AFP) - Gunmen killed three Kenyan police and wounded two others in the latest of a string of attacks in the northeastern border region with war-torn Somalia, police said Thursday. "The attack occurred at a camp in Gerille in Wajir on Wednesday night and we lost three officers, two others ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0d9415e9-d205-4210-a447-9b4facc59a5712-Jan-2012LAGOS (AFP) - A national strike that has paralysed Nigeria and brought tens of thousands into the streets entered its fourth day on Thursday with oil workers threatening to halt production. The strike and protests in Africa''s largest crude producer has put the government under mounting pressure as it also seeks ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=003e1e1b-c288-441a-8599-b281aa2bd7bd12-Jan-2012witter has complained about changes made by Google to integrate its social network Google+ into search results. The new feature, called Search plus Your World, will automatically push results from Google+ up the search rankings. Tweeting on the news, Twitter''s lawyer Alex Macgillivray described it as a "bad day for the internet". Google ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=120ca16d-74cc-46b8-8537-9c7023d709a212-Jan-2012he Circuit Court Judge who presided over the cocaine-turned-soda-powder case, Mr Eric Kyei Baffour, is being transferred from Accra Circuit Court 1 to another court (location withheld), according to The Finder newspaper. The source who spoke to the paper on condition of anonymity indicated that the Judge was only being transferred ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e0ec9ed1-3731-4bb3-812f-8042a5fa2df712-Jan-2012Christmas and the New Year festive period is the most joyous time of the year. A time of merry-making and giving to family and loved ones alike. However, society often forgets about the less fortunate ones during such times. For this reason, the Kinkaway Foundation; a non-governmental and a non-partisan organization, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4e06acf3-180b-4fef-ad75-5901c5c919b312-Jan-2012Intel''s new processor designed for mobile devices will be used by Motorola Mobility and Lenovo in upcoming Android-based smartphones. The Medfield chip is designed to help Intel make headway in a sector dominated by processors based on designs by the UK firm Arm Holdings. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=47ba7c69-94b1-4c3b-9d2d-25186570401911-Jan-2012A British man has been interviewed by police investigating the death of a little girl in Norway while the child''s mother was talking to him on Skype. Yasmin Chaudhry was arrested by police in Oslo after her 20-month-old daughter died after being plunged into a bucket of water in October 2010. A ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2b67440e-1a21-49e7-b41d-69085048387211-Jan-2012A university lecturer and nuclear scientist has been killed in a car explosion in north Tehran, reports say. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an academic who also worked at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, and another unidentified person were killed in the attack. The blast happened after a motorcyclist stuck an apparent bomb to the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=33c8b94d-e608-4a79-89e3-543c5020bc0611-Jan-2012UWR), Jan.10, GNA- A traditional ruler in the Upper West Region says illiteracy is one of the tragedies of the Ghanaian Muslim community which needed to be tackled seriously to create more opportunities for the youth to contribute meaningfully to national development. Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye II, Acting President of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fc768ed3-0266-4e7d-9dda-9f372c6ea38611-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 10, GNA - Speakers at the on-going 63rd Annual New Year School and Conference in Accra on Tuesday, have identified the absence of practical training in Ghana''s educational system as a major challenge to higher skills development. They argued that this had resulted in the creeping phenomena of graduate ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=627d9cc6-5550-46da-a43e-26d6f7949dd611-Jan-2012The newly bereaved are at greatly increased risk of heart attack after the death of a close loved one, US researchers say. Heart attack risk is 21 times higher within the first day and six times higher than normal within the first week, a study in the Circulation journal of nearly ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0ecf4817-4e23-4e23-9710-28907dd6ff6311-Jan-2012Healthy people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke could be doing more harm than good, warn researchers. An analysis of more than 100,000 patients, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, concluded the risk of internal bleeding was too high. The UK-led study said only people with a history ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2a61dccf-dcd3-4846-8291-650dddf94bca11-Jan-2012Nick Cannon checked out of a Los Angeles hospital over the weekend after being treated for "mild kidney failure" suffered in Aspen, Colorado, over the holidays, his rep said. "He is resting and recovering at home and would like to thank everyone who has expressed concern, well wishes and prayers," Tracy ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f264d160-480b-4d9c-a027-f5db0845a3db11-Jan-2012Kacey Moore, undoubtedly, is the next big thing in Ghanaian entertainment. The Ghanaian born talented Singer, Songwriter, Performing and Recording artist signed to GAB Management, is one versatile vessel ready to unleash what has been hidden from the world this 2012. Rising as a budding artiste, he has nurtured for himself ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8172ab99-c932-4113-a3f6-6979b366a75311-Jan-2012For once the rock star comparison doesn''t seem quite so absurd. For the latest product launch, at this year''s Detroit motor show, Ford CEO Alan Mulally strode into the arena in the usual blazing spotlights, billowing dry ice and blaring music. It''s a familiar walk for the CEOs of modern carmakers, and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d0f78585-f007-49cc-9db2-f3f872650c3b11-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 10, GNA – Ghanaian Financial Institutions have been advised to collaborate with world economic bodies to leverage local expertise who are capable of contributing meaningfully to the country''s oil and gas sector. Mr Alhassan Andani, Managing Director of Stanbic Bank Ghana, who gave the advice on Tuesday emphasized that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=24b92899-b580-45fa-840d-9888bccb1fd711-Jan-2012President John Evans Atta Mills says the ''Better Ghana Agenda'' can be evidently seen throughout the length and breadth of the country. “Ghanaians, whether objective or not with their criticisms, cannot deny the fact that there has been an improvement in their lives", President John Evan Atta Mills said during an interaction with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c2940408-ff72-4fe4-ae97-6f52800fcf8f11-Jan-2012Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, the 2008 presidential candidate of the Convention People''s Party (CPP), has told supporters of the his break away Progressive People''s Party (PPP) that the party would be built on a solid ground and would want to do things on different principles. He said the PPP wants Ghanaians ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7168fefd-8501-4f41-9bd2-4e25ad1c42d211-Jan-2012Police in Gambia are harassing a journalist for reporting farmers'' complaints against a local official accused of mismanaging public resources, according to local journalists and news reports. A plainclothes police officer picked up reporter Momodou S. Jallow of the private Daily News on Friday while he was covering a public meeting ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d44a16f1-d42f-4166-9074-5e44d1eeaf5011-Jan-2012The Accra High Court has fixed January 24, 2012 to rule on an application for stay of execution pending appeal of its decision that the ex-refinery differential component imposed by the National Petroleum Authority (NAP) was a tax and, therefore, illegal for want of parliamentary authorisation. The court, in its decision ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=397d6869-8e34-4301-80c9-cc70d05f61af11-Jan-2012LAGOS (AFP) - Thousands of protesting Nigerians defied a government order to end a nationwide strike that entered its third day Wednesday as deadly religious violence sparked renewed talk of a looming civil war. The double crisis facing the African giant has left the global oil market watching anxiously and President ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5c12aa79-5239-4595-b7d0-8d888180608a11-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 10, GNA - Drivers and vehicle owners have been advised to deal only with officials of the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA), to obtain roadworthy certificates, driver''s licence and other documents required in their operations. “By dealing with only recognised officials, you are sure of the validity of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a02df989-08e8-4ebe-8675-c55e7c51c0e911-Jan-2012As a student in a tertiary institution, he found it worrisome that some of his mates could not read when invited to do so at lectures. He requested, “It is my humble wish that you write an article to draw the attention of tertiary students to the importance of personal ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d71c0314-cea3-4741-a888-ac3bd3f72f0310-Jan-2012The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, has called for a debate by stakeholders in the legal profession to consider weaning off the Ghana School of Law financially from the Central Government. She noted that funding for the school emanated from Government solely and “It is time this tradition changed.” Mrs Wood ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b38e5221-e572-4907-98b5-4f8e2ddd3e1210-Jan-2012The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has started re-routing cocoa beans initially meant to be terminated at the now congested Takoradi Port to its Kaase and Tema take-over centres in a bid to reduce congestion at the port. The congestion is as a result of the unwillingness cocoa carriers of, to work ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d64fc64b-3e9e-40af-8fd2-2ce8d4c38cfa10-Jan-2012A human rights non-governmental organisation, the Corporate Social Responsibility Movement (CRUS), has filed a writ at the Accra High Court (Human Rights Division) against Pioneer Food Cannery Limited (PALOCZ) and the Global Haulage Company to compel them to stop activities which could destroy the aquatic life of the Chemu Lagoon ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=52916187-b9c8-42e7-8f47-6b1f520a5b6c10-Jan-2012The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) says claims of ownership of some of Ghana’s oil fields by neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire do not have merit and will not disturb the country’s oil production in anyway. According to the GNPC, the boundaries between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire had been very clear and undisputed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b238b859-4a4c-4eaf-8996-d84b7259499410-Jan-2012JUBA (AFP) - South Sudan faces challenges of "huge dimensions" as the world''''s newest nation struggles to support hundreds of thousands of people returning home or fleeing violence, the UN refugee chief said Tuesday. "South Sudan is a newborn country, with six months as an independent sovereign state, but it is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6eff8e18-9f34-476a-a213-9e15b05bc37b10-Jan-2012TUNIS (AFP) - A Tunisian man who set himself on fire to protest unemployment has died, a hospital official said Tuesday, a year almost to the day after a fruit-seller''''s self-immolation sparked the Arab Spring. Ammar Gharsalla, a 48-year-old father of three, had been among protestors staging a sit-in outside the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6ab191dc-1c0f-47c6-b401-020ff6a24f7910-Jan-2012President John Evans Atta Mills will hold the third media encounter with senior journalists and editors at the Castle, Osu, Monday. The event, which is line with the President’s pledge to manage the affairs of state in an open, honest, and transparent manner, will be telecast live on Ghana Television and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=001aa361-6783-40c0-8a24-c4550e9fae5f10-Jan-2012Nsoatre (B/A), Jan.10, GNA – Mrs. Cecilia Johnson, Member of Council of State, at the weekend said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) could lose the 2012 general election if party members failed to propagate projects and programmes executed by the government. She therefore charged the NDC to educate and portray the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c503a341-f7e9-4a69-b4c7-b5aeb278e11b10-Jan-2012Michael Essien''''s injury-blighted Chelsea career is on-track to restart with a game for the reserves against West Bromwich on Monday. Essien hasn''''t made a single appearance for the first-team this season and is missing the Africa Cup of Nations to continue his rehabilitation after suffering a serious knee injury in pre-season ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=baa3bc43-4265-4f65-9860-14cdc515dd9a09-Jan-2012Sonnie Badu began his ministry at a very young age, singing in his hometown of Ghana Accra. Sonnie was raised under a strict Christian upbringing, his father, Reverend Agyeman Prempeh, a prominent pastor in the capital state Accra would wake his children up with a cane for Church every Sunday. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9eea75a9-ec2b-4ad4-878b-d773864f5e5c09-Jan-2012After a long period of waiting, Praye have released their latest singles. Praye revealed the titles of the two singles as ‘Adwoa Ataa’ and Wonti-Wonti”. This is the first batch of songs the group have released after their split in October on the Broom Entertainment label. According to Praye Honeho, even ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=837d1697-e38b-43d4-af05-d2dab5e36a0009-Jan-2012Lionel Messi Best Yet Again FIFA''s voting panel judged Messi to be the best due to his astounding club form. In La Liga, Messi has spent the last twelve months scoring a goal a game. In those matches that he didn''t score he often turned provider: in the 5-0 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=09c95f7b-5380-4672-b06f-255c0fc5840b09-Jan-2012Ukrainian side Dnipro have rejected an offer from Fulham to sign their Ghanaian midfielder Derek Boateng this month," MTNFootball.com can exclusively reveal. Another offer by the English side to sign Boateng at the end of the season has also been turned down by the ambitious Ukrainian club. At the start of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ed2e5208-de5f-41cb-a96a-2bc8b4eeb51f09-Jan-2012President John Evans Atta Mills says he had no hand in the payment of GHS58 million judgement debt to businessman and National Democratic Congress guru, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, as his opponents would want Ghanaians to believe. He said he cannot be so irresponsible to direct his Finance Minister to pay such ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d25bc697-5a88-4d74-9446-b8e5e08b7e3109-Jan-2012The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) is feverishly preparing for the African Choral Festival scheduled for March 8-12, this year. Mr Ben Ohene-Ayeh, Public Relations Manager of the Authority, said the Festival was a novelty on the tourism calendar, and noted that several African countries would be represented with more than 50 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=142c662f-ba73-40e1-9838-6a898fe10f5609-Jan-2012Ghana''''''''s African Nations Cup squad has arrived at their base camp in South Africa. Assistant Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah and a 19-man squad touched down at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport some minutes after 7am GMT Saturday morning and were then driven by coach to their base, the Royal Bafokeng Sports ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eb5f04be-3e3e-40ea-a9bc-c8cfe6c0882009-Jan-2012A US man of Iranian descent has been sentenced to death by a court in Tehran for spying for the CIA. Amir Mirzai Hekmati was "sentenced to death for co-operating with a hostile nation, membership of the CIA and trying to implicate Iran in terrorism," semi-official Fars news agency said. The 28-year-old''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0170317b-daa1-4411-840b-3bd9a5ea052a09-Jan-2012The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, has called for a debate by stakeholders in the legal profession to consider weaning off the Ghana School of Law financially from the Central Government. She noted that funding for the school emanated from Government solely and “It is time this tradition changed.” Mrs Wood ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=af76bf26-6006-4588-87a5-4a283f3f3a0809-Jan-2012ABUJA (AFP) - The head of Nigeria''''s Christians said Saturday the killing of dozens of faithful in attacks blamed on Islamists suggested "ethnic and religious cleansing" reminiscent of the start of the 1960s civil war. Christians would "do whatever it takes" to defend themselves, Ayo Oritsejafor, head of the Christian Association ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9efa3a6e-616a-4504-90a1-365f875ce36009-Jan-2012M-Net has announced that the seventh season of the continent’s attention-grabbing Big Brother Africa series will be hitting DStv screens in May! With TV commercials promoting the series’ return now screening on M-Net, entry for the new season opens in just a few short days. And there’s more good ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8db12a4a-1540-4c41-94c3-ed2cff2caa2809-Jan-2012Eighty-five out of the 130 persons initially arrested in connection with last Wednesday’s disturbance at Kwame Danso, capital of the Sene District in Brong Ahafo are to be granted bail after screening by the police in Sunyani. Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, who announced this to newsmen at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=37f6cf00-44a1-4321-a23e-1d746689a02409-Jan-2012Accra, Jan 9, GNA – Some aggrieved landlords and landladies along the Madina-Pantang Highway in Adenta, have called on President John Evans Atta Mills to call to order personnel of the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) who are persistently harassing them. They claimed they have the necessary documents covering the lands they ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=16e41d56-f30b-44cd-907b-d698db723ca209-Jan-2012The West African sub region and indeed the African continent is no stranger to conflicts and disputes over natural resources. The diamond conflict in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and the recent Niger Delta oil and gas conflicts in Nigeria are few examples of how resources have fuelled conflicts in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=98520c7b-8bed-4d62-81b3-0cb7dba8bc6209-Jan-2012Mr Solomon Nii Afutu Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Coordinator of National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), on Friday announced that the World Bank had provided 65 million dollars to support youth enterprises programme this year. He explained that beneficiaries would be engaged in modern agricultural programmes such as fish farming to make ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=aefc0caf-93ad-40c2-93ce-5442d87b0cd609-Jan-2012Vice President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in South Africa to represent President John Evans Atta Mills at the centenary celebration of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). A statement signed by the Spokesperson of the Vice President, John Abdulai Jinapor said the visit is at the invitation of the ANC ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6ab78190-0328-4209-81eb-c05b4c925ef609-Jan-2012The two main political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have both pledged their commitment to maintain peace in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections. They promised to work and support the Electoral Commission to ensure free and fair elections. They said in order for peace ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=533c7f2e-6c94-44cb-8173-d857225f67ba09-Jan-2012President John Evans Atta Mills has attributed the prevailing peace in the country to the resolve of Ghanaians to uphold the tenets of good governance, democracy and rule of law. He said the gains chalked up by the country in terms of economic development, rule of law and democracy was not ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8459007f-7c80-4679-a5f3-5ba69be1e76709-Jan-2012Maurice Cooreman Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko Belgian manager, Maurice Cooreman, has decided to remain at Kaduna United for the next football season. Cooreman, who has managed six different Nigerian clubs since 2003 when he made his debut at Gabros International will be setting a personal record of three seasons at a Nigerian ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=60c14254-6fa2-44e3-9fba-c5450de12e0f05-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 5, GNA - Publisher and Chief Editor of Glitz Magazine Africa, Mrs Claudia Lomo, has launched the maiden edition of the magazine in Accra. The 92-page magazine with actor John Dumelo on the cover has Kayda Nana Afriyie Frimpong(K''NAF), stylist and professional makeup artist Renee Q, Freelance showbiz journalist ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5b2551d9-75d7-4d7a-a38e-838be4de650305-Jan-2012Tigo has lost out to Vodafone as the second biggest mobile operator in the country, according to the subscription trends from the National Communication Authority for November last year. This puts Vodafone in second position with over 4, 179, 000 subscribers, whilst Tigo now has 4,030,000 subscribers. The trend also shows that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=daaf4660-2c7d-40a4-a53f-557c8a20bbae05-Jan-2012LUSAKA (AFP) - As the African National Congress marks its 100th birthday this weekend, tributes will also be paid to neighbouring nations who lost blood and treasure in the fight against apartheid. The creation of the ANC on January 8, 1912, inspired similar movements to rise up across the region. As European ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b924bc4d-8a69-48fb-afc5-25a767e8a5b305-Jan-2012I would normally keep quiet about rumors and false news, but this particular story I find infuriating because it not only tells lies, but attempts to destroy my image and that of my management team. ''Ghana Celebrities.com'' wrote an article stating that I plan on leaving Lynx Entertainment. This story is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=aaf17b4b-0046-4ff4-8aaf-4cff3565ef0505-Jan-2012CAIRO (AFP) - A prosecutor in Hosni Mubarak''s trial on Thursday demanded the death sentence for him and his former security chief, saying the fallen Egyptian president had ordered the killings of anti-regime demonstrators. "The law foresees the death penalty for premeditated murder," prosecutor Mustafa Khater told the court during the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a38db1f5-555e-43d4-90df-139f6a60283905-Jan-2012There is a saying that said man is born once and must die once, the only facet of nature that man has little to do with, or no control over. It is exactly 2 years today, when Ghana''s former Minister of Health and Agriculture passed away in the State of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4cc2ee86-87a9-4df8-bebe-3f4c391673e505-Jan-2012The Old Guards Association of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged the leadership to take steps to address the concerns raised by the party''s founder, ex-President Jerry Rawlings. It said everything should be done to enlist the support of the former President for the party''s re-election bid and warned ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3e6f09e4-9dd8-4345-954c-63a318930b4d05-Jan-2012Think your programming skills are world class? Facebook wants you to prove it at its second annual Hacker Cup https://www.facebook.com/hackercup challenge. “Hacking is core to how we build at Facebook,” the company said in a blog post https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/announcing-facebooks-2012-hacker-cup/10150468260528920 announcing this year''''s competition. “Whether we''''re building a prototype for a major product ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=90943824-dd64-458b-bb4d-535c5cbf867205-Jan-2012Ghana’s favourite actress Martha Ankomah says that there is only one kiss and that is the real one. In this make-believe career, she says, when you are supposed to kiss another character, you are expected to do so as convincingly as you can; there are no two ways. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=66c8d369-1c23-41c0-8ab4-fd27cd4c00fb05-Jan-2012Stand –up comedian Funny face is refusing to take his bath several hours after actress Nadia Buari planted a kiss on his cheek. He would not risk losing the splendor; the savor; the kiss of life from a girl he has long had a crush on and a girl he ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=08641c5e-b179-4eda-8750-aa710dde825b04-Jan-2012Two men found guilty of the 1993 racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in south-east London have been jailed for life. Gary Dobson will serve a minimum of 15 years and two months, and David Norris 14 years and three months. The pair were sentenced at the Old Bailey under old guidelines and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ec187d6e-93f7-4425-9c5e-3f14e55b8d7104-Jan-2012The UN has defended the role of its peacekeepers and South Sudan government soldiers after deadly ethnic clashes near Pibor town in Jonglei state. Lise Grande, the UN''s humanitarian co-ordinator in the region, told the BBC the town had been successfully defended from some 6,000 Lou Nuer fighters. Tens of thousands of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f3f075cf-5b03-4440-8919-cb564f4c9aa304-Jan-2012People who consistently consume more calories than they burn each day will lose lean muscle and accumulate body fat more easily if their diets contain too little protein and too much fat and carbohydrates, suggests a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study included ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d935dc5c-592b-4c03-8eb5-b372de92a6ba04-Jan-2012Accra, Jan. 4, GNA – The following is GNA''s review of “Character Counts”, a book written by Mrs Doris Adom Asante, a teacher, counsellor and speaker. Title: Character Counts Author: Doris Adom Asante Publishers: Blessed Publication Reviewer: Audrey Dekalu It is characteristic for an average young person to go along with friends, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8201cdfa-6314-43e5-895d-ba9af667462d04-Jan-2012Enyan Asempanyin (C/R), Jan 4, GNA – The District Chief Executive of Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Mr Peter Light Koomson, has appealed to the electorate to renew President John Atta Mills'' mandate for a second four-year term. He said President Mills had brought more development to the country in only three years than any ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=586af5d0-6eb9-4dd6-b077-8ca68d6c19b804-Jan-2012Liverpool have confirmed to the Football Association they will not contest the eight-match ban handed to Luis Suarez for racially abusing Patrice Evra As a result Suarez''''s suspension begins with immediate effect meaning he will miss Liverpool''''s Tuesday night clash with Premier League leaders Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. An independent ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4ec71a41-2fcd-4df7-a453-5a66a9366f9004-Jan-2012Rapper, Tiffany born Tiffany Owusu Hayden has shed off a bitter and traumatizing experience the year 2011 brought her after nude pictures of her were circulated on the internet during the latter part of 2011. The pictures popped up after she was attacked by armed robbers at her home some ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=46309662-0c65-4ebf-a5c3-37864ec92d2404-Jan-2012MANI-Ghana has cautioned the government against its over-reliance on the $3 billion Chinese facility to prosecute its 2012 economic programme, especially in the infrastructure area. It said it was highly doubtful that in the short term “the Government of Ghana shall be able to satisfy the strict credit requirements of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d4944e78-73a7-4ac8-9546-a3b3af11ba5e04-Jan-2012Known for his outstanding performance in the Arts and Entertainment Industry in Africa, Kwaw Ansah has returned with the third episode of ‘The Good Old Days’ dubbed ‘Suffering to Lose’. Tradition, they say, must be upheld at all costs but not when it is unfair or unjust and that is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b77f36cc-93ef-470a-bf8f-d5f90a25997504-Jan-2012Airtel Ghana has presented a cheque for GH¢10,000 to the winner of the first part of the Airtel Friendzy Promotion it started on December 1, 2011. The mobile operator also presented 10 Samsung galaxy tabs and a cash prize of GH¢2,500 each to the other nine group winners of the competition. The ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=628cbeb5-84da-4e53-8abb-18250a96387b04-Jan-2012The Trade and Industry Ministry is hoping to train more than 150,000 people in artisanal vocations and various small and medium-scale enterprise (SME) activities, starting 2012. The Rural Enterprises Programme, the vehicle to facilitate the training, is expected to create more than 66,000 small businesses in a minimum of 160 districts ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bf4ec500-1557-4732-843f-f41da9f8471d04-Jan-2012Madina District Magistrate''s Court Grade One, has fined Ayika Komia, a taxi driver, GH¢480 on his own plea for careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Agnes Boafo said Komia knocked down Madam Florence Nyayaki, 47 on December 8, 2011 at the Madina Rawlings Circle in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=12a740f5-e36c-4d15-8b6f-99cafe67d26004-Jan-2012Contractors at the Bui Power Authority are racing against time in order to meet a 2013 deadline for full scale power generation to begin. On-going works have been affected by shortage of funding from the Chinese partners. The situation has heightened concerns that the target of the project to augment Ghana energy ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=22f9cdca-ba50-4104-ac68-b8ff9c999ea504-Jan-2012Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi’s strides in world football continue unabated after Fifa named him onto its powerful Olympic Committee, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. Ex-international defender Tony Baffoe, who has also been on the rise in world football circles, landed a place on Fifa’s influential Football Committee. Adjoa ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6228b201-c4a2-4c55-bcce-94a00cf0958e04-Jan-2012The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II says he is not afraid of people planning evil against him. The supreme leader of the great Ashanti Kingdom said he is not worried about such plots because he has great faith in the Almighty God who will rescue him. He noted that not ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6f8081d2-3675-4ccf-9762-689e9a080c2504-Jan-2012actress, Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde pulled a surprise appearance at the Ghana premiere of the award-winning movie, ‘Ties That Bind’, after deliberately telling director, Leila Djansi that she wouldn’t be able to make the premiere in Accra, due to an engagement in Nigeria. A stunning Omotola, dressed in a dark-brown gown adorned ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=82c33210-c235-45e8-b596-b0036ff19ba603-Jan-2012As the nation goes to the polls in December, many Ghanaians are entertaining fears and are panicking over the unpredictable outcome of the elections, but Pastor Mensa Otabil is counseling pessimistic Ghanaians to remain calm. The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) told sit-in-host of Joy FM''''''''s Super ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5018df4c-90fe-4474-b04e-a687e8bf7ac103-Jan-2012Mr Charles Kwasi Gyamfi, Nkoranza South Municipal Disease Control Officer, has urged teachers to lead students to undertake regular clean-up exercises in communities to prevent epidemics. Mr. Gyamfi was delivering a talk on “Malaria prevention and treatment”, to staff and students of Nkoranza Roman Catholic Junior High School and Nkoranza Methodist ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b0a54223-a25e-46b4-98c2-d40cecfc733a03-Jan-2012The Taliban say they have reached a preliminary agreement to set up a political office, possibly in Qatar, as part of Western plans to end the war. A statement confirmed the move, which has been backed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Both the US and Germany have been pushing for such a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4f1e0597-2e09-4459-8da0-d7608197474803-Jan-2012Abrantie Amakye Dede''s end-of- year musical concert held at the Miklin Hotel in Kumasi last Friday, December 30, 2011, would forever be remembered as the biggest when compared to other musical events held in Kumasi. The event, which was organized by Africa Origin Travels and Sports Tourism, attracted over 5,000 music ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c45f434b-7612-482b-a57d-50d2e973369803-Jan-2012In an effort to promote and enhance the internal and external marketing of Ghanaian music, the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has sought the assistance from various partners to build a robust digital portal which will be launched in January 2012. With the support from the Norwegian Copyright Organisation, a digital ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4c1d2baa-afa5-45a6-b2d7-5ca01432ff1503-Jan-2012JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A decision by South African wildlife parks to auction the right to hunt white rhinoceros has stirred up controversy, with lobby groups warning that the species is already under pressure from poachers. A businessman in the Kwazulu-Natal region recently paid 960,150 rands (91,500 euros) for the licence to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7d1a64f5-b687-4af0-bac1-3bd012fa5b6603-Jan-2012SOWETO, South Africa (AFP) - The cradle of the anti-apartheid movement, Soweto is no longer the ANC bastion it once was, with locals disillusioned by poor service delivery and constant squandering of public money. Even after 17 years of unbroken African National Congress rule, and as the party prepares for its ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=032bccc2-7459-4c76-a179-313ab383f40703-Jan-2012Ghana has been described as one of the countries in Africa which is highly receptive to technological advancement. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Cybersynchs, Mr Amos Winbush III, his recent visit to Ghana which afforded him the opportunity to discuss the use of Information Communication technology (ICT) has revealed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=df5ab16b-f27c-4e3e-9451-e70ad059e5a503-Jan-2012The controversial STX Housing project that would have seen the construction of housing units across the country, starting with 30,000 units for the security services, is over, if the words of Vice President John Dramani Mahama is to be believed. ''''The way things are going, I don''''t see how that project ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b83d9d64-c2cc-4700-8f5b-3ea3d860b9c703-Jan-2012Cocoa, one of Ghana''s most important export commodities futures, ended 2011 down by about 30 percent. ICE March cocoa settled the last day of 2011 up $26 at $2,109 per tonne, closing the year down by 30.5 percent, the spot contract''s biggest annual drop in 12 years. According to Reuters report, it ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=594dee96-a980-40d0-b280-c9ed5c6c935003-Jan-2012Tarkwa, Jan. 3, -GNA - Mrs Christina Cobbinah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Tarkwa Nsueam assembly, has advised supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party to work hard to ensure victory in the 2012 election. According to the MCE, who is the NDC Parliamentary candidate for Tarkwa Nsueam constituency said ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5c0af7b9-eb80-479b-9fc8-82588d3c0ea403-Jan-2012The National Democratic Party (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodioo Constituency, Nii Tackie Kommey, has called on politicians to base their electioneering on issues and not lies and fabrications. He said the 2012 General Election would not be won by aspirants whose supporters would be able to insult their political ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=511a3533-c45d-482a-97a5-4ff9bdb140d803-Jan-2012Ghana has received a major injury boost ahead of next month''s Nations Cup with the news that midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has returned to training. The 21-year-old picked a knock early this month during a Uefa Europa League fixture against Celtic at the Stadio Friuli. Badu was ruled out of action for three ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fdca1e61-190a-4125-93c5-64a8266166c230-Dec-2011Popular Nigerian actor, John Ikechukwu Okafor better known as Mr.Ibu is not happy about the fact that people regard him as stupid due to the roles he plays in movies. According to Mr. Ibu, the fact that comedy is his preferred style of play does not make him stupid. The 51- ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7adcb978-2005-49c3-b570-508e90583e0a30-Dec-2011The annual Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for November rose to 17.28 per cent from a revised figure of 16.40 per cent in October, the Ghana Statistical Service said in Accra on Wednesday. The rate is however; lower than those from January to May 2011, which ranged from 20.85 and 24.29 per ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a7bfc625-0008-4cdf-9f50-3e4306ab10b530-Dec-2011Marketing Support Consultancy Limited, an independent, full service business intelligence and marketing research firm, has donated cash and items worth GH¢3,500 to three organizations in Accra. The donations, made to the Chosen Generation Rehabilitation Centre, Dzorwulu Special School and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, were in support of the activities of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dce5d439-1045-4d5c-b8dc-c33fc74f58de30-Dec-2011BISSAU (AFP) - Guinea-Bissau''s government has said that its security forces executed a police officer earlier this week as he turned himself in over his role in what the regime describes as a coup bid. Jaime Jose Nhate, chief of staff for the interior ministry, said late Thursday that civil society ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b354322b-e192-4501-b3ca-b9521d0293cb30-Dec-2011The Ghana Trades Union Congress (T.U.C) is asking government to offer explanations for the recent fuel increment. According to the T.U.C, the increment came at a critical stage where the cost of living in the country is very high. The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Thursday announced an upward adjustment of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=38b73ecd-e2d4-4c2a-b79a-3e30efebf2ac30-Dec-2011Its official, Ghanaian star actor John Dumelo has launched his fashion brand, J.Melo at a star-studded ceremony at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra. Although the initial line that was launched included only jewelry, hair pieces, handbags, casual African apparels and African-print boxer shorts, the actor hinted that the J.Melo ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=00af0db8-bd9d-46c5-b7a0-f2dae7eb0adc29-Dec-2011Arab League monitors are visiting three more troubled Syrian cities to check if government forces are complying with a peace plan. The observers, split into teams of about 10, travelled to Hama, Idlib and Deraa, where anti-government protesters continue to clash with security forces. Unconfirmed reports say violence has broken out in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7255ca3a-864f-4e1a-a2e7-e38064fede9f29-Dec-2011Five days after a failed launch, the Russian Soyuz rocket system has been pressed back into service. The vehicle successfully put six spacecraft in orbit for US satellite phone and data company, Globalstar. The Soyuz lifted away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1709 GMT, ejecting the last of the six ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7cea4c37-0c45-4eec-8479-c36ec15af93029-Dec-2011The Kumasi Polytechnic is to introduce a degree course in Medicine and Nursing among other programmes next academic year. Rector, Prof. Nicholas Nsowah-Nuamah says the move is part of efforts to further reinforce the relevance polytechnic graduates in national development. For the first time in its history, Kumasi Polytechnic awarded Bachelor of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fd5f1649-16cd-48c8-85d8-d7fbc5c78b1429-Dec-2011KINSHASA (AFP) - DR Congo''s presidential vote dispute seems to have fizzled out with minimal damage, but the country may have jumped out of the frying pan into the fire of a fresh crisis over legislative polls. The widespread violence many feared when incumbent Joseph Kabila was declared the winner earlier ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=613d8b6a-c5f0-42f4-8149-4a115ee66c2829-Dec-2011Emirates Airlines is offering its customers exceptional discount on airfares to more than 100 cities from now until January 9, 2011 to welcome the New Year. Customers can save up to 25 per cent off all published First Class, Business Class and Economy Class fares departing between January 22 and June ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=db557556-cbc3-4d58-8669-a5c3dcc0103329-Dec-2011The Members and the Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) – Virginia branch deem it fit and proper to congratulate the founder of our Great NDC Party, Former President Rawlings, his dear wife Dr. Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and all cadres on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=75d99478-4131-45a6-b16c-f7cd412f379929-Dec-2011The song follows in the rather popular trend of the new "genre" of music, what is generally known as the "Azonto". But the success of the song strays away from what genre it is but rather identifies itself with an exceptional delivery and a rather complimentary video. RnM was discovered ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=db93187a-de06-4e45-b0f4-1ad03c3a11be28-Dec-2011Yendi (NR), Dec. 28, GNA - A thirty-six million Ghana cedi Science and Technology educational complex classroom block is under construction at Kuga, a suburb of Yendi, in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region. The project, being funded by 7As Unique Service and its Partners from Canada, is to provide ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8688cbb2-4c9c-43f1-a24d-4652b73cc5d928-Dec-2011Mr Bright Oblitei Akwetey, a Legal Practitioner, on Monday asserted that the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) needs a pragmatic Flag bearer to team up with party leadership to bolster its fortunes in Elections 2012. “CPP needs a Flag bearer, who is committed, forward-looking, disciplined, credible, and capable of radically transforming the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a9d3614d-32bd-47a2-80e4-e10191cd4dbb28-Dec-2011An unidentified young man believed to be in his early 20s was stabbed to death and two others sustained knife wounds when armed robbers attacked holidaymakers on the Bantama High Street at dawn on Christmas Day. The young man was stabbed on the neck. According to eyewitnesses, the assailants attacked the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ec76e452-a3fa-445e-9cc7-f3dca70c4b5a28-Dec-2011Security personnel have raided the premises of Skynet Computers and Accessories at Asylum Down, Accra over suspected counterfeit Microsoft windows software. This follows reports that many resellers were in possession of high quality counterfeit software, packaged like the genuine ones. Thirty-nine (39) pieces of suspected counterfeit Microsoft Windows software were recovered at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=292f83cc-05a8-41ca-b3bd-fdb3043ef34528-Dec-2011LAGOS (AFP) - A bomb was thrown into an Arabic school in mainly Christian southern Nigeria, wounding at least seven, police said on Wednesday, after Christmas attacks sparked fears of sectarian violence in the country. "A locally made low-capacity explosive was thrown into an Arabic school in Sapele at 10:00 pm ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1fbdf811-fe6f-484f-a339-4ece35fa691f28-Dec-2011KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Deadly clashes between Islamists and security forces last week have displaced an estimated 90,000 people in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, an emergency official said Wednesday. "We have at the moment an estimated 90,000 displaced people from the Damaturu violence," said Ibrahim Farinloye, northeast coordinator for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cc380bcd-a41e-4709-838d-d2047a4eb80028-Dec-2011The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has described the country’s economy in the year 2011 as a good one. “I think it has been good,” the BoG governor Kwesi Amissah-Arthur told journalists in Accra December 21, 2011 when asked about the performance of the economy for the year 2011. All the economic indicators ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dbf6f7b2-e755-4bbc-b7ca-e828aeefbd4728-Dec-2011American singer-songwriter and rap artist T-Pain known in real life as Faheem Rasheed Najm has touched down in Ghana Saturday afternoon ahead of his much anticipated concert in Ghana. T-Pain touched down at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) with his 17-man entourage at exactly 12:45 pm on board an Air Nigeria ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2fee7a8b-91ce-41c6-bfa6-ca530e5e1b8726-Dec-2011The Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra will on Wednesday, December 28, play host to business networking meeting for young Ghanaian professionals home and abroad and industry leaders. Dubbed Re-Connect 2011, the networking event aims to redefine and strengthen the connection as well as deepen engagement between young Ghanaians at home and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ff9d38cc-fcdb-41de-9408-5b810300748a26-Dec-2011A series of Christmas Day bomb attacks targeting churches and a suicide blast in Nigeria killed at least 40 people amid spiralling violence claimed by Islamists. The government blamed Islamist group Boko Haram and a purported spokesman of the sect claimed responsibility for the bloodiest attack, against a church outside the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a3770c1f-eb01-4c80-be93-c21c05cd0c8e26-Dec-2011The New Patriotic Party has scoffed at the official reason given by the Castle for the President''s sudden trip to the United States on Christmas Eve. Speaking exclusively to the New Statesman on Christmas Day, Nana Akomea, the Communications Director of the opposition party, said, “The President should stop kidding with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2ecdef51-c304-4a71-83d1-87865908c85226-Dec-2011The Aburi Botanic Garden is one of the most beautiful, peaceful and fascinating places in Ghana. Opened in March, 1890, and covering 64.8 hectares and overlooking the Accra coastal plain from an elevation of 370 to 460 metres above sea level, the Aburi Botanic Garden is a must experience for every ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=274b584e-2264-4103-81ec-095b3c0f15a126-Dec-2011The Ghana presidential jet “Falcon 900EX Easy” during the 28-days holiday stay by the president of Ghana John Evan Atta Mills, at New York and other parts in USA accrued $165,420 charges for airport or aerodrome facilities and air route navigation facilities within the period of Nov & Dec 2011. It''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=50970dd6-4f4c-4879-a772-6982426c6e8126-Dec-2011The National President of the Community Health Nurses Group, Esther Bamfo, says Community Health Nurses will remain on strike until their concerns are addressed. She said they have been discriminated against in their remuneration and they do not have career progression due to the nature of their qualification. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4aa81ed3-45f4-416b-af1d-d58683633b4722-Dec-2011The Irish data protection commissioner has recommended widespread changes to improve privacy on Facebook. They include making its terms and conditions clearer and offering users greater control over how their data is used on the site. The findings are particularly significant because Facebook Ireland was given responsibility for all non-US and Canadian ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7d178dd5-7b52-463e-a26a-4a55c731322522-Dec-2011Polytechnics in the country have been asked to adopt appropriate technology in their training programmes to ensure graduates can live up to the task of transforming the country. The Minister of Education, Betty Mould-Iddrisu made the call at the 11th Congregation of the Takoradi Polytechnic. In all, 2,693 students were presented with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4d18055e-2bbe-4eec-9f24-3f4a2fae591122-Dec-2011Motorola Mobility has been found to have infringed one of Microsoft''s patents in a preliminary ruling by a US trade panel judge. The technology covers techniques to schedule meetings and synchronise group calendars from a smartphone. The International Trade Commission judge found there was no violation of six other disputed patents. The ruling ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=58680c66-01da-49f7-b7d9-9235b379c44522-Dec-2011Mrs Irene Duncan-Adanusa, General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has urged members of the Association to brace themselves up for tough times in 2012. “Looking at the global financial crisis, things are not going to be easy for us as a nation and that trickles down to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5090e99c-3c7f-4767-9f35-cdff9b39cc9422-Dec-2011The Attorney General has asked an Accra Commercial Court hearing the writ filed against NDC stalwart Alfred Woyome seven months ago for more time to study the case. The Attorney General''s Department was in court this morning over the payment of 42 million cedis judgment debt awarded to Mr. Woyome. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9f8661f9-8d14-4874-84b7-228621cbfe9622-Dec-2011Mourners in North Korea have been paying their last respects at the open coffin of late leader Kim Jong-il. State TV showed pictures of his son and heir, Kim Jong-un, and other senior officials at a memorial palace. Kim Jong-il died on Saturday of a heart attack caused by overwork and stress ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=15ab95e6-9fec-4a37-bf44-2c3abd24a78d22-Dec-2011A wave of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 63 people and injured around 185, say officials. The interior ministry told the BBC 14 locations had been attacked, including al-Amil in the south and Halawi and Karrada closer to the centre. The bombings are the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5f2d7edc-72f7-4244-a862-eec3f80fc64022-Dec-2011After many years of nurturing her talent through her participation in notable reality shows such as Mentor, Stars of the Future and Idols Africa, Victoria Nana Adezoa Stokes, known in Showbiz as Adez, has released her new hit single titled ‘Budiin (Silence). The song, which features hip-life artiste Stonebuoy, encapsulates the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cd714834-97cf-43c7-968f-2942fdd204f022-Dec-2011Christmas comes early on Multi TV’s Cine Afrik as it premieres Single Six for the first time on TV in Ghana. The lifestyle of 6 successful working class women has become a source of worry for friends and loved ones. Yvone okoro is a successful 31 year old business woman who owns ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=325f7e17-8463-47e3-b1fd-d9d394c8581522-Dec-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African President Jacob Zuma was Wednesday at the centre of a row over his comments that Christianity had brought in orphans and retirement homes. South Africa''''s Times newspaper Wednesday quoted Zuma, a Christian, as saying: "Long before the arrival of religion and (the) gospel, we had our ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dd779c1d-cbf4-47c6-a7ad-8dbee73dd98a22-Dec-2011Accra, Dec 21, GNA - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday held its policy rate unchanged at 12.5 per cent for the third consecutive session, citing a fairly balanced outlook to inflation and growth. “In the assessment of the Monetary Policy Committee, the risks to the outlook for inflation and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d8418be6-15c8-4495-9ffa-938fc820877e22-Dec-2011Ghana''s debt escalated to an all time high of GH¢23.4 billion at the end of November 2011, indicating an increase of 39.2 percent over the end of December 2010 level. The amount is equivalent to 43.9 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and indicates government''s appetite for borrowing, both locally and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b1a94ac8-39fd-45a4-af77-560ea90fcbce22-Dec-2011Ghana and Turkey will by January 2012 conclude bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement aimed at increasing trade volumes between the two countries. The Second Secretary and Charge d''Affaires of the Turkish Embassy, Ms Ipek Zeytinoglu, announced this at the opening of the 2nd Ghana-Turkish Export Products Exhibition in Accra. Organised ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d92e72d7-8556-4790-b528-bf923249f18522-Dec-2011KINSHASA (AFP) - Security forces killed at least 24 people and "arbitrarily" arrested dozens more in the Democratic Republic of Congo since Joseph Kabila''s contested re-election on December 9, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. "At least 24 people were killed by security forces between December 9 and 14, including 20 in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f9ba80e5-bb9f-45ae-a12d-86d3fc9b4bd722-Dec-2011STATEMENT AT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION PRESS CONFERENCE ON GOVERNMENT ACTION YEAR ACHIVEMENTS ADDRESSED BY HON. JOHN TIA AKOLOGU ON DECEMBER 20, 2011 Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen of the media. Let me begin by wishing all of you a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. I also wish to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1bbab85e-eca8-4ff5-a712-ebc9261d062622-Dec-2011Accra, Dec 21, GNA - President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday held an end-of-year reception for the Staff of the Office of the President, Osu Castle, Accra, and made an optimistic forecast that next year, would deliver many good things for the nation. Despite the challenges of the present year, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7dc5f817-fa86-4549-9ca9-6d84b4aa74f822-Dec-2011Multi TV''''''''s Cine Afrik Channel has released the final list of nominees for the public voting categories in the upcoming Ghana Movie Awards (GMA) scheduled for 25th December . The public voting category made up of 5 sub-categories was compiled from a list of entries sent by members of the public ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e5755b2f-960a-4b19-ba40-caff4d65318821-Dec-2011Today''s mobile weather apps offer radar maps that show jerky movements of blurry storm systems, along with vague forecasts such as "40% chance of precipitation." But what if your phone could tell you precisely when and where it will rain? Soon it may. Jack Turner and Adam Grossman, two web developers from ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ab25d246-2652-476b-b82d-210f9bed53ca21-Dec-2011Mr. Samuel Nyantakyi Agyepong, an Assistant District Manager at the Western Regional Office of the Forestry Services Division, announced at weekend that a technology to process bamboo into wood has been introduced in the country. This was during a day''s sensitisation and training workshop for 27 plywood millers, timber contractors and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9b264659-7669-4e5c-85f7-ef59a911a51a21-Dec-2011The Ministry of Education has embarked on an initiative to improve the quality of education at the basic education level with the release of funds to sharpen the teaching skills of 3,321 headteachers across the country. The initiative which is under the In-Service Education Training (INSET) programme and supported by the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ff4e3162-3ac4-4452-bf02-55103a03901121-Dec-2011Accra, Dec 20, GNA - Ms Hanna Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry, said the long standing diplomatic relations between Ghana and Turkey has deepened trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. She said trade and economic ties between the two countries in recent times has yielded positive results, leading ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ebc181c4-eacc-4fc4-b953-fe5a9c715fcb21-Dec-2011n Sunday 18th December, all roads led to Zar Zar''s wine bar and restaurant in Stratford, London for a night of laughter, verse, and the unrehearsed. Amongst the numerous acts taking the stage was Blakofe who came on as her comic character, Blakyonce. From the moment Blakyonce danced onto stage to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7f097c5e-7b70-49d8-80fa-ac6181893d2d21-Dec-2011Itsalat International Ghana Limited, producers of Ghana''s leading mobile phone operators, Samsung, has opened its maiden office in Sekondi-Takoradi, off the Busumakura road. The opening saw the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Captain Anthony Cudjoe (rtd), the Presiding Member, Muhammed Abu, and a host of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=aa2c9fef-bf6d-4f71-ab1e-8aa7d89719c421-Dec-2011Former Sports Minister Hon. Rashid Pelpuo believes Ghana stands a greater chance of winning the African cup of nations next year. The black stars have been tipped as favourites to win the cup of nations considering the absence of some big names like Nigeria, Cameroon and defending champions Egypt. The Ghana team ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4ae5cff2-710c-4b16-b848-e1ff1f0d4dd621-Dec-2011Organizers of the CAF B license course for local coaches are content with the outcome of the 4-day training programme at the Ghanaman soccer of excellence in Prampram. The confederation of African football and the Football Association in their quest to improve the skills of Ghanaian coaches organized this project which ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=35b7aaa1-76f6-4472-9fce-cc378c1f2fe121-Dec-2011Accra, Dec 21, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufuor returned home Tuesday night from Washington with two awards from the Reverend Leon H Sullivan Foundation and the African Leadership Magazine. The Leon Sullivan Foundation honoured the two-term Former President as ''Champion of African Democracy and Development'' at it its 10th ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4b4c0839-3227-4fda-b410-02b44090855b21-Dec-2011The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Lower Manya constituency, Michael Teye Nyaunu, has called for the prosecution of former Attorney General and Justice Minister, Betty Mould-Iddrisu over the payment of a whopping GhC42 million judgment debt to NDC financier, Alfred Woyome. According to him, the former Attorney ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=04299c3c-b002-4edf-afe3-e141425f477e21-Dec-2011Cape Coast, Dec 20, GNA - Robert Acquah, a 55-year-old farmer from Obidae a village near Mankessim who gave a herbal concoction to one 18-year-old Akua to terminate a pregnancy resulting in her death was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by a magistrate''s court in Cape Coast. Acquah''s plea was ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=474b2063-5610-461c-85d8-30c34ee04b2d21-Dec-2011HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said Joseph Kabila, sworn in for a second term as president of DR Congo, won a "democratic election" despite his main rival disputing the results, state media reported Wednesday. "He has won a democratic election," Mugabe is quoted as saying by The Herald ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b2fbbe40-7358-4270-b90e-618839db1d9521-Dec-2011MOGADISHU (AFP) - Fighter jets pounded rebel-held southern Somalia killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, the majority reportedly civilians, witnesses and Islamist militia commanders said on Wednesday. Military jets targeted several locations in Hosingow in the Lower Juba region, close to the Kenyan border late Tuesday, local elders ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a4305cda-a703-455a-a8f4-5f9f2e9fb6ed21-Dec-2011President John Evans Atta Mills has directed the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the payment of GH¢42 million to Vamed/Waterville Engineering and Mr Alfred Woyome as judgement debt. A statement issued by the Head of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Koku Anyidoho, in Accra last ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=03541435-87e3-4168-a844-4d5bbc8f094821-Dec-2011ABOUT A third of breast cancer patients stop taking medication because side-effects are more severe than they expect, US researchers suggest. The Northwestern University team questioned 686 women who were taking aromatase inhibitors as treatment for oestrogen-sensitive breast cancer. It found 36% stopped their medication because of symptoms such as joint pain, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=84a1c2f3-06e5-405b-8fbe-9b0867959b4f16-Dec-2011Ghana''s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, His Excellency Professor Kwaku Danso- Boafo, has assured members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the party will not die a natural death as the nay and doom sayers are predicting. The High Commissioner was addressing members of the NDC at the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a9ce37fa-b5bd-4652-8616-38fdda7571b816-Dec-2011Attorney General Martin Amidu is expected to present a report explaining the state''s decision to pay a controversial judgment debt to NDC stalwart and businessman, Alfred Woyome. Mr Woyome was paid 42 million cedis of judgment debt after he won a case against the state. He sued the state for abrogating a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=edd3e854-4de8-43ac-b236-15c8b17ba50e16-Dec-2011WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two Somali pirates were sentenced in US federal court to life in prison Thursday for killing four Americans while hijacking a yacht in February. Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali, a 32-year-old also known as Sanadaaq, pleaded guilty to piracy and hostage-taking resulting in death, while 20-year-old Jilani Abdiali, known ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=11b6991d-d521-41fc-bbce-d72a1be9feef16-Dec-2011Vodafone has introduced a new call plan that gives customers an ultra-low rate of 1 pesewa (GHS 0.01). The 138 Plan gives pre-paid customers superior value for money spent with special call rates every day of the week. Catering to the different call needs and lifestyles of its customers, this call ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3d9c6806-b5ed-4217-b27b-c1ca9e43ab9716-Dec-2011Maase (Ash), Dec. 15, GNA - The Saint Patrick''s hospital at Maase in the Offinso Municipality on Wednesday took delivery of medical equipment and supplies worth $302,000.00. They are meant to enhance laboratory, dental, eye, surgical, ear and throat care at the facility. The 40-foot container was a donation from "Doc. to Dock Foundation", ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=64c7dc48-f108-48da-9197-1090bd5568fc16-Dec-2011The Minister of Transport, Collins Dauda, has hinted that Ghanaians will soon be able to acquire their driver’s licenses through the internet. According to the minister, this will materialise once the automation services at the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) offices across the country are launched. The minister’s comments come months ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=279c62bd-53bd-4fae-b659-056a209f478a16-Dec-2011The police administration is pleading innocence and would not want to have anything to do with how the cocaine it tendered in evidence mysteriously turned into baking soda. That was the cry of two principal investigators and head of the CID narcotics unit who appeared before the Chief Justice’s Committee probing ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bd17ceee-ad62-4660-94ad-cb7dbc75f43a16-Dec-2011Music duo, Buk Bak, has denied stories making the rounds that the group deliberately ditched music trio, 4x4, during their album launch at the Osu Oxford Street Friday, December 9. Buk Bak is widely credited with discovering and guiding 4x4 into the phenomenal trio it is today and while Buk Bak’s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5c4675c4-80dc-46ae-aae5-38073b20f4e516-Dec-2011Acclaimed gospel musician, songwriter, worship leader and producer, Diana Antwi Hamilton, releases her third album entitled ''Blessings''. A brilliant fusion of soul, contemporary praise and worship genres mixed with both positive and prophetic words as lyrics to bring you into the presence of God. Songs born out of prayer that will ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b88c10da-b20a-405f-b2cb-2a7a99b0454a16-Dec-2011GUARANTY Trust Bank (GTBank), Ghana, is extending its branch network expansion to the Eastern and Central regions of the country with effect from next year. The move forms part of the bank’s resolve to reach people from all parts of the country with what it described as “high value and rich ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f28c190f-b757-49a2-beff-85d8ea3bfdc116-Dec-2011THE BIGGEST shopping mall ever to be built in the country worth a staggering $48 million, is expected to be constructed in Kumasi next year. Christened ‘Garden City Shopping Mall,’ the giant edifice is the brainchild of Retail and Realty (R&R) in collaboration with the Methodist Church of Ghana. To be situated ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c31d25ff-09a9-4669-93f0-229182ea6f0116-Dec-2011Veteran goalkeeper Richard Kingson and Dominic Adiyiah will not be part of Ghana''s 2012 Nations Cup party when Goran Stevanovic unveils his team on Thursday in Accra, but South Korea-based Derek Asamoah looks set for his maiden Nations Cup appearance while uncertainty surrounds the fate of young Jordan Ayew and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7694ec2d-bfd0-4150-bf51-4d1bcce52cd615-Dec-2011TWO months after commencing commercial broadcast, it is without any doubt at this point that GH-One Entertainment TV truly intends to give entertainment a home and provide its viewers across the country with first rate entertainment content. Viewers have remained refreshed with a perfect blend of local and international content ranging ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ef82b0ab-9778-4a0b-a9f0-10accaa5987f15-Dec-2011''Masquerades'' , the new Ghanaian movie which features star actress Lydia Forson, will hit the big screens via a red carpet premiere at the Silverbird Cinema in Accra tomorrow, December 16. Co-star and top Nollywood star Desmond Elliot, who played an interesting role in the movie, touched down at the Kotoka ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=776a8bca-da64-4665-af46-8216036aac1315-Dec-2011Information available to Joy News indicates that the International Monetary Fund (IMF)has given Ghana the go-ahead to borrow 3 billion dollars from the Chinese Exim Bank. It follows the waiver of the borrowing cap agreed with government. The cap meant that the country could not take on non-concessionary loans exceeding 800 million ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3cfcb02e-92d5-4385-a28a-632505cbef8715-Dec-2011Airtel Ghana has rebranded Zap Mobile Money to Airtel Money and added a mobile banking feature, which is the first in the country. Zap was just a mobile money platform that allowed customers to transfer money to loved ones, and purchase or top-up Airtel credit, but Airtel Money creates a virtual ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cffaf142-cd61-4f4c-8fe8-c8672fcfbf1a15-Dec-2011Fijai, Dec 15, GNA – Most Reverend John Martin Kwaku Darko, Catholic Bishop of the Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese on Wednesday declared that he has resigned his position on health grounds. Confirming this to reporters who called at his residence at Fijai in Takoradi to know the reason behind his resignation, Bishop Darko, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a130e5fd-a285-41a1-bd4d-41a7f0ec9b7c15-Dec-2011The Minister of Tourism, Ms Akua Sena Dansua says upcoming the First African Choral Festival will give Ghana the much needed publicity in the international exposure which is going to boost investment in the country. Speaking at the launch of the festival on Tuesday in Accra, she stated that Ghana will ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4e89663d-ebf7-4754-8b08-9f16528a3bcb15-Dec-2011Accra, Dec 14, GNA – Parliament has approved a suppliers credit agreement between the government of Ghana and the China International Water and Electricity Corporation for an amount of 162,000,000.00 dollars. The amount is for the supply and installation of materials and equipment under the national electrification scheme for the Volta ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=891ada7a-b9cd-4592-80ea-92016276380d15-Dec-2011The 2011 National best farmer, Mr. Ignatius Agbo, has paid a courtesy call on the Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Mr. Anthony Fofie. In a brief meeting at Cocoa House in Accra, Mr. Fofie said farmers play very important role in the country''s development. He congratulated the National Best Farmer for his ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1ef23870-b90e-41b6-90f8-3e055de985e315-Dec-2011YENAGOA, Nigeria (AFP) - An Italian construction worker kidnapped in Nigeria''''s main oil region has been freed after being held for a day and following a ransom demand of more than $700,000, officials said Thursday. "He was released on the 10th of December," said police spokesman Eguavoen Emokpae, adding he had ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=25b41050-6545-4a71-bc61-e4ca1ee9aa3215-Dec-2011WASHINGTON, December 15, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, DC December 14, 2011 Thank you very much, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, who has been an absolutely essential leader on behalf of our policies in Africa and in particular with respect to South Sudan. And I ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2b391c07-d409-445c-9db9-5bb56780c3d615-Dec-2011Liberian refugees living in Ghana will lose their status by June next year. The decision which is being implemented by the international community will cut aid supplies to the refugees. It could also see the closure of the Bububuram refugee camp. Programs Coordinator for the Ghana Refugee Board, Tetteh Padi, told ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=31ec7af7-a4c8-4c1c-b9b3-b0995bb97aa015-Dec-2011GENEVA, Switzerland, December 15, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Over 1,500 Sudanese refugees in western Ethiopia have spoken with their families by mobile phone thanks to a service set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in early November. Many of the refugees in Ademazin, Sherkole and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3641bbdf-7832-4bd6-821e-be207bcd5a6015-Dec-2011UK based Ghanaian hiphop and R&B artist, Big Chris is set to make his big introduction to Ghana with his new single, ''''Evreebaady''''. According to the singer, the idea for the song came from a childhood memory growing up in Ghana. “When I was around the age of 10 we had ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=429366da-5548-4a94-9d38-7db8f3fd443c14-Dec-2011GNA- Five Companies believed to be part of the tax evading syndicate operating with the connivance with officials of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port long room have been exposed. Apart from declaring most of their chicken thighs and breasts as chicken backs which ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f6f62347-9d0c-4b65-a024-646c0f001d8214-Dec-2011Apple''s founding papers have been sold at auction for $1,594,500 (£1.03m). Sotheby''s had estimated the three typed partnership agreements would sell for between $100,000 and $150,000. The documents were signed by the firm''s three co-founders, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on 1 April 1976. The papers include an amendment added ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0a2fa889-1c26-4bae-85d5-080cdd5ec5e814-Dec-2011Nyinahin (Ash), Dec. 14, GNA - The Atwima-Mponua District Director of Education, Nii Amon Kotey, has urged head teachers to strengthen supervision in schools and enforce discipline. They should ensure that they vetted lesson notes prepared by teachers and to see to it that the contact hours were effectively utilized. Nii Amon ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5a1e5ca5-ca5e-4c49-a81e-539beccbe6d614-Dec-2011Accra, Dec. 14, GNA - An ICT textbook with solutions and instructional methodologies designed basically for students of Senior High Schools (SHS), tertiary and ICT teachers was on Tuesday launched in Accra to serve as useful information for students to build “solid foundation for computing”. The textbooks, comprising of volumes one ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=978b6cb7-d3be-4a81-b840-7f1e97a8fe5314-Dec-2011We have taken note of Government''s statement on the abolishing of illegal fuel price margins by the High Court. The statement is most unfortunate. In particular, the argument by Government that the removal of the illegal price top-ups will lead to higher fuel prices is deceitful. For the benefit of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d3a26d2f-340a-4f60-a804-60e720270bc014-Dec-2011With the Accra Commercial Court presided over by Justice Gertrude Torkornoo set to sit on the STX court case today, information reaching the New Statesman indicates that the South Korean partners in the abortive STX housing project are demanding a settlement package of $17 million. This, in their opinion, represents ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=44b3e669-48d9-4de8-973d-e28bcff2019214-Dec-2011NEW YORK, December 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation): On Tuesday, 13 December, the members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Somalia. The members of the Security ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=54339429-7931-43af-9070-4c207595894314-Dec-2011ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, has followed with great interest the holding, on December 11, 2011, of legislative elections in Côte d''Ivoire. The Chairperson of the Commission congratulates the Ivorian people and leaders for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=745c4a8f-b2ad-425c-8036-a1bbd869542614-Dec-2011ROME (AFP) - Florence was in mourning Wednesday after an Italian far-right author shot dead two Senegalese men and wounded three others before killing himself in a daylight shooting spree that prompted outpourings of grief. Witnesses said they saw the gunman calmly getting out of a car at a street market ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=82304ffe-e8e6-459a-a5b1-4fcd1f5f827914-Dec-2011MODERATOR: MS. NULAND: Good afternoon, everybody. We are delighted today to have a special briefing for you from USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and our U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman to talk about the International Engagement Conference on South Sudan, which starts tomorrow and which the Secretary will also ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ef0c2cab-cbdf-4a3a-8f20-804ab7aae8bb14-Dec-2011The chiefs and people of the Northern region have been declaring their support for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, as he continues to go round the various constituencies in the region with his listening tour. Nana Addo''s listening tour of the region has taken him to constituencies such ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=725cb09f-2eaf-4df3-9008-f33fb886400414-Dec-2011A recent decision by an Accra High Court could have misunderstood the use of the Ex-refinery price differential In the calculation of fuel pump prices and this may force Government to raise retail pump prices if the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) loses its appeal and Government is mandated to carry ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4acd307a-0d18-477d-a873-5af56f08f9d214-Dec-2011THE SOGAKOPE branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has rewarded its loyal customers for prompt payment of bills, as part of a maiden nationwide award scheme to encourage customers to maintain their loyalty to the company. Five loyal customers, who made the most prompt payments in the district in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b0d69892-3e96-485a-8acd-4ff401c61ffe13-Dec-2011Producers and marketers of audio-visual materials are establishing a price control taskforce as a mechanism to combat what they term as ''''ambush marketing'''' by some distributors. They want to set standards for the distribution of products to curb “the huge price war”, which according to a spokesperson is negatively impacting on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0647dcb5-e05c-43cf-9a4e-89f762a8839113-Dec-2011MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) - A powerful bomb blast targeting a military post rocked the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing one of the attackers, an official said. Two men in a sedan drove towards the military post and sought to throw the bomb at soldiers in the restive ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d92c4f1b-c582-445e-baa1-15f8950f4ead13-Dec-2011A three-year-old girl has been killed for alleged voodoo purposes, known in local parlance as ''juju'', at ''Akoko Specks'' in Abrepo, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. The body of the young girl, known as Akosua, a twin who got missing three days ago, was found lying in a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=660de3f4-6eef-44d3-82f4-205c767b053d13-Dec-2011The Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) collected GH¢3,249.41 million from January to November this year, exceeding its target by 18.05 per cent. The division had targeted to collect GH¢2,752.46 million for the period but it was able to rake in GH¢496.94 million more. The breakdown shows an import sector collection ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=43c454bd-0ea8-4125-a2d3-4e092140180513-Dec-2011Musician Kobbi Maxwell who in 2003 shared the same stage with music maestro Kojo Antwi inside USA appears in a new movie called “Paparazzi” Eye in the Dark” which will be premiered at the at the Silver Birds Cinemas tomorrow Friday 9th of December 2011 at 6pm sharp. The musician who ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b04362f8-3a5b-4da6-8395-e0969013c70a09-Dec-2011Accra, Dec. 8, GNA – The Volta Regiona will soon be blessed with a Sports Stadium as part of efforts by the Government to promote the development of sports in the Region. The Regional capital, Ho and the Central Regional capital, Cape Coast are the latest cities after Sekondi, Western Region ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=75c5a59d-979b-4775-a537-6882ac195ee909-Dec-2011The Ghana Football Association has cancelled the fine it imposed on two players of Accra Hearts of Oak, and Mahatma Otoo. The decision was confirmed in a statement signed by K Ampim Darko, Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association. The two players according to an earlier decision, caused a hold ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eff3471b-070e-4f76-bfcc-ae79423b4d3609-Dec-2011Two days ago, we woke up to a very disheartening and heartbreaking news that a combined team of police and the military, facilitated by the Ga East Municipal Assembly in the wee hours of the day, stormed the Dome market and raided the entire market stalls, destroying the entire belongings ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=248c1f7a-55ce-4c14-8f60-311eab446b3c09-Dec-2011The Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Alhaji Iddrisu Haruna has assured his constituents of his continuous support to accelerate the pace of development in the area to improve on their socio-economic activities. He expressed appreciation to the people for the confidence reposed in him over the years and indicated that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=40d74c3f-3d2f-4e4c-8f0e-52e271f9d7aa09-Dec-2011Koforidua Dec. 8 GNA - The Eastern Regional Chapter of the Association of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) has called on the ARB- Apex Bank Limited, to sensitise the banks on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing. The association also urged the ARB Apex Bank to appoint an Anti-Money Laundering officer within ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1c85b2cb-2491-40f8-988a-b8150dc875cc09-Dec-2011The lack of a clear environmental mandate that clarifies how roles and responsibilities will be shared among the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is inhibiting consistent and reliable implementation of environmental ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=27fd284c-00dc-4a58-a045-8336bf5f6bba09-Dec-2011The Ministry of Education has set up a task force to implement a number of measures to improve the performance of students the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) effective next year. The task force is under the chairmanship of a Deputy Minister of Education, Mr Mahama Ayariga, who is currently on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=85b801e5-b104-4d4e-930b-79ddc6c0334909-Dec-2011The dream of the country adding two more public universities to its current stock came very close to becoming a reality yesterday with the passage of two bills to provide the legal framework for their establishment. The two bills, the University of Health and Allied Sciences Bill, 2011 and the University ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=68991c53-441b-404a-94e5-20bf5d8de31809-Dec-2011Three kids have burnt to ashes in the raging skirmishes between Fulani and Konkomba settlers in Gushiegu in the Northern Region where 13 people have died so far, with many in critical conditions. The death toll has already been pegged at 20 by Fulani leaders. The three children- aged one, four and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a92cee36-64ec-4b19-848d-b7968937f14209-Dec-2011DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) - A growing coalition of countries demanding a new pact on greenhouse gases heaped pressure on China, the United States and India to follow suit on the final day of the UN climate talks Friday. With only hours left before the scheduled end of the 12-day marathon ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=26a30d54-f7d4-4a5b-8378-efa048aa3f0a09-Dec-2011A resident of Adenta who posed as an official of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to defraud an Accra businessman has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by the Osu Magistrate Court. The convict, Gabriel Kokosu, was also fined GH¢540 or in default serve 12 months in prison. The court, presided ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=281136d4-cf63-43f1-adbd-cd03a4ff8d2209-Dec-2011The UN office for Somalia is moving to Mogadishu from Nairobi, UN head Ban Ki-moon has announced on a rare visit to the Somali capital. The UN secretary general is the highest-ranking foreign official to visit the war-torn city for many years. He was wearing a bulletproof vest as he was welcomed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c3a336d1-b4cc-41d8-9a44-2d708e99341b09-Dec-2011MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexican officials said Wednesday they foiled a plan in September to smuggle one of Moamer Kadhafi''s sons and other family members of the former Libyan leader into the country. Government Secretary Alejandro Poire said Mexican intelligence officials uncovered the plot, at the height of pro-democracy protests in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c38adf47-d34b-46ba-b8f8-a1bdc254b1a308-Dec-2011KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudan''''''''s ruling party approved a new coalition government Wednesday, giving representation to 14 other parties but keeping the top cabinet posts. Presidential aide Nafie Ali Nafie told reporters the ministers of defence, interior, foreign affairs and finance, all loyal members of President Omar al-Bashir''''''''s National Congress Party (NCP), ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c25cf977-0192-4b20-8966-e23554acc59508-Dec-2011The second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, is celebrating his 73rd birthday today, December 8 2011. Ex-President Kufuor, affectionately known as the ''Gentle Giant'', ruled Ghana from 2001 to 2009. His birthday is often characterized by live radio interviews in the mornings and Ghanaians could be ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=082c575e-4c79-4b2a-9a1a-8d7f1415540408-Dec-2011Bolgatanga, (UE), Nov. 8, GNA - TradeAid in collaboration with a Canadian non-governmental organisation- Canadian Feed the Children (CTFC) on Tuesday inaugurated a Craft Centre at Zaare in the Upper East Region. It was part of efforts to facilitate poverty reduction strategy in sustaining rural livelihood in North-Eastern Ghana. The facility estimated ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e1ab17ca-d99c-41f0-86ff-7ae1c0f1f14708-Dec-2011Abenase (Ash), Dec 7, GNA - The Member of Parliament of Ejisu-Juaben, Mr Kwabena Owusu-Aduomi, has appealed to Ghanaians to cut down on frivolous expenditure and focus more on the education of their children. This, he said was the only way they could assure their young ones of a secured future. He ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ad53b5fd-f6f6-4cea-b663-a7157d408cde08-Dec-2011The Osei Tutu II Senior High School at Tetrem in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region has been closed down nine days before the official closing date following last Sunday''s students'' disturbances in the school. The decision to close down the school was taken after an assessment of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b7bab2de-cabb-483c-aea1-5cdb245e93f908-Dec-2011A bowel cancer screening programme in England is on course to cut deaths by a sixth, say researchers studying results from the first million people tested. However, the work, published in the journal Gut, has raised concerns that the programme, launched in 2006, misses tumours in certain parts of the colon. Testers ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2e6ff525-2181-4c35-a81f-5da1b83bb66108-Dec-2011From the super producer behind Nollywood mega hits Beyonce and Rihanna, White Hunters and Blackberry Babes, Simony Productions brings to your screen yet another awesome movie drama/comedy, LADY GAGAA. Exclusive online right to Iroko Partners Limited, owners of the leading Nollywood Movie brand on YouTube, Nollywoodlove with a re-branded super premium Nollywood ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a4ba7134-9910-46a3-b441-29864d564d8708-Dec-2011Not too long ago,Benita Nzeribe was reported to have been robbed on her way back from location in Kaduna which she bluntly came out to debunk,but before that,you may recall that months back,the Coordinator,Anambra State Center for Integrity and Development in Nigeria,was assailed by a set of hoodlums where her ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a8562e97-d96c-4a99-bc5d-0acac733380208-Dec-2011An unidentified number of highway robbers yesterday attacked a passenger bus at Apietu, near Suhum, shooting a 55-year-old Chinese woman in the process. The victim, who was said to be sitting behind the driver of the Accra-bound bus, sustained gunshot wounds in her left arm. The robbers reportedly fired several shots into ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dd5f62aa-9054-4143-a9d3-2e831e6ee71107-Dec-2011ATHENS (AFP) - Street hawkers from Senegal in west Africa try to eke out a living on the streets of the Greek capital, aiming to keep one step ahead of the police and sort out their tangled legal status at the same time. They share similar stories -- of coming to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=97a0c222-6810-473f-adc8-d6a7665f3a3907-Dec-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Gabon will compete at the Olympic Games football tournament for the first time next year in London after a dramatic 1-0 win over Senegal Tuesday in a CAF under-23 championship semi-final. The winner came in the final minute of extra time in Moroccan city Tangiers after a drab ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6a820dec-0a54-4d15-9b4f-95c9c40c7f6407-Dec-2011A suspected Nigerian fraudster and his two Ghanaian accomplices have been arrested by the Madina Police for defrauding a building contractor. The three are Tsezama Valentine aka Diallo Kamara, 42; a tailor and resident of Makebe in Togo, David Aklade aka Stephen, 35; a mason and resident of Brecheley, a suburb ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a7f3c211-82e6-46bb-9485-8f9b187b30e307-Dec-2011Four of the five telecom companies have paid a total of GH¢950,000, being the penalty imposed on them for providing poor quality services for their subscribers. That followed a stern directive from the Ministry of Communications which gave them 24 hours to pay up or face sanctions. The four companies are MTN, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3394880f-4653-4435-8d4a-c406d1273c3c07-Dec-2011More than 10 billion apps have been downloaded from Google''s Android Market. To mark the moment Google said that for the next 10 days it would cut the price of some top apps to 10p each. The search giant announced the milestone on its blog adding that the store''s apps were being ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a2e1fbd0-0710-4322-a137-3a98c728291c07-Dec-2011Parliament on Tuesday approved the 2012 budget statement and economic policy of the government after concluding the debate on the motion moved in the House on November 16 by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor. The debate, which ended on a lively note when the Speaker, Joyce ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=19702b0a-37cb-40fc-b127-b466f5c44ceb07-Dec-2011President Joseph Kabila is leading Democratic Republic of Congo''s election with 46% of the vote, results show. With more than two-thirds of votes counted, his closest challenger, Etienne Tshisekedi, trails on 36%, the election commission says. Truckloads of riot police are patrolling the main cities in case of violence, with full results ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b46dfbc6-e073-4a17-8452-a8b91015a7d306-Dec-2011Oil giant BP has accused oilfields services firm Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence relating to last year''s oil well blast in the Gulf of Mexico in which 11 people were killed. At a hearing in a New Orleans'' court, BP said Halliburton had "intentionally" destroyed test results on its cement product ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f0e654fe-76c2-4495-a098-cdfc6085ef3b06-Dec-2011Twin attacks apparently targeting Shia Muslims have killed at least 58 people in Afghanistan. In the deadliest incident, a suspected suicide bomb struck a shrine packed with worshippers in the capital, Kabul, killing at least 54 people. Another blast struck near a Shia mosque the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif at about the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b91fa71b-cf57-4098-95ba-3ae3bfe0f93606-Dec-2011Ghana winger Andre Ayew missed out on the Tuttosport 2011 ”Golden Boy” Award after sensational German teenager Mario Gotze was named winner. The Olympique Marseille ace, 21, was hoping to sweep home the coveted award after being nominated with 40 other candidates including Barcelona''''s Thiago Alcantara, Lille''''s Eden Hazard and Mario ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d6a6a70c-d8d3-4eab-ab22-bea8d4b3d44606-Dec-2011Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Adenta Constituency, Mr Kofi Adu Asare, has stated that he will not seek re-election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in next year''''s general elections. According to him, having succeeded in winning back the Adenta seat from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=107ee054-f593-4a35-b2d5-3cd76db1394006-Dec-2011THE MINISTER for Interior, Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor, and President Atta Mills appear to disagree on the issue of putting the national security on red alert. In his 2011 state-of-the-nation''''s address to Parliament, President Mills, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, indicated that he had put the national security on red ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=315a5cab-8427-44a6-b3c8-d06e49006c8006-Dec-2011The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has organized a day''s workshop to sensitize freight forwarders who operate at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on the consequences of evading tax. The freight forwards were taken through the importance of valuation and classification of imports and exports to help in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f345c028-e026-4099-b723-7bc85af4dfbc06-Dec-2011Apple and five publishers are to be investigated over anti-competitive practice in the e-book market, says the European Union''''s anti-trust watchdog. As well as the tech giant, the inquiry centres on Hachette Livre, Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holzbrinck. The Commission said it would focus on alleged ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ad1d2ac6-fa07-4cf3-afa4-13c2f0854a0706-Dec-2011A 38-year-old woman who was receiving treatment at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) was reported to have died moments after medical officers providing medical care had abandoned the wards when five policemen attacked medical officers and security men at the facility. Sources close to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7dc61ad4-1586-4b07-9ae0-d2aae49656ee06-Dec-2011The Editor of the Insight newspaper Kwesi Pratt Jnr is fuming over the appearance of the deposed Ivorian Leader Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court. He told Joy News the principle of justice, fairness demands that ex-US and British leaders George Bush and Tony Blair respectively must be hauled before ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3f499d8c-5180-4342-8a5f-ad7ac9de4fd206-Dec-2011TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libyan interior ministry forces have taken control of the key Ras Jdir border crossing with Tunisia from former rebels who toppled Moamer Kadhafi, a top official said on Monday. "Today, I can announce that the control of Ras Jdir has been taken over by forces of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f8e16579-b4d6-4ac3-bb20-e13b191a6d7c05-Dec-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African police fired rubber bullets Monday to disperse DR Congo opposition supporters in Johannesburg and arrested five who tried to storm their embassy in Pretoria, the Sapa new agency and an AFP correspondent said. In Johannesburg, police fired rubber bullets to break up a group of demonstrators ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b60d3b98-2baf-4958-b198-db3028c7c1f705-Dec-2011Although not for the highest bidder, the choice of a running mate to partner Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is witnessing an unusual lobbying from not only the prospective personalities, but also their assigns, on a scale unmatched in the party''s history. Personalities whose names have strongly come up for the position ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6f8ec586-f820-473e-8550-879191848c0f05-Dec-2011The Peoples National Convention is looking forward to a favourable ruling by an Accra High Court on a motion seeking to place an injunction on the party''s national delegates'' congress originally scheduled to take place in Sunyani this Saturday. Five disgruntled members of the PNC pursuing the court action claim the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fc99e129-56e2-4f93-beea-c8ae3f05a4ab05-Dec-2011The New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament are convinced President John Mills is deeply involved in the controversial judgement debt paid NDC financier, Alfred Woyome. They claim the president''s comments in the heat of the controversy only gives him out as an active participant in the payment of some ¢58 million ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=034de90b-711b-4cc8-8fb2-bfc9d43aeee205-Dec-2011The new party to be unveiled by next month will be known and called the Progressive People''s Party (PPP), the Daily Graphic can authoritatively confirm. With a full glowing red sun on a white background as its emblem, the new party has Red and White as its colours. Currently, the party has ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d357aa4c-8745-4ef2-a453-493a4c09290c05-Dec-2011Kenyasi Number Two, (B/A) Dec. 5, GNA – Mr. Paul Sowley, General Manager of Environment and Social Responsibility of the Ahafo Mine of Newmont Ghana, has reiterated that the company''s commitment to involve all stakeholders in the execution of programmes that would promote unity and social cohesion. “The involvement of all ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9515cdfb-7ce4-4c93-9604-f2814d8fcce405-Dec-2011ABUJA, Nigeria, December 5, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) (http://www.westernunion.com), a leader in global payment services, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (http://www.usaid.gov) today launched the second African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) (http://www.diasporamarketplace.org), an initiative which encourages sustainable economic growth and employment by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f8bff962-42a6-4c97-9735-f700e6c95b0105-Dec-2011Angry lotto receivers have petitioned President John Evans Atta Mills to order the National Lotto Authority (NLA) to restore their commissions to the previous 25 per cent. At the beginning of this year, the NLA announced plans to reduce the commissions paid to lotto receivers by five per cent but the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3383db14-d9d1-4943-8eb8-625182ff828005-Dec-2011A Tema-based auto electrician, whose name was given as Isaac Amponsah, has committed suicide in a wooden kiosk at Community 12. According to reports, the deceased was said to be 25 years old and a native of Dorma Mansa in the Brong Ahafo region. The deceased, a caretaker, resided in the wooden ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=60300da3-e3a5-4737-be25-f7cc8553822605-Dec-2011Black Stars skipper John Mensah has given the assurance that the team will leave nothing to chance in the forthcoming Nations Cup in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. According to Mensah, the absence of power houses like Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroun and others does not make Ghana the automatic winners in the 28 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d14a3a0d-a16c-4dc3-bc6b-67b63d230e9a02-Dec-2011On World AIDS Day, Alicia Keys is shining the spotlight on the epidemic by releasing a documentary based on her experience traveling to South Africa with five Americans. The documentary is called "Keep A Child Alive," after Keys'' foundation of the same name. It follows a visit to South Africa during ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bf3f1c5c-d91a-4a16-9b53-ab22c2c50e6f02-Dec-2011ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 2, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Ambassador Michael A. Battle of the United States Mission to the African Union (USAU), was one of the volunteers today, Thursday 1st December 2011, to do the HIV screening offered by the African Union (AU) Medical Services Directorate as the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=44e01f87-27fd-4016-b0c4-b2dc6818905102-Dec-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa''s former police chief and ex-Interpol president Jackie Selebi was hospitalised on Friday after losing an appeal against his graft conviction, his lawyer said. Selebi collapsed at his Pretoria home shortly after the verdict and was taken to hospital by ambulance, his legal representative Wynanda Coetzee told ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9feecb32-ea92-41b2-8a6a-4397d690ec6002-Dec-2011African economies were hit in the post-Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008, and history is repeating itself, says South Africa''s finance minister. "The new epicentre of the crisis in the eurozone is having a damaging effect on our economies," said Pravin Gordhan. He said that was partly due to Europe states being major ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9a5ca6a9-fa5e-4fc6-85a5-4bee9c5ae8e802-Dec-2011Accra, Dec. 2, GNA - The Board of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been dissolved with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement issued in Accra on Thursday signed by the Minister of Energy, Mr Joe Oteng-Adjei. The statement said: “The Ministry wishes to state that President John Evans ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=55bcc805-1550-493b-9ace-9a132d09ff9502-Dec-2011Official vehicle sponsor of FIFA South Africa 2010 world Cup Hyundai have distributed over 3000 footballs to school children in the Accra municipality. The Korean manufactures aim of this agenda is communicate the notion of hope and dreams across for all school pupils in Africa and end poverty on the Africa ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c6cb6d0d-2ebc-4978-b2e1-501ab00cc8d102-Dec-2011KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudanese troops on Thursday occupied a key stronghold of the southern-aligned rebels they are battling in South Kordofan state, the information minister said. The claims were denied by the rebels, however, who said heavy fighting was ongoing. "The armed forces managed today to retake the area of Taruje, south ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=82ce4138-c559-4db4-8395-c90a45cd8f2f02-Dec-2011It is a privilege and an honour for me to stand-in for His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, Professor J.E.A. Mills at the 17th National Best Teacher Awards Ceremony here in Takoradi, which also coincides with World Teachers Day. His Excellency the President, who has been a teacher ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=99ea5817-eb24-4016-898c-94d7b141179002-Dec-2011NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Beginning Thursday, December 1st, World AIDS Day, movie fans and social networkers will be able to participate in the latest innovation in "filmanthropy." The Road We Know ( www.theroadweknow.com ), a new documentary about a youth movement in Botswana aimed at HIV ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1ce9c03f-caf7-4230-ab47-119f17df115901-Dec-2011US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to improve ties with Burma if current reforms continue. After meeting Burmese President Thein Sein, Mrs Clinton said the US would reward Burma''s leaders if they kept "moving in the right direction". After talks with Mr Thein Sein in the remote capital, Nay Pyi ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=17a089d3-e30f-4161-9198-8b1b62eaee6301-Dec-2011The European Union has agreed to impose fresh sanctions on 180 Iranian officials and firms over Tehran''s controversial nuclear programme. Ministers meeting in Brussels also agreed to work on other measures that could target Iran''s energy sector. The sanctions follow a UN report linking Iran to the development of a nuclear weapon. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f8b3aa14-f4d7-4d3e-a3af-9d7db20a2cf701-Dec-201158 year old Peter Kwaku Badu Vordzo is still conceiving a dream of representing Ghana at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Even though Peter Kwaku Badu Vordzo concedes he might not be able to withstand the challenge that will e posed by the younger ones, Mr. says he wants to be ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6a0e1d63-da52-4aeb-95ab-8bd563d83d5b01-Dec-2011Sunderland have sacked boss Steve Bruce following a torrid run of results. Bruce becomes the first Premier League manager to leave his job this season after two wins in the first 13 games. “It is my job to act in the best interests of our football club and I can assure everyone ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3f59297b-32a2-4653-82ce-a32cefb20c9801-Dec-2011Three hundred and eighty three thousand (383,000) investors made up of local and foreign investors and corporate investors presently invest in Government of Ghana securities including Treasury Bills, notes and bonds. The investments are kept in the Central Securities Depository (CSD) which provides safety for the securities. Though the numbers are good, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2c39c902-b9ad-4662-bb1a-62916183076401-Dec-2011OFFICIALS OF the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have said they have identified two key things to do in their bid to win the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to the NPP, they were working hard to prevent voter apathy at their strongholds as they are in constant talks with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=886f6cf6-0559-4475-9465-bb28a3ca826901-Dec-2011A former presidential spokesperson, , has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) could better its chances of winning the 2012 general elections if it chose a Muslim as a running mate to partner Nana Akufo-Addo. Mr Agyepong, who was ex-President J. A Kufuor’s spokesman, said such pairing fosters co-existence in the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c1f13fb4-19c9-48da-8ede-23fd31d0d06c01-Dec-2011The Scottish Development International (SDI), a group of Scottish-based companies promoting international trade, will from next week visit Ghana, the British High Commission in Accra has said. The visit, scheduled for December 5 – 9, is the second visit to Ghana for SDI who will be leading a group of eight ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f2cb0fc7-9b08-4462-8543-f3e95f607ca301-Dec-2011The Ministry of Energy has announced the dissolution of the board of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) with immediate effect. A statement from the Energy Ministry said a new board has been constituted by President John Evans Atta Mills and will be chaired by Mrs. Perpetual Darfour. ''''This Board will be ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=70efb7ce-1ce4-4141-b6bb-b2427fc2229401-Dec-2011Members of the Ghana National Poultry Farmers Association have been alarmed by the sudden skyrocketing of maize prices as a result of inadequate supplies. They said the rise in the price of maize could affect the production of poultry products and subsequently consumers as Christmas gets closer. “It is not as yet ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=11c448c5-89f2-47e4-9612-7a4fb5c10be001-Dec-2011Subi (E/R), Dec. 1, GNA - The people of Subi near Kade have held a durbar to show their appreciation to a retired pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana who during his tenure of office helped bring a number of projects to uplift the standard of living of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d4ae0808-720d-41ff-8a8b-babc573bee7201-Dec-2011Drama ensued last Friday at Koforidua, during the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Koforidua Senior High School, known as KOSEC, as old students of the school clashed with a platoon of police personnel from the Koforidua Central Police Command. But, for the timely display of professionalism and maturity, there could have ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a59a9642-d668-4919-9eb7-190181ee1a2e01-Dec-2011TEACHERS AT most basic schools in the Brong Ahafo region have turned trees into staff common rooms as schools in the region lack teachers'' offices. A visit by DAILY GUIDE to some schools in the Sunyani municipality saw teachers busily writing out their end of term examination questions towards the Christmas ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2e41fe80-289f-4f70-b48b-a848f85dbfd001-Dec-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa''s highest appeals court on Thursday declared that President Jacob Zuma''s choice to lead national prosecutions was unfit for the job, ordering him out of office. Menzi Simelane''s appointment as national director of prosecutions was "inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid," the Supreme Court of Appeals ruled. "The ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=19d65cc1-ca87-47ff-959c-d101ec365e0a01-Dec-2011CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt is awaiting results on Thursday from its first election since its February revolution which are set to confirm moderate Islamists as the dominant force, but with a strong showing from hardliners. The Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Islamist movement banned for decades by Hosni Mubarak, has emerged from ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7971a358-5c11-4522-99ec-af85ce68fd5301-Dec-2011Sleek beauty Beverly Asamoah Susuawu will next week fly to Orlando, United States of America, to represent Ghana at the 2011 edition of Mrs. World Beauty Pageant. A graduate of the African University College of Communications in Accra, Susuawu emerged as a runner-up in the 2002 edition of Miss Ghana, while ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a1564114-385a-4afc-9b57-6b82ed9e6c1830-Nov-2011The Ghana Tourism Authority is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to make Ghana the hub and the hot bed of tourism as it is once again taking part in the ongoing 6th Ecowas trade fair in the Togolese capital of Lome. Ghana’s participation in the fair was coordinated ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e1e25a28-320b-45e2-b46f-642daaeaba8330-Nov-2011Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has underscored the importance of education in ensuring that people appreciate and embrace the use of Family Planning concepts in addressing the Millennium Development Goals 4&5. He said: “We cannot impose on our people contraceptive methods, but should explain to convince them that they are responsible ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d9edb59d-38d7-4ce4-a721-d1d12f11a21d30-Nov-2011Ghana’s HIV epidemic is classified as a low prevalence epidemic of 1.5 per cent with pocket of high prevalence in certain populations said the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. He noted that this does not in any way suggest that the battle has been ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=58f0d590-521a-487c-bf0f-411430a4395030-Nov-2011GhanaMade, a Ghanaian-owned company that promotes and markets locally manufactured products, has launched another brand of locally grown and milled rice, Northern Star parboiled rice at a short ceremony in Tema. The launch of Northern Star parboiled rice, according to the Managing Director (MD) of GhanaMade, Comfort Aniagyei was in line ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5fc08034-ccb2-40db-93cd-2b4916e2fa7830-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 30, GNA - Ghana'''''''' Agriculture Minister Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi on Tuesday said the country would pay attention to all areas where biotechnology would be useful to improve productivity. Ghana would therefore liaise with the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) and other biotechnology based research institutions within and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=88adfc4c-3c83-41b3-a04b-c05cab465e8b30-Nov-2011New internet fraud nick-named by the police as “romance fraud” is on the increase in Ghana. The phenomenon manifest where some fraudsters, mostly men in the country, pretend to be marriageable women and through the internet, swindle their unsuspecting would be foreign partners of money. The fraudsters bait their foreigners by asking ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=972cca92-6612-4022-907e-f2c617e5f06a30-Nov-2011Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd (GGBL) in collaboration with WaterHealth Ghana Ltd on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, commissioned a WaterHealth Centre – a water treatment plant - for the Zenu Ashiaman community in the Greater Accra Region. The $70,000 state of the art facility, sponsored under GGBL''''s flagship community investment programme, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=df5c0d24-99f8-4a0d-8803-73e4511d154430-Nov-2011Government''s move to fix the country''s ailing infrastructure is anchored on a sustainable financing plan that will ease pressure on the public debt, says Deputy Finance Minister, Seth Terkper. Amid fears that the government''s resort to new commercial debt to build and repair infrastructure could tip the public-debt burden over its ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7cf08e1a-5735-4d1a-9df9-285a8b25281130-Nov-2011Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, a Leading Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that the call by some for a Ga-Dangme Running mate for Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo must be interpreted within the framework of the political calculus for the NPP Leadership and the rank and file. He said ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=199e46be-a79a-4d6b-a45d-9ed62f643cfe30-Nov-2011Nigeria, November 30, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Ericsson Gives West African developers a global stage • Ericsson and Sony Ericsson partner to run competition for application developers in West Africa • Local developers are invited to submit innovative ideas and mobile applications • Application entries will be automatically registered for the global competition with a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d88649dc-1f94-427c-b46f-5daa0dc617d930-Nov-2011At the outskirts of this town, 45 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, Aselefech Desalegn fights the flames she uses for baking enjera, Ethiopia''s staple flatbread. Like millions of poor Ethiopian women, she is also constantly battling to feed her children. In recent years her livelihood has depended on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fde05573-7220-47cc-8ff9-3163ed5d672530-Nov-2011BANGUI (AFP) - The border between Cameroon and the Central African Republic, closed at Garoua-Boulai after a military clash last week, has reopened, a Central African military source said Monday. "The border between Central Africa and Cameroon has reopened and several vehicles, including heavy goods lorries, which were blocked at the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a051b16a-e0f2-40f5-a9bc-4a894db771b629-Nov-2011Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search sites have a new rival called YaCy. Backed by free software activists, YaCy aims to literally put search into the hands of users by distributing its indexing engine around the net. Anyone can download the YaCy software and help the search system improve and spread the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e39f43c8-c75c-4891-856e-61338665548229-Nov-2011The management of the Bank of Africa have presented a cheque for GH¢5,000 to the Otumfuo Educational Foundation at a ceremony at Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The amount formed part of the social responsibility of the bank towards the improvement of education and social development. Speaking during the presentation, the Asantehene, Otumfuo ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=827ee6cb-d3f1-4ca1-80a5-e1bb1858da8529-Nov-2011Local workers of an expatriate oil service company in Takoradi were Monday locked out of the company’s premises for agitating for an improvement in their working conditions. The company, Weatherford Services and Rental, was said to have called its expatriate workers early this morning and after the last person had entered ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8fad3849-32c0-45d1-8a26-8279a68f940529-Nov-2011Kumasi, Nov 28, GNA – Huawei Technologies (GH) S.A Limited on Monday handed over a 400,000 dollars Information Communication and Technology (ICT) laboratory built for the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at a ceremony in Kumasi. The gesture was in fulfillment of a promise made by the Company ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eac30bd8-9256-4cb4-9dfb-3199b9848e9d29-Nov-2011The Director of Royal Preparatory School at Osu in Accra, J.B Ashong, has been sentenced to three-month imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for his failure to pay GH¢20,885.64 being the Social Security contributions of his workers. Mr. Ashong was in August ordered by the court to pay the total amount ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bffa2efa-527b-4403-a266-264db53ecb3d29-Nov-2011With nine Grammys and six multi-platinum albums to her name, Mary J. Blige has earned the title "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul." But to her fans, she is simply Mary. It''s an intimacy Blige herself welcomes, by sharing the ups and downs of her life ... communicating and connecting with her fans like ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e32686da-f002-43f2-a232-987a00e7a5a128-Nov-2011(AFP) - Morocco waited on Monday for King Mohammed VI to appoint the country''''s first-ever prime minister from a moderate Islamist party after it won the most seats in a landmark parliamentary election. The vote was the first since the approval of a new constitution in a July referendum that transferred ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e144a54d-27e9-4510-bb49-802371b7012c28-Nov-2011ROME, Italy, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Egypt launches its first post-Mubarak legislative election process, and with it the start of a complex democratic transition. Forty million Egyptians will have the right to cast their vote for the 498 seats of the people''s assembly, equivalent to the lower ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6c229648-0a1f-4828-aca5-5a39e8d40c7928-Nov-2011DURBAN, South-Africa, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Against a background of record greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, more frequent and intense extreme weather events, but also growing momentum for action to fight climate change, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (28 November to 9 December) kicked ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9aba386f-7b3b-4bae-9e36-184a2c297ea528-Nov-2011Steve Jobs wasn''''''''t eager to disclose details of his health issues over the years. That the Apple co-founder contracted a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2003 wasn''''''''t disclosed until after his return from surgery more than nine months later. Another health problem, which was innocuously described at first as a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d1dbcfa8-76aa-422d-bb8f-28dada73528028-Nov-2011The management of Busy Internet has reiterated its commitment towards offering quality, fast and reliable broadband internet services to help in the development of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the country. The company since its establishment over the past ten years has not relented in its efforts in providing efficient and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=532b84cd-bad6-4aaa-84b0-3bb94b8484dc28-Nov-2011The quest of the Eastern Regional Police Command to bring to a halt activities of illicit drugs particularly cultivation of marijuana in its jurisdiction took a different dimension last Thursday, when a team of police personnel destroyed a four and half acres of eight farms of cultivated plants suspected to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=916cd444-9fb5-47db-8945-4ec4f77baccb28-Nov-2011As part of the company''s effort to drive the message of good environmental sanitation deep down the heart and mind of every single Ghanaian living everywhere in Ghana, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has rolled out series of Community-based Environmental Sanitation Durbars, aimed at bringing all stakeholders together to brainstorm about how ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d3b5e654-62f0-4931-96f5-92423fd1d93c28-Nov-2011Hundreds of motorists participated in the innovative Goil Corporate Day Out event dubbed ''GOILY DAY'' which was organized at three selected filling stations in the Accra-Tema Metropolis last Thursday. The three selected stations were the Goil filling station on the Osu Oxford Street opposite SSNIT Hospital, the Goil filling station on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f9677230-da7a-431f-8f33-9d2affcb000128-Nov-2011Buying a solar panel is now the best investment a householder can make as the government is set to introduce a feed-in-tariff into the power sector following the passage of the renewable energy bill. This will oblige electricity companies to pay people an amount yet to be determined for the power ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2ac92090-c91b-468e-8d0a-aaeca3c1b70828-Nov-2011There is turmoil in the Convention People''s Party with party leaders engaged in accusations and counter accusations. Party General Secretary, Ivor Greenstreet fingered the CPP''s 2008 presidential candidate for machinations designed to cause disaffection in the party. Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, according to Mr Greenstreet, is responsible for agitations in the CPP ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b00264ef-5839-4c8a-ae2c-b9d221f1e1ba28-Nov-2011Accra, Nov. 29, GNA - Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, the Minister of Health, on Monday pledged the government''s commitment to ensure the provision of adequate blood supply to meet clinical needs of patients. He said blood supply was an essential service to all Ghanaians and therefore urged the citizenry to continue ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d8ced196-36c5-4e78-97c5-f8f489ea3cb528-Nov-2011Ghana is set to increase its non-traditional exports to US$5 billion by the year 2015, the Deputy Director of Export Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Nana Kodwo Adentwi, has said. Speaking at the Ghana launch of Ambiente, an international fair to be held in Germany, Mr. Adentwi said ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=416f51fb-4323-485d-bc4f-dbe5563f862228-Nov-2011The Nima Divisional Police Command has arrested two journalists for allegedly possessing substances suspected to be narcotic drugs. The two journalists are Patrick Osei Agyeman, also known as Countryman Songo, Host of Fire for Fire, a popular sports programme on Asempa Radio, and Bismark Brown of Happy FM and host of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d1a01e74-6f3e-4883-9f7e-228dedbc0d5828-Nov-2011A member of the National Peace Council, Maulvi Wahab Adams has condemned threats by President Mills'' Communications Director, to deal ruthlessly with some leading members of the opposition New Patriotic Party. Koku Anyidoho who was reacting to claims by former NPP chairman Peter Mac Manu that the party would arm its ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2e9a1fad-4f63-4f7a-8a20-1fca22d0468c25-Nov-2011THE MINORITY in Parliament virtually took President Atta Mills'''' 2012 budget statement and economic policy to the cleaners on Thursday, describing it as old material from a recycle bin. ''''When you read all the three earlier budgets you will find some common themes; a litany of failed promises, a distortion of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ca2cc535-0916-4d8a-bb00-d92d6ac02cb625-Nov-2011BANJUL (AFP) - Gambia''''s long-serving President Yayha Jammeh was headed for a landslide victory Friday in an election criticised by observers as flawed due to voter intimidation and state control of the media. Polling officials were hard at work tallying the glass marbles used to vote due to a high-rate of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e811dd3b-9e81-418a-905b-e5f98b95668a25-Nov-2011CAPE TOWN (AFP) - South Africa has grounded former president Nelson Mandela and his successors from free flights as the presidency has run out of funds for the retired leaders'' travel perk, a report said Friday. "The presidency is currently experiencing serious budgetary constraints and unfortunately the budget that was allocated ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=12fe32ca-5319-4e1f-9919-b9f7b88404dc25-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 25, GNA – Diana Popolampo alias Naaki, a 15-year-old class six pupil of Methodist Primary at the Adabraka Cluster of Schools is reported missing from her residence at Adabraka. Popolampo, who was staying with her grandmother left the house on 18th November 2011 at about 1800 hours and has ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2e9af336-d6d3-4c33-a506-29ff09e5271125-Nov-2011Kumasi, Nov 24, GNA - A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 27-year old trader to 25 years with hard labour for defiling a four-year old girl. Akwasi Adjei pleaded not guilty to the crime. Police Chief Inspector Isaac Mensah Appenteng told the court presided over by Justice William Boampong that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4b690595-c514-4c81-8cca-f8e9f6a33a3725-Nov-2011Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed from office the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair, Mrs. Farida Waziri, according to information reaching ghanabusinessnews.com. According to today’s edition of the Nigerian Daily Trust, which reported the sack, former Director of Operations, Ibrahim Lamorde is to take over in acting capacity. No ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b9b18d44-6640-4294-808c-7d463c65356824-Nov-2011Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed from office the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair, Mrs. Farida Waziri, according to information reaching ghanabusinessnews.com. According to today’s edition of the Nigerian Daily Trust, which reported the sack, former Director of Operations, Ibrahim Lamorde is to take over in acting capacity. No ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8e040401-89c1-4018-906a-cf550df3275224-Nov-2011Irish Tullow Oil and Texas-based Kosmos Energy would have to spend close to $1 billion as cost to fix problems it is facing at Ghana’s Jubilee oilfields in order to bring production on track to achieve the plateau limit of 120,000 barrels of oil per day, according to analysts at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f4c0c017-8bfe-4033-ba4d-e3653219f6a624-Nov-2011The Jomoro District has approved GH¢3,467,839.05 as its 2012 financial year budget for its developmental programme. A greater portion of the budget would go into road construction and development, health, agriculture, sanitation and environment, disaster management and human resource development. The Assembly passed two resolutions to procure a grader for roads development ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2e73a94f-3af7-49b5-a0f0-1a3fc5fe617224-Nov-2011A total of twelve people were murdered by Fulani herdsmen in various parts of the Eastern in a period of 18 months. Besides the murders, the Police in the Region also recorded many rape and defilement cases against women and children by the Fulani herdsmen whiles many acres of farmlands and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=86d4126d-3b62-4671-bdd6-3933cfe5619124-Nov-2011Parliament is expected to approve three loans including a $103 million facility that would help in the financing of the National Electrification Scheme and improve water supply in some parts of the country. The $103 million facility is a credit agreement between the government of Ghana and CitiBank N.A. of South ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9b2a9ef7-0500-47b4-92ce-953b4c34ec9c24-Nov-2011The South- South News, a digital media platform in the United States of America, on Wednesday presented two awards and an information system package to President John Evans Atta Mills. It was in recognition of Ghana’s economic growth and progress, and also for improvement in the nation’s education front. The awards are ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=82c5c759-e769-452e-b4c8-fd5fd198ddd324-Nov-2011Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dr. Richard Turkson, is dead. He died yesterday after a short illness. Dr. Turkson had only days ago played host to President Atta Mills who paid a four day official visit to Canada. Dr Richard Turkson was from 1990 to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=55d91069-6858-4d4a-b0e1-08d3fc194f5d24-Nov-2011A movie on Ghana''s 2008 General Elections has been released. It features Nana Akufo-Addo, John Atta Mills, Jerry Rawlings, John Kufuor, Afari-Gyan, Kwesi Pratt, Hannah Tetteh, Rojo Mettle-Nunoo and Kwabena Agyepong, among others, and it has received great reviews across the globe, with the Los Angeles Times describing the documentary ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3fcda889-8f9f-4e29-b3d0-9c2846fb70e424-Nov-2011FORMER COACH of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Paa Kwesi Fabin says the Porcupine Warriors have more room to improve upon their performance. He pointed out that Kotoko were currently playing one of the best footballs in the country, but insisted that the team could still do more if they tried. Coach Fabin therefore ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3b097a92-2e96-42d0-ac54-83a039d4d47f23-Nov-2011FORMER COACH of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Paa Kwesi Fabin says the Porcupine Warriors have more room to improve upon their performance. He pointed out that Kotoko were currently playing one of the best footballs in the country, but insisted that the team could still do more if they tried. Coach Fabin therefore ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cfe7235f-beab-47b4-bbaf-66fa1afd768323-Nov-2011Ex-Black Stars captain Charles Akunnor says the senior national soccer side, the Black Stars are inches away from lifting the 28th Nations Cup not because soccer greats like Nigeria, Cameroun will not be in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon next January. Akunnor, now a coach at Right To Dream Academy, told DAILY ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=85ecb24f-7998-4da6-a47a-2ea9b6ec422523-Nov-2011Drama ensued last Friday at Koforidua, during the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Koforidua Senior High School, known as KOSEC, as old students of the school clashed with a platoon of police personnel from the Koforidua Central Police Command. But, for the timely display of professionalism and maturity, there could have ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1d58f566-baad-47ac-a79b-3ba7e15ffdfd23-Nov-2011The first ever Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) Grand Ball has been set for Friday, November 25 at the Banquet Hall, State House. The event which promises to be an evening of unforgettable entertainment is aimed at raising funds to rebuild the music industry. Proceeds from the prestigious event will help ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=52edb952-d394-47ae-bb2b-13545fadcc1123-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 23, GNA - Mr Mike Hammah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Tuesday expressed concern about the rate at which the country''s forest was depleting and said Government needed to update laws on forest and natural resources. He noted that at the beginning on the 20th century, Ghana''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=62680966-25b9-45eb-a457-383bc93217a123-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 23, GNA - Mr Mike Hammah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Tuesday expressed concern about the rate at which the country''s forest was depleting and said Government needed to update laws on forest and natural resources. He noted that at the beginning on the 20th century, Ghana''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=afff4f9f-3748-413e-981a-85e91c38f6ac23-Nov-2011NEW YORK, November 23, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a high-level meeting in New York today with representatives of the Governments of Cameroon and Nigeria in order to review the progress of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission and encourage the parties to complete their border-demarcation ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d6a3205a-7a98-46e6-a93a-e951858205b323-Nov-2011ROME, Italy, November 23, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Giulio Terzi, had a conversation with the Tunisian Foreign Minister, Mouldi Kefi, this morning in Kuwait City. The meeting took place in the margins of the Forum for the Future. With his Tunisian colleague, Minister Terzi ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=301d14f2-0560-425f-b916-d798f9f0fec823-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 22, GNA -The Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Tuesday announced a Yellow Fever Vaccination programme to take place from Tuesday November 22 to 28, for selected communities in the Greater Accra Region and other parts of the country. Dr Edward Antwi, Deputy Director of Public Health at the GHS, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d3f927df-e20e-44db-9f37-31b8ba24b6a223-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 23, GNA – Mr Mahama Ayariga, Deputy Minister for Education, on Tuesday said the current fees being charged by the country''s public universities varied from one institution to the other and from one programme to the other. He said the fees also differed from one level to another and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=37948b8a-822f-48d4-ac16-543e17f39ef723-Nov-2011TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libya has priority to try Seif al-Islam, the most prominent son of deposed leader Moamer Kadhafi arrested last week, chief International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday. "The primacy is for the national system. If they want to do it, we are not competing with them," Moreno-Ocampo ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=57112df1-b94a-45a5-a8b9-db8420b2ad6b23-Nov-2011GENEVA, Switzerland, November 23, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday deplored the role of Egypt''s military and security forces in attempting to suppress demonstrations over the past five days and in particular for the reported killing of some 30 protestors ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a139b108-0ead-4e83-a43f-11bacbfa7a0423-Nov-2011Accra, Nov. 22, GNA – The Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, on Tuesday reiterated Government''s commitment to ensuring that the migration on the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) was done fairly and transparently. He said it was important for the public to note that the implementation ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=27b36123-5f4d-4cd7-ad2b-a2fb55cc50e023-Nov-2011Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, son of Ghana''s first president has blamed the CPP''s indecision on whether to field a presidential candidate for the 2012 elections on the party Chair; Samia Yaba Nkrumah who he alleges is nursing a presidential ambition for 2016. He revealed that some elders in the party are working ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ea263ebf-4cfa-4b69-b054-473353c07bb823-Nov-2011Over 4. 58 million barrels of crude oil produced from the Jubilee fields are unaccounted for as Kwabena Duffuor, the Finance Minister under the ruling NDC and Tullow Oil have, on separate occasions, stated different production figures for the same period under review. Using the average crude oil price over the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=32ea2fe3-c4e3-42bc-bd34-87a599d6149623-Nov-2011Fifty four out of the 55 public institutions have so far been successfully migrated onto the Single Spine Salary Structure. The migration represents 97.57 per cent of the total number of public institutions. Employment Minister E.T Mensah disclosed this when he took his turn at the Meet the Press series on Tuesday. He ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=01d79288-217b-42b2-b237-f9eee928359523-Nov-2011A four-fold increase in polio has been reported in Nigeria, with the disease spreading to other countries, a World Health Organisation official says. Forty-three cases were reported in Nigeria this year, compared to 11 last year, the official, Thomas Moran, said. Curbing the polio virus in Nigeria is key to eradicating the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2aac4f23-b585-4734-9aa9-7ba881d2d37722-Nov-2011Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAids suggest. Globally, the number of new HIV infections in 2010 was 21% down on that peak, seen in 1997, according to UNAids 2011 report. The organisation says both falls have been fuelled by a major expansion ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8d24795b-15dc-497e-8cf5-2f3b548b992522-Nov-2011Kennedy ''Cappuccino'' Agyepong, former boss of Glo Premier League leaders Kumasi Asante Kotoko, has lend his support to the K.K. Sarpong led management of the club, pledging to pick the bill any time the Porcupine Warriors travel out of the Garden City. Known as dyed-in-the-wool fan, Capo, as he is known ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4d604b21-e4e5-448f-a3ae-b1a9a60853d322-Nov-2011Manchester United FC are on a five-game winning streak as they play SL Benfica for top spot in Group C,LIVE tonight on Joy Sports and Adom-TV on Multi-TV. Visiting boss Jorge Jesus says his side "have a plan" to win them the game. Speaking ahead of tonight''s game, United boss Ferguson, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0a06e0ce-0b36-4470-b171-113e6072f44422-Nov-2011The Volta River Authority (VRA) plans to build a 300-500 megawatt power-generation facility in the next four years, estimated at a cost of US$300-500 million, to meet the country''''s increasing power demand. “Currently, we''''re seeking advice and approval from our board on how to finance the project. The discussion is ongoing, so ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ac4ab5cb-1085-44df-97a8-09b2cfeeb3d422-Nov-2011Seven traders arrested for allegedly selling unauthorised drugs were Monday fined GH¢96 each, or serve two years in imprisonment with hard labour. The accused persons include Tawiah Nador, Asmah Jonathan, Emmanuel Edinam, Fati Osmanu, Michael Appiah, Yaa Serwah and Amuel Opare. The accused persons were caught selling aphrodisiac, cobra cream, AK ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ee799b61-d9ce-4338-aaf9-9d46e82a06c222-Nov-2011BERLIN, Germany, November 22, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Markus Löning, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, visited Cairo from 15 to 18 November. While there, he held high-level political talks and met with human rights defenders. In response to recent developments in Egypt, Markus Löning issued ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4e5ac9b9-f17a-4de6-97a7-7358f8daa3a522-Nov-2011An accounting professional with speciality in taxation says while the tax reforms announced in the 2012 budget will bring some relief to income tax payers, it can reduce the profitability of some sectors of the economy, especially mining. Mr Abeiku Gyan-Quansah, Manager, Tax Services at a renowned accounting firm PwC, told ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3a1821ef-1abd-49f3-97fe-d8d556a8825122-Nov-2011A US agency has ruled that Apple did not violate graphic patents owned by S3 Graphics, a unit of Taiwan''s HTC. S3, which makes image compression technology, filed a complaint with trade agency, ITC, in May 2010. The company accused Apple of infringing four patents, which it said were used widely in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c093ef00-00fe-4ddc-aa0d-c1b9695a99ea22-Nov-2011A member of the Ghana RoadFund management board, Professor Mohammed Salifu said the RoadFund remains the only viable way of raising adequate resources for the crucial task of road maintenance, adding, a lot must be done to improve the revenue of the fund. He stated this at a forum organized at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1f21b862-b391-4466-bda5-c5053c6d06c722-Nov-2011Vice President John Dramani Mahama at the weekend appealed to Science and Mathematics teachers to simplify their teaching techniques to make the subject attractive to students. He said a lot of students, particularly in the second cycle institutions; decline to take up the courses due to poor teaching methods, coupled with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=72796303-7857-454e-af59-17b415be3d4a22-Nov-2011High levels of corruption are the conversation of the day in South Africa, a country respected on the African continent for her economic buoyancy and thriving democracy. One reason for corruption''s higher profile has been the strong stance taken by Thuli Madonsela, the official Public Protector, who heads the country''s ombudsman ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=12353e8d-dace-41df-a8f6-4c4a0c38180c22-Nov-2011Emirates Skycargo, the freight division of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline; has launched a new service on the burgeoning UAE-Africa trade route. A Boeing 747-400F-with a capacity of 117 tonnes will operate every Friday between Dubai and Ghana; in support of the thriving import and export industry generated by one of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a01c16ad-0397-4cb8-aa2c-03099eeb41d222-Nov-2011General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has launched a rather vile attack on the personality of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, describing him as an '' imprisoned Kweku Ananse '' for allegedly kowtowing to the whims and caprices ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a7595557-b1c7-49b2-8717-da415b4b177c22-Nov-2011The forthcoming congress of the People''s National Convention (PNC) is in serious doubt as five members file a suit against the party. An Accra High Court has summoned the national executives specifically a flagbearer hopeful of the party, Dr. Edward Mahama, party general secretary Bernard Mornah and the national chairman Ahmed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dd6f86b5-8764-4bbe-9b20-7395bcd83fb622-Nov-2011Access to HIV treatment has improved greatly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region which has long been worst hit by the AIDS epidemic, leading to a steady drop in deaths, the United Nations said Monday. "The most dramatic increases in anti-retroviral therapy coverage have occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, with a 20 percent ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2f7fbf66-9450-40dc-88be-00d684e1b0ff21-Nov-2011The Regent of Gomoa Brofo near Apam, Nana Akyen, has advised parents to stop buying clothes for funerals and invest the money in the education of their children. Nana Akyen said seeking a better future for children must supersede acquisition of clothes and other earthly things. The Regent was speaking at the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=51192d08-c90c-4de4-bef0-8e5a6323706221-Nov-2011The Council adopted the following conclusions: "1. The EU welcomes the Declaration of Liberation of Libya made on October 23, which marks the beginning of a new era for the country and its people. It also welcomes the appointment of Abdurrahim al-Keib as Libya''s new Prime Minister and looks forward to the rapid appointment ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=33edd165-cc72-41f1-aad4-5bb22220ef3b21-Nov-2011GNA – Spiritan University College at Ejisu has dedicated its 5th bi-annual academic week celebration to the discussion of issues relating to national security ahead of the 2012 general elections. The week-long celebration which is under the theme, “The role of the security agents and national security in the nation''s elections”, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2f23577d-63a2-4d0b-bae9-ea316efd070221-Nov-2011Saltpond (C/R), Nov. 21, GNA - The Chairperson of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of the Mfantsiman Girls Senior High School, Madam Joana Felicity Dickson has admonished students to take computer studies serious to avoid becoming what she termed “illiterate scholars”. She said the modern world was being controlled by computers, and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=47b7eaf8-36c9-4af4-904b-358d54d20b7621-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 21, GNA – The Ghana Registered Nurses Association at the weekend elected Mr Kwaku Asante-Krobea, a former General Secretary of the association as its President for the next four years. Other elected members were: Mr Cosmas H. Alhassan and Mr Adinkra Amo Kwame first and second Vice Presidents respectively, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=890fef2e-99f6-47be-9276-09a3a7e3c16621-Nov-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Nobel literature prize winner Nadine Gordimer on Monday warned that a new secrecy bill will return South Africa to apartheid-era limits on free speech. The ruling African National Congress is set to muscle the Protection of State Information Bill through parliament on Tuesday, amid an outcry that it ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=87078941-b3ce-4ce0-969f-5decf0b395e521-Nov-2011CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (AFP) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who said he was robbed of victory in 2008 elections, pleaded Sunday for 2012 polls to reflect the will of the people. "The vote must be secured... The will of the people must be respected," Tsvangirai told supporters of his Movement for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=46378573-21af-46eb-98fe-ec422533f8be21-Nov-2011ongstress Rebecca Acheampong popularly known as Becca was, at the wee hours of Sunday, adjudged the Overall Best Video winner at the 2011 edition of the 4Syte Music Video Awards at the Accra International Conference Centre. Becca won the ultimate award of the night for her video African Woman beating off ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=85eb563f-de31-47d4-b1a7-945b901e57d421-Nov-2011Some civil society organisations and political actors are agitating for the relocation of oil companies operating from the restricted Ghana Air Force enclave in Takoradi in the Western Region. The oil companies, made up of largely foreign companies, operate from the air force base but civil society organizations and some politicians ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=67d0522a-5768-40fb-8b30-f2843734174321-Nov-2011South Africa and the world''s most celebrated jazz artiste, ace trumpeter, and musical legend, Hugh Masekela, thrilled music enthusiasts to a night of exciting and soothing music at the Banquette Hall, State House on Saturday night. It was a night of extraordinary music, where the old fused with the new gave ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cae371b3-4dc0-43b8-99a3-ffafcf68040721-Nov-2011Jones Agyeman, a Kumasi-based movie producer who hatched a false story that he had been kidnapped by two men of God, Rev. Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom and Bishop Daniel Obinim, will appear before a court this morning. Jones Agyeman, together with his wife Deborah Agyeman and his brother, Evander Akwasi Agyeman, managed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eae6cd4b-444a-4fdb-a357-5c749b14e9d421-Nov-2011Though an active farming region, cases of hunger and malnutrition abound in the three Northern Regions of Ghana. Usually, October is the month of the year when food is in abundance. It is without doubt therefore that research figures show about 36 per cent of children under ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a792f856-9499-48af-bdca-6132cc08ee0821-Nov-2011I have been inundated with calls and messages from several scores of friends to state my position on the 2012 fiscal policy of Ghana presented in parliament by the Hounourable Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffour on the 16th day of November, 2011. I ordinarily would not have loved to wade ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f9a60ad3-010a-4114-9000-be21b1be010121-Nov-2011Samsung has redesigned one of its tablet computers after a court banned sales in Germany in September. The injunction followed Apple''s complaint that the Galaxy Tab 10. 1 looked too much like the EU-registered design of its iPad tablet. The South Korean firm says its revised Galaxy ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ccb9bb2c-c8f1-4ff5-ab91-2d0048f0202e21-Nov-2011Gold Fields Limited says it has noted this week’s 2012 budget announcement by Ghana’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, which includes proposed changes to the tax regime for the country’s mining industry. “We require more details of the proposed tax changes to further assess their potential impact. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=529ab121-a83c-4fb4-a51a-5fd2fdffe29121-Nov-2011Some military officers in Tamale in the Northern region of Ghana have reportedly attacked some police personnel in the metropolis for detaining one of their colleagues early this week. According to reports reaching Citi News, the soldiers carried out the reprisal attack today, Friday, after police officers directing ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=79b9b7d0-4a63-484f-b658-62927437e46621-Nov-2011A quarter of people wrongly believe antibiotics work on most coughs and colds, a Health Protection Agency survey has found. However antibiotics cannot treat viruses, which cause most respiratory tract infections. The HPA poll of 1,800 people in England also found one in 10 people keep leftover antibiotics - and many would ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6e1aaf9a-9cae-4337-a0eb-c478e25939cb18-Nov-2011A $350-million Regional Electrification Programme has been launched at Enyan Maim in the Central Region to connect over 200 rural communities to the national grid. Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy, speaking at the launch expressed government''s commitment to provide for the welfare of the people. He mentioned ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cc227cf4-cec1-4c97-b4b0-4a8f4496180f18-Nov-2011Jachie-Pramso (Ash), Nov 18, GNA – Dr Joe Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Energy, has underscored the importance of education in national development and appealed to all Ghanaians to contribute to its promotion. He said it was important for the various stakeholders to accept to play their expected roles well to complement ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=725f3239-58a9-40fb-a652-e005d0b5c22f18-Nov-2011GLO Mobuile Ghana Limited has so far invested $600 million in infrastructure and technical support services to enhance quality mobile service delivery in Ghana and says it is technically ready to launch its operations in Ghana. However, anxious Ghanaians waiting to have a feel of the much-talked-about Glo network will now ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c437172b-e548-441f-92f4-d1577577df6918-Nov-2011Ghanaian ace comedian DKB known in private life as Derrick Kwabena Bonney, will be treating his fans tonight with the best of laugther at De Temple Night Club, following an overwhelming performance he put at this year''s MNET Comedy Club in Uganda.Madam Kplelems will be on the stage with other ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=51cdabd7-aa8b-44a9-b0f4-68af7741c38e18-Nov-2011By now 4Syte TV, organizers of the Music Video Awards are not only putting finishing touches to what Ignace tells myhiworld.com would be the biggest event organized by his outfit, but are also doing their best to ensure the Accra International Conference Centre is not over packed as Hi Newspaper ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eb53df6a-e14d-44dc-b727-eb25451a1a4a18-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 17, GNA – The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP), on Thursday called on women to voice out their concerns as they were critical stakeholders in community peace building. He said “WANEP believes that for peace building to be effective, it must be all inclusive and take ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=72a9076a-6733-4c13-8f4c-fbb20d5c7ee018-Nov-2011Accra, Nov. 17- GNA- Pricoil Ghana has won the African Infrastructure Chemicals and Materials Technology Innovation Award for the Year 2011 at the African Excellence Awards Banquet in Cape Town, South Africa. The Award was in recognition of the company''s ability to leverage nanotechnology in the waterproofing industry. “Nanotechnology is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ad23a2df-2ae5-4016-8228-830b1c3618a018-Nov-2011AL-BAIDA, Libya (AFP) - Commanders who defected from Moamer Kadhafi''s armed forces in the heat of the civil uprising named a new chief on Thursday, presenting the new Libyan authorities with a done-deal. Some 150 officers and sub-officers, gathered in the eastern city of Al-Baida, unanimously approved the appointment of Khalifa ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5d7ab637-f6b1-45ff-96bb-6d66d761696718-Nov-2011The UN-backed war crimes tribunal for Rwanda hassentenced former mayor Gregoire Ndahimanato 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity in connection with the killing of more than 2,000 Tutsi refugees in his village in 1994. Ndahimana failed to prevent police from bulldozing a Catholic ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=91599af6-9704-4aad-869c-f8975d7fdfcc18-Nov-2011An arrest warrant has been issued for the former Philippine president, Gloria Arroyo,amid alegal battle to decide whether the former president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is free to travel abroad. The country''''s supreme courtruled on Fridaythat Arroyoshould beallowed to go overseas, but just hours latera lower courtissued an arrest warrant for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9949f2f4-c419-4f32-a531-efaecb81577218-Nov-2011The leaders ofBritain and Germanyare set to meet amid growing friction over how to restore stability in the face of Europe''s debilitating debt crisis. Angela Merkel, the German chancellor,and David Cameron, the British prime minister, have both been pressing for action to stabilise the euro as Italy and Greece move to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=990bd2cb-af61-4bfb-af31-3aec5bfb017c18-Nov-2011The Hohoe Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Senior High School (HEPSS), one of the many contributions of the church to the promotion of education in the Volta Region, has marked its 50th Anniversary where the stakeholders pledged their commitment to help ensure that factors that militate against education are removed or reduced ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f4bc012a-9a2a-4d79-8a02-81b398ebbd6c17-Nov-2011ARUSHA, Tanzania (AFP) - An international court handed down a 15-year jail term for genocide Thursday to a Rwandan former mayor who failed to stop police bulldozing a church, burying nearly 2,000 people sheltered inside. Gregory Ndahimana, 59, mayor of the Kivumu district during the 1994 genocide, helped fuel the massacre ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=97bb8de3-1ab1-4554-b901-78df6e33700117-Nov-2011ROME (AFP) - When he arrives in Africa on Friday, Pope Benedict XVI will be welcomed by a fast-growing Church struggling with sex and corruption scandals and rivalry from evangelical Christians and Voodooism. The pope will revisit the themes raised during the synod of African bishops in 2009, when he had ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4f6ab22d-d8ab-439a-a535-75a9a78c70d217-Nov-2011The U.S. Institute of Peace hosted an important workshop on Darfur this week, which was attended by key Darfuri armed movements, Darfuri civil society, and key stakeholders in the international community, including U.S. government officials. The workshop produced frank and constructive discussions on Darfur and served as a unique opportunity ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c9ed1bea-677b-4aaa-961e-ca7a156962a717-Nov-2011ROME, Italy, November 17, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The second phase of the DGCS initiative in Ethiopia began with the publication of guidelines for the formulation and presentation of NGO proposals. The project is concerned with risk reduction in the sectors of water, sanitation, environment and health. On 4 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9d23950d-c53c-4995-806b-98cc5c10446217-Nov-2011FIVE TOP Pastors in Kumasi are richer by 30 million old cedis after they accepted to pray for local club Kumasi Asante Kotoko. The pastors’ names are being kept secret at least for now. They were consulted by the Kotoko Circles in the Ashanti region to help the club in prayers to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9213dab0-7507-4913-899c-2ede93cb66e717-Nov-2011Accra. Nov, 16, GNA - Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, said Ghana would need about1.6 billiondollarsper year to meet the country''s infrastructure needs in the next ten years. He said sustaining the medium term growth targets set for the country, would require a significant scaling up ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0d3ebd62-9aef-4beb-a0d9-438eb7576c1f17-Nov-2011MTN Ghana yesterday announced its 10 millionth subscriber at the Golden Tulip in Accra. By this feat, MTN currently has more than half of mobile phone subscribers in the country. Announcing the milestone, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN, Michael Ikpoki said the company’s success was not achieved on a sliver ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3dfdfdf0-6612-4b8b-b46a-1750c1c11fd617-Nov-2011The People’s National Convention (PNC) General Secretary, Bernard Mornah, on Wednesday morning suffered what an onlooker described as “a silent embarrassment” after he was ordered to leave the floor of Ghana’s Parliament. Citi News Parliamentary correspondent, Richard Sky, reported that the PNC scribe had walked into the main chamber and sat ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=490008de-cadd-45b6-95bd-56710f57ad7e17-Nov-2011he 2008 presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) is asking government to explain how it intends to create jobs, as stated in the 2012 budget. According to Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, a similar pledge in the 2011 budget, which had the theme “stimulating growth for development and job ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=14269b0a-789d-44f2-a360-03c8baffdc4717-Nov-2011GREATER ACCRA Regional Manager of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), ACP Victor Tandoh (Rtd) has disclosed that Ghana loses 1,800 lives annually through road accidents. He said of the number, 42 percent were pedestrians and 23 percent children below the age of 16. Seventy percent of all accident related deaths involved ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=16167261-5d65-4aa0-b201-169596a37c2b17-Nov-2011MANAGER OF Daughters of Glorious Jesus, Kofi Appiadu, has told BEATWAVES that the trio''s social responsibility will focus solely on education in deprived communities . According to him, education was the key to the development of individuals and their communities and therefore efforts must be made to ensure that every ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=47ed4fb5-d14f-449a-9a30-c75326bcf7c517-Nov-2011The prince of the Instructor Battalion Marine Corps Ball has been heard from. Now it''s the princess''s turn. "It was wonderful. A really good experience," said combat instructor Kelsey De Santis, who in July extended a YouTube invitation to Justin Timberlake to join her for the November 12 event -- which ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=80cfd830-729d-42e1-8bc3-bc867ee9d75a16-Nov-2011The World Bank has asked government to pursue rigorous economic reforms that will create fiscal space for new spending on education. Currently, an estimated 30 percent of government''s annual budget is spent on education; but the World Bank wants more spending to get the country''s citizens out of poverty. The World Bank''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=97b58b8b-008e-4269-8881-760fdd69c2d416-Nov-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Former World Cup qualifiers Togo scraped into the second phase of the 2014 African elimination competition with a 1-0 win over Guinea Bissau in Lome Tuesday. A ''Sparrowhawks'' team boosted by the return of star striker Emmanuel Adebayor could not have wished for a better start after a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=aa604e9c-480c-4ae4-8b5a-5e3ff41d679e16-Nov-2011Caretaker coach of the Black Satellites Francis Oti Akenten says the black satellites training tour to Italy was successful. The Ghana football association technical director believes they now have a team for the African youth championship qualifiers and the world youth cup campaign “We now have a team that will form the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c88b88b1-5b7c-4d4b-8e35-580215950f2116-Nov-2011AN ASHAIMAN ''man'' of God who allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl and has gone into hiding is wanted by the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU). The ''man'' of God, whose only name DOVVSU officials at Ashaiman got as Pastor Cash, is said to have suddenly packed his personal ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bf064c09-6547-4381-a4fe-eb79dfe117fd16-Nov-2011Nkulee Dube, daughter of the late South African reggae star Lucky Dube, will on Saturday, November 25 perform at a charity concert at the Accra International Trade Fair Centre. She is expected to perform in Accra on November 25, Kumasi at the sports stadium on November 26 and at the Sekondi ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=da111f2f-dd76-4ce3-8a28-f43fa7b2241f16-Nov-2011Ghanaian actor Timothy Bentum together with some celebrities in obeying the Biblical injunction of winning souls for Christ have formed a group called (Actors, Presenters, Professionals and Musicians for Christ(APPMC) with the aim of propagating the gospel to the world. According to Bentum the leader of the group, their fans revered ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b09c01c4-9182-465b-b17a-039997cd72b316-Nov-2011The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken its opposition to the use of the much talked-about biometric verification system for the 2012 general elections to the Catholic Bishops'''''''' Conference of Ghana, objecting to the call by the revered men of God for the Electoral Commission to authenticate the identity of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=197bba0c-d1f9-4084-87a5-c0b52189ecef16-Nov-2011Two third year students of the Keta Business High School are to spend a total of 60 years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy and robbery by the Aflao Circuit Court. The convict, Jeff Hope Dotse, 20, and Emmanuel Nartey, 19, were convicted on their own plea and each sentenced ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2b02db91-eb05-41ac-bc74-8ccf536b66e516-Nov-2011Once again, the legal tussle over who should lead the construction of the controversial STX Korea Housing projects resumed at the Commercial Court, Accra, yesterday but nothing meaningful was done. When the case was called, the trial judge, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, announced that the court had received a letter from ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cda9e51d-a163-4347-96e8-8c62fa66638616-Nov-2011he Minister for Finance and Economic Planning Dr Kwabena Duffuor is presenting the the government''s 2012 financial statement before Parliament. Follow us here for live updates of the presentation. 11:40 Members of the majority and minority are haggling over parliamentary procedures. 11:42 Haruna Iddrisu agrees with Minority Leader Osei Kyei ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7bd7105c-5a3f-400d-bbf8-1cc0e9edb36316-Nov-2011The Hohoe Evangelical Presbyterian Senior High School (HEPSS) will this weekend climax its Golden Jubilee celebrations under the theme, “Quality Education-A Shared Responsibility of the Church, Government and the Local Community.” Miss Doris Afari told the GNA in an interview that as the School marks its 50th anniversary, it is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fcdc68a3-7b10-4ba1-888a-9ecb63d3818115-Nov-2011Adoagyiri-Nsawam, Nov. 14, GNA – Students of the St Martin''s Senior High School at Adoagyiri near Nsawam on Saturday spent several hours to cleanup Nsawam-Adoagyiri and its surroundings. The students carried out the exercise at the Nsawam Government Hospital, the Notre Dame Clinic, the surroundings of Akuapem South Municipal Assembly, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=72e5f3c5-abab-4c0c-8bfc-b6e493393c2415-Nov-2011The head pastor of the Accra branch of the Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Mr Richard Newman, has been arrested by the police for allegedly holding noisy church activities in breach of an interim injunction placed on the church by the Adjabeng Court. Mr Newman is currently in the custody of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fdd97080-a424-4220-acbc-3f3e40f42f0415-Nov-2011The victims were said to have been rushed to various hospitals in the Municipality, after eating rice they bought from ''''Nana Mensah Fast Food'''', a popular food joint in Obuasi, on Wednesday and Thursday. Health facilities where the affected victims of the alleged food poisoning are receiving treatment include the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d954b7b1-252a-4764-83d7-c9005e0cb94915-Nov-2011Ghana and Marseille midfielder Andre Dede Ayew has been named in the five-man shortlist for the 2011 Caf Footballer of the Year award revealed on Tuesday December 13. The shortlist for the 2011 African Player of the Year and 2011 African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) were decided by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8754ce16-0ac5-40ae-b083-92722af5dc1415-Nov-2011Accra, Nov 14, GNA- Vodafone Ghana has donated a brand new Hyundai 17-seater bus to the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs And Regional Integration to be used as a VIP Shuttle at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Mr. Kyle Whitehill, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, who made presented the vehicle; the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=472fa602-0672-4102-b552-426f8dd96a5d15-Nov-2011Benjamin Boateng, the son of Britain''''s first black Cabinet minister was today jailed for nearly four years for sexually assaulting a woman after a night of West End clubbing. Benjamin Boateng, 27, whose father is Lord Boateng, displayed "arrogance" towards women and a "proprietary right" to sexual gratification as he assaulted ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=92943112-87cb-4107-bcc5-12c6fcd100d815-Nov-2011Romanian coach Cioaba Aristica has rescinded his decision to quit Aduana Stars after holding crucial talks with the club. The 39-year-old furiously announced his exit from the club after last Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to Heart of Lions. The Uefa license A and B diploma coaching certificates holder blamed his side’s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=820b9f12-fa99-4e0d-a6e3-5a22dcd66e1c15-Nov-2011GOIL, the largest and longest-existing indigenous oil marketing company in Ghana has held a three-day brainstorming “Marketing Summit” for its Marketing Team at the Holy Trinity SPA, Sogakope in the Volta Region. Fifty Marketing Executives & Engineers of the company from the four Zonal Offices participated in the workshop which began ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=821d827c-e1ee-4dfc-80e5-e8cef2e48d0315-Nov-2011The President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, intends to pull Ghana out of the International Monetary Fund in a final bid to end moves by the Christine Largarde-led funding agency to suffocate the US$3 billion loan the NDC government wants from the China Development Bank (CDB). News of the president’s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5299f97b-d335-402c-8b5d-551aa09d309715-Nov-2011Ghanaian Ragga dancehall artiste Emmanuel Samini popularly known as Samini has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for their support which eventually saw him winning the Channel O music video awards. Speaking Exclusively on Hitz Fm on Monday, his first interview after receiving the award, Samini described the award as “quiet competitive” having ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8258b58a-094c-458f-855a-aa2fd72d034b15-Nov-2011Kwaw Kese otherwise known as the ‘Mad man’ has told Citi FM that he was never arrested as reported in the media last week. The Madina Divisional Police Commander, Paul Aryittey, who confirmed the story, said on Wednesday afternoon, the artiste parked his vehicle at the Madina market car park in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3167b5c6-2aa5-4d3b-8fdf-92ad14b3802f15-Nov-2011Hip Life musician Atumpan, who is noted for, hit song “Small girl, you dont know the thing, am teaching you the thing, you''re playing with the thing” is now in the classroom for real. Last Tuesday, at the Kaneshie Senior High Technical School (Kateco), Showbiz met Atumpan, in his jeans trousers ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=11d5518a-386d-4d40-950b-43295d0feea814-Nov-2011Libya expects to return crude oil output to pre-war levels of around 1.6m barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2012, the head of the country''''s National Oil Corporation has said. Nuri Berouin said output has arisen to 600,000 bpd, and expects to add another 200,000 a day by the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=560c8b76-9393-4760-87c4-be56e806cd1d14-Nov-2011Kosmos Energy should be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange by the end of March next year. The oil exploration firm was originally hoping to list last month, but was unable to so. Officials explain there are few knotty issues that still need to be resolved. Kosmos wants to raise ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e5c17626-13df-4e74-95c5-020a42fbf75614-Nov-2011Roman Catholic Bishops in the country have thrown their weight behind the verification of voters as an adjunct to the biometric registration process towards the 2012 general elections. Their support was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of their annual plenary assembly themed, ''Good Governance And Peace'', held ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c44195d0-7712-402c-b2da-1b1c5fcaebeb14-Nov-2011The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante-Akim South, Mrs. Gifty Ohene Konadu, has presented an ambulance, a desktop computer, and accessories to the Kumeso Health Centre to help facilitate its operations. Mrs. Konadu expressed the hope that the donation would enable the Centre to transport patients to referral facilities, and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e6564cf6-f4b5-4caf-8e75-80dd9281c9ab14-Nov-2011Dr. Raymond Kasei, a lecturer at the University of Development Studies (UDS), Navrongo campus, has been remanded over the death of his wife, Clara Atampagram. A District Magistrate Court at Amasaman last Wednesday remanded Dr Kasei into police custody to re-appear on November 23, 2011. Though his lawyers pleaded for bail for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8b93cc65-74a1-424f-9698-11faf360a0b814-Nov-2011MALABO (AFP) - More than 99 percent of Equatorial Guineans in votes counted so far have backed constitutional changes to limit presidents to serving two terms in a referendum dismissed by the opposition as a sham. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa''s longest-serving leader, supports the reforms, which are seen as part ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1ff0e18e-46f6-4aa6-8f75-70d79f8efcc714-Nov-2011BEIJING, China, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On November 12, 2011, Chinese President Hu Jintao and President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Hu, in his message, said that since ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d462fc48-7a36-4739-83ec-076079b904b614-Nov-2011She admitted that Diamond often vomited after being fed, but said it did not worry her because her three other children had done the same.She had been warned about the dangers of the practice more than two years before Diamond died in 2010 when she developed pneumonia after food got ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f1b5624b-2079-4d38-99cc-dbc2d2f9f32014-Nov-2011At a time workers are demanding salary increases, coupled with the Electoral Commission''''s complaint of not having funds to enable it undertake the verification of its proposed biometric voters'''' register for the 2012 general elections, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led government has proposed for Parliamentary approval, the purchase of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b7877fcd-f9a5-439c-86a6-59688729431914-Nov-2011Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffour will this Wednesday present next year''''s budget to parliament. Coming on the back “Stimulation growth and Job creation budget”, it appears government''''s economic policy for 2012 would look at how to improve on this by creating more jobs and also bringing down the budget deficit. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fc382714-888d-420d-be6e-14d4fe96edf414-Nov-2011The ruling National Democratic Congress has reiterated its commitment to ensure next year''''s elections are free and fair. The party says it will abide by all the rules and regulations as well as the political parties'''' code on elections. It is therefore asking its supporters to conduct themselves in a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6c88fe8b-8d8a-42b0-8421-bda66faf905414-Nov-2011The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Rev. Charles Palmer Buckle has warned against the unbridled politicisation of education in the country, maintaining the consequences would be dire if the current trend continues. The changing of the educational system with the coming into office of every new government, he said, was dysfunctional ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=23d4e31a-96c7-476f-aa66-81be55d4745214-Nov-2011Once the austerity bill has been passed by both houses of parliament, the office of the Italian prime minister will have a new occupant The Italian senate has adopted a package of austerity measures designed to avoid a bailout of the eurozone''s third largest economy. The package is expected to get final ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5fbc5e3b-15e7-4d3e-94c8-2232a10a20c211-Nov-2011Sunyani, Nov. 10, GNA – Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, on Thursday commended the media for being effective collaborators towards the development of the region. He expressed appreciation for the media''''''''s role and partnership, saying he expected that “this close collaboration and partnership would be maintained and sustained in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d16a83cf-2fbc-4081-81a8-43c30d30e87611-Nov-2011he Tourism Bill in Parliament received a Presidential assent in May this year to become the Tourism Act, 2011 (ACT 817) that primarily seeks to enhance the development of the tourism sector, Mr Ben Ohene-Ayeh, Public Relations Manager of Ghana Tourism Authority has said. The Tourism Law thus mandates the then ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eec31e8a-18b5-4f07-bacb-5a1c20d8be9711-Nov-2011Ex-Ghana striker Dan Owusu has been hired as Bechem United''s third coach this season following Andy Senasson and Miloslav Bogdanovic. The premiership new-boys confirmed the appointment of the 60-year-old on Thursday, saying it is aimed at halting their poor run in the debut season in the elite division. Owusu''s becomes the club''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e6581c04-d5b9-4734-9c4a-125369ae9f9c11-Nov-2011The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has inducted 50 volunteers for the second edition of the World of Difference programme. A statement from Vodafone said the programme gives individuals who are passionate about social development the platform to work with a charity of their choice for two months to support them with their ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9d0e93ff-f3a4-4e4f-b4af-bf853b3eb94411-Nov-2011Last night saw the last of the series of dreaded evictions witnessed on the season three of The Challenge reality show. Also, the night was to produce the four finalists to battle it out for the two top spots which come with 70,000 pounds worth of post graduate scholarships. Should government ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a4bdb90d-5ba0-4731-9482-c17c6d5af0b811-Nov-2011Berekum Arsenals continued to struggle as they slumped to their fourth defeat this season, losing 1-0 to Wa All Stars. The Gunners held the home side until the 63rd minute when Samuel Azumah scored the game''s only goal. Arsenals are now third from bottom on the table. Source: Ghana FAhttp://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d8919e5c-4841-4dc0-8595-786d3a1f07ba11-Nov-2011A Ugandan court has sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for the brutal slaying of a leading gay rights activist, a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor said Friday. Enoch Nsubuga admitted beating prominent campaigner David Kato to death with a hammer at his home outside Kampala in January, but ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=71d3e082-e392-4362-85ef-e566760f34ce11-Nov-2011children have been immunized in Tema and its environs during this year''s Polio Immunization Exercise which started from October 27 to October 29. The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate targeted a population of 70,878 children under five years, based on last year''s performance, but it exceeded the target population of about ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2d1c7591-4de0-49ea-b6b3-f571a754135311-Nov-2011MORE THAN 60 children are estimated to have benefited from free heart surgeries performed at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi over the past five years by a team of doctors from the Boston Children''s Hospital (BCH). Ideally, each surgery would have cost GH¢12,000 but the US based ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5e3fbfce-8f01-4c66-8fdb-9ba386e038ba11-Nov-2011Hohoe, Nov. 11, GNA - The Hohoe Evangelical Presbyterian Senior High School (HEPSS) would at the weekend climax its golden jubilee celebrations on the theme: “Quality Education-A Shared Responsibility of the Church, Government and the Local Community.” As it marks the 50th milestone, the school is saddled with infrastructural deficits. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=16085f37-1bfa-4ea3-8b14-68227f36184911-Nov-2011GNA – Alhaji Muhammed Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Thursday unveiled plans by the government to seek the release of four Ghanaians being held captive by Somali Pirates since 2010. He said government would continue to pressurise the management of Azal Shipping, the shipping vessel on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7f2094d3-a704-4c36-aac9-14ae1ac6b1b211-Nov-2011Light skin rapper, Lighter was involved in a motor accident early Saturday morning (November 5th) around airport city, Accra. Details as to how the accident occurred aren''t known yet but a photograph from the accident showed the car was badly damaged and beyond repairs. The three people with him at the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c2dbec48-de4d-49c8-b429-a5305ef4ab9009-Nov-2011Ghanaian hip hop artiste AJ Nelson who is about to release his new video and single for Faith ft J Ghartey and ''pain'' respectively is aiming for the best special effect video at the upcoming 4syte Music video awards on the 19th of November 2011 inside the conference center. A J ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f9571d08-466d-4046-9712-1a8f8d5d575909-Nov-2011Russian engineers are fighting to save the country''s latest mission to Mars. The Phobos-Grunt probe launched successfully but then failed to fire the engine to put it on the correct path to the Red Planet. Russian space agency officials say the craft is currently stuck in an Earth orbit and that engineers ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=399603e7-bc1f-4fb7-bdcb-57c395be8b4609-Nov-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Ratings agency Moody''''''''s on Wednesday downgraded South Africa''''''''s debt outlook from stable to negative, citing low growth prospects, strained public finances and rising poverty and unemployment. "In Moody''''''''s view, spending beyond the substantial amounts already budgeted in response to such demands could push debt to levels more commensurate ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f1a65dad-ec55-4b56-b6cf-90ff1dd9f0ce09-Nov-2011Greece''s political leaders are locked in talks for a third day as they try to agree on an interim prime minister to lead a unity government. Initial reports that a candidate had been agreed failed to materialise and Greek media have suggested new names. Amid the hiatus, Greece''s European partners are increasing ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=823b42eb-8ce4-432c-8005-e98fc82634b409-Nov-2011Syrian opposition members who were due to meet the Arab League secretary-general have been escorted away from the League''''s offices in Cairo after being set upon by protesters. The four-man delegation of the Syrian National Co-ordination Committee (SNCC), whichwas made up of members of the Syrian opposition from within Syria, had ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=203424fa-1fdc-483a-8320-ca308513c44409-Nov-2011Polling stations have closed in Liberia after a presidential run-off in which incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is poised to win a second termafter her closest rival boycotted the vote, citing fraudconcerns. "There were no incidents reported from the various polling places and all have already closed at 6pm (1800GMT)," Joseph ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3691b62a-bb04-4dce-98cd-531d77ef322109-Nov-2011One hundred and twelve Basic schools, whose candidates sat for the 2011 BECE in the Eastern Region, scored zero per cent. According to analysis of the results, the region had 53 per cent passes out of the 37,589 candidates presented for the examination. Presenting the analysis at a news conference here, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=716c5dc0-460c-4d32-bfec-5a01e57aa07a09-Nov-2011Some aggrieved teachers in the Garu-Tempane district of the Upper East Region Tuesday November 8, besieged the premises of the Garu Bank over their unpaid salaries. They complained that their salaries `for October have not been paid. They threatened to vacate the classroom if urgent steps are not taken to pay them ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=08f67886-db08-4be5-9bb0-e0008c9f0a4e09-Nov-2011Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffour has suspended Ecobank''s takeover of The Trust Bank. Joy Business has learnt the suspension is to give the minister an opportunity to engage all the interested parties following concerns raised about the takeover. Some analysts are however questioning the move. Joy Business'' George Wiafe reported ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=90f73fc2-fb81-4627-af77-b97e41576cae09-Nov-2011That way, it would make it possible for civil society organisations and individuals in their own countries of origin, to ascertain the extent of exploitation these companies are carrying out in poor African nations. The Chronicle is happy with this development. It is the prayer of this paper that the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8422ac0a-4b48-4c63-9d85-04655c38094c09-Nov-2011Dr. Sekou Nkrumah has said even though President John Evans Atta Mills is a great intellectual, when it comes to the political arena, he (Mills) lacks the acumen to excel and offer decisive leadership to propel the country to greater heights. “Nobody doubts President Mills'''' academic credentials. I believe he is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b0e500e3-f158-4607-9e11-516fe813646509-Nov-2011The Northern Regional Youth Organizer of the Convention People''''s Party has called for early congress to elect the party"s flag bearer for the 2012 general elections. Alhaji Murtala Kwame reminded the party''''s leadership of the need to elect its Flag Bearer and Parliamentary elections two years ahead of the general elections. "What ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=52c4a7dd-87e4-4b60-a322-2868fe43e79309-Nov-2011While no one can fault Kevin Prince Boateng for the decisions he makes so far as his career is concerned, it is difficult to trust him on the score that he can not effectively combine club and country duties. Over the weekend, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on its website ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4589c6a2-36e2-4e63-b66c-37580ed7640309-Nov-2011nkaful-Saltpond (C/R), Nov 7, GNA – The Municipal Chief Executive for Mfantseman, Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, has said the country cannot afford to make secondary education free as touted by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP). He said free secondary education was not feasible and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=998ba0ae-afa1-4422-8882-d1c314e12f4f08-Nov-2011The Director General of Association of Quality Assurance for Africa (AQA), Dr. Nathaniel Gearing Parker, has expressed worry over huge importation of goods and services even though Ghana has an expanded and potential self-sustaining economy. He noted that quality standards have fallen in many institutions especially, at the management level ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ad93b0d0-bdae-4703-88c6-00ae807b09ec08-Nov-2011A one day stakeholders’ forum on Community based Health Planning Services (CHPS) and safe motherhood week under the theme: “Achieving MDGs four and five through CHPS,” has been held by the Wa Municipal Health Services. Speaking at the launch of the forum, the Wa Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Services, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=97d6c41a-f4e1-4b8b-9d21-909c1e4337c508-Nov-2011Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has confirmed it is in talks with Microsoft about its use of Android software. Microsoft claims that Google''s Android operating system infringes its intellectual property rights. It has already convinced Samsung, HTC and others to pay it patent royalty fees. Huawei Device''s chief marketing officer, Victor Xu, said ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3801dd7f-1c1b-4ac0-a22e-e4202a5bdbda08-Nov-2011More than 20 Congolese soldiers have been detained in Tanzania for illegally entering the north-west of the country, Tanzania''s army has said. They said they were pursuing rebels from the Democratic Republic of Congo seeking medical treatment in Tanzania, Lt Col Emmanuel Mcheri said. The heavily armed men were arrested after docking ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0a0e6731-bd8d-4861-b4cc-25b7576e42e508-Nov-2011Liberians are voting in the presidential run-off despite at least one death during opposition protests and a boycott over fraud claims. Opposition candidate Winston Tubman said he was pulling out of the vote, but the election commission urged Liberians to cast their ballots. Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa''s first elected ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1a99d6b6-6351-4cd8-8993-df11dea28ae008-Nov-2011It is another day of waiting in Greece. A country on the verge of bankruptcy, a state without a leader. The daily newspaper, Ta Nea wrote, “Time is up. ” The people are in a vacuum, the politicians posturing. The EU is turning the screw and from the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=997ffa5f-f718-4338-9d08-849bfcaf535e08-Nov-2011Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor popularly known as Mama G has once again scored another feat among her peers in the Nigerian Movie Industry as the renowned thespian has taken her craft to Hollywood. The proud grandmother who seems to have all that one could wish for; a successful career, lovely ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=451a7554-4890-4f07-acab-4fcb8ae1110d08-Nov-2011Koforidua, Nov.8, GNA – Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appealed to Muslims to pray for peace to prevail in the country as the nation prepares towards the 2012 elections. Nana Akufo Addo made the appeal when he visited the Dagomba Chief ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=215b6868-d13a-4ab3-8f8d-8439febb316408-Nov-2011Vice President John Dramani Mahama has commended the Saudi Government for the confidence it has reposed in Ghana. Vice President Mahama gave the commendation when he met with Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal AbdulAziz Al-Saud, at the Jubilee Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport, in Accra. Kingdom Investment is the company which has ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5cd37495-620f-460d-8a92-f665cd3667ba08-Nov-2011A Los Angeles court has found Dr Conrad Murray guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson. The defendant showed no emotion as the verdict was read. During the case, prosecutors claimed the doctor had been negligent by using the surgical anaesthetic propofol to treat Jackson’s insomnia. The defence ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e946c712-f638-4f88-95d6-70d7eb0bac7d08-Nov-2011A 10-member delegation of investors from the Republics of Belarus, Russia and Poland has arrived in Ghana on a five-day visit. The delegation will visit a number of Ministries to explore investment opportunities. General Viktor Sheiman, Special Envoy of the Republic of Belarus to Africa and Head of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=15f26727-bb89-4041-ab11-8492cecb02fc08-Nov-2011Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan on Monday modeled the new Puma strip for the Ghana national teams. Puma, kit sponsor of the Black Stars launched their strips for nine African sides at the Design Museum in London attended by Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi. "We will officially use our ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e6e30e3b-bcc8-45c6-91ba-c04c6dcd619308-Nov-2011Ghana''''s senior national team, the Black Stars will face Sierra Leone and Gabon in two separate international friendlies this month. The Ghana Football Association on Monday confirmed that the matches against the two nations will now come off in the French capital, Paris instead of Germany. On November ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d77da32a-1d8f-42bf-bef5-3e32d36a100b08-Nov-2011Accra Hearts of Oak realized their dream of ascending the Premier League log before their 100th birthday with a 2-0 win over New Edubiase United at the Accra Stadium on Sunday evening but not without drama and controversy. Hearts, prior to the start of the season vowed to be on top ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8f5f98e6-91ad-4c53-aba9-2bb212c4fe0907-Nov-2011The newly crowned 2011 Miss World, Ivian Sarcos will undertake a charity project in Ghana, according to organizers of the pageant. Ivian Sarcos, 22, from Venezuela, was adjudged winner of the pageant November 6, 2011 in London. She will be working together with Ghana’s representative at the pageant Ms Stephanie Karikari, who ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4ee7e0e0-14a1-4759-b9b6-7147c6fefa5407-Nov-2011Ghana’s representative at this year’s Miss World beauty pageant competition, Stephanie Adwoa Adjeiwaa Karikari, made history on Sunday evening when she became the second Ghanaian to win the Beauty With A Purpose prize. Stephanie shared her prize with Miss Indonesia, on a unique night that saw some 120 other countries competing ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=312f09ba-ac3a-451b-8b68-4f7de3bf8f8807-Nov-2011Ghana is ranked 135th out of 187 countries in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI) released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The country was 136th in the 2010 edition. The 2011 HDI titled “Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All”, released November 2, 2011 uses a composite measure ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=820c1796-65bb-4e6d-b2ec-c88af2444f6007-Nov-2011The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Right Reverend Francis Amenu has called on Ghanaians to pool resources together to build strong local economies that could withstand external pressures like imposition of foreign cultures. He thanked God for the country''s strong leadership that was able ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d718ac47-3fc5-4ec0-b069-744ed325551b07-Nov-2011The University of Ghana, Legon has held this year''''s Remembrance Day church service to remember all members of the institution both staff and students who lost their lives during the academic year. The names of the departed souls of the University Community were mentioned in a roll call during the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=13e23a85-46fd-4191-86d7-0e7327be53e807-Nov-2011The Accra Metropolitan Assembly is warning residents in flood prone areas earmarked for demolition exercises to desist from dictating to the taskforce. According to the AMA, all structures identified have been selected after careful observation and nothing will stop the exercise. Some squatters behind the Neoplan Station where demolition took ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dc1735b6-ad3b-4460-92a7-b0f95ed97a6007-Nov-2011Emirates, a leading carrier in world aviation, is gearing up to open seven more destinations in addition to the five it currently operates with. This is in line with the airline’s quest to give value and more destination choices to passengers around the globe. In Ghana, many travellers use Emirates ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d9922c93-f5f5-4797-bcee-4d32c87187d807-Nov-2011Glo Ghana Limited is to provide a facility to enable people reserve their preferred numbers on the 023-3 number series of the Glo Mobile Network. The reservations would be subjected to availability and conducted on the first-come-first-served basis. The facility would require members of the public to text their preferred numbers ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d785463c-7a0b-400a-9188-23200e33bdb807-Nov-2011Mr Kwaku Antwi-Owusu has been elected unopposed as the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the United Front Party (UFP) Other members who were also elected unopposed at a meeting in Kumasi were Mr Kwaku Duah, Vice-Chairman; Mr Abdul Kadil Yussif, Secretary; Mr Gyabon Kronchie, Treasurer; and Mr Eric Ekow Atobrah, Organizer. The post ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b45243ad-ab3d-44d8-a32e-0a2e0bb7089807-Nov-2011UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - One UN peacekeeper was killed and two others injured Sunday in an attack on a patrol in the southern part of Sudan''s war-ravaged Darfur region, the United Nations said in a statement. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack on the patrol near Nyala and said ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ee41bd29-81a4-4037-927c-22980a2ce33807-Nov-2011A non-fictional version of the fictitious strike story told in Aminata Sow Fall''s The Beggars Strike, is about to be staged. But unlike Sow Fall''s political satire, the characters in the factual version set to be dramatized are African nations (the beggars), led by Ghana and assisted by Uganda and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=36457dbb-40ae-44dd-bbea-3dcaab3ee9cf07-Nov-2011DAMATURU, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria was on high alert Monday after the United States warned of fresh attacks following a wave of deadly blasts claimed by Islamists killed 150 people in the northeast of the country. Friday''s attacks in the city of Damaturu were among the deadliest ever carried out by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=902fe7e6-6669-4f34-b1b1-af94f8a1cf0e07-Nov-2011US President Barack Obama has warned there is still work to be done on how the eurozone can end a financial crisis that threatens to engulf the world. Speaking on Thursday ahead of the opening of the G20 summit in France, he said that the most important topic on the agenda ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b605d9e9-3177-4f81-980a-25d63543d3a403-Nov-2011Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes "anything is possible" for his side in the Champions League after their 3-0 win at Villarreal. Two goals from Yaya Toure and a Mario Balotelli penalty gave City three points and a win in Napoli would seal their progress from the group stage. Mancini said: "If ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3f66de33-3d29-4aa8-9170-94984ef7347803-Nov-2011Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson has touched down in Washington in the US Thursday ahead of the premiere of the movie In The Cupboard which she stars in. Lydia who gained prominence in Ghana, and West Africa, for her roles in Shirley Frimpong Manso’s Scorned, Perfect Picture and A Sting in a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f7540a54-1b43-45b2-8194-830cb06cedcc03-Nov-2011Tigo Ghana has launched a new call rate package of 3Gp per minute of calls from Tigo to Tigo numbers, and 8Gp per minute of calls from Tigo to other networks. The 8Gp per minute off-net calls is a default rate, but customers would need to register for free by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5af20747-223d-42e0-ad5f-a8b4eaf8f83503-Nov-2011Tigo Ghana has launched a new call rate package of 3Gp per minute of calls from Tigo to Tigo numbers, and 8Gp per minute of calls from Tigo to other networks. The 8Gp per minute off-net calls is a default rate, but customers would need to register for free by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7259fff5-bcc6-4f4f-bd54-36f4f42bb9c903-Nov-2011Tourism Ghana is a new approach to promote the Country’s business and leisure travel potentials. There is a general consensus on a need to do more to attract visitors to the country, especially when Destination Ghana is positioned to perform remarkably well by key industry analysts. Currently, we are among the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4bf094ff-484f-4c83-b065-6d4c5d1f0a9403-Nov-2011The International Criminal Court''''''''s chief prosecutor says Muammar Gaddafi''''''''s son Saif al-Islam may be trying to flee Libya with help from mercenaries. In a statement to the UN Security Council, Luis Moreno-Ocampo called on other countries to disrupt such plans. The court has been trying to negotiate the surrender of the 39-year-old, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7ddf6db4-2161-46e1-a939-772357e7317d03-Nov-2011The Libyan war may be over, but rivalries rage on among some regional militias, leading to a mutual distrust that poses a challenge to the new leadership. Earlier this week, the rivalry was evident when dozens of fighters clashed at a Tripoli hospital in what residents said was the biggest armed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1108295f-62e7-4be2-8084-fa0f1a2c3ff802-Nov-2011Four show stoppers, Dr. Sid from Nigeria, Ghana’s fastest rapper Sarkodie, R2Bees and Stay Jay have been named as headline artistes to perform at the finale of the 2011 edition of the Miss Malaika beauty reality show. The finale set for Saturday November 5 at the Accra International Conference Center, according ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e14510f5-d91d-4bff-97f5-df3ab6cd64c902-Nov-2011Glo Mobile Ghana will officially launch its operations in the country on November 17, 2011. It promises to provide an extensive 3G coverage, “a comprehensive suite of high quality and reliable voice and data services and very competitive rates that would change the telecommunications landscape in the country.” An invitation letter signed ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b36caf57-3a63-4075-9628-9ee27e1d405002-Nov-2011The National Chairperson and leader of the CPP, Samia Yaba Nkrumah, has toured some of the flooded areas in Dansoman, in the Ablekuma South constituency of Accra. She visited some affected homes and interacted with residents. The floods were caused by torrential rains last Wednesday. Several deaths ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f6655866-55f2-4d2a-82e6-6e4699e2e3b602-Nov-2011Hans Van Der Plyum has been handed the reins at Berekum Chelsea following the dismissal of Steve Pollack on Sunday. The former Heart of Lions coach has signed a two-year contract. Der Plyum, who walked away from Lions at the beginning of the season citing a lack of ambition, will ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bffdeaaa-0aff-410d-9100-0e8b82dac24c02-Nov-2011A crisis cabinet meeting in Greece went on until the early hours and it was far from plain sailing for the increasingly isolated prime minister, George Papandreou. Government sources said some around the table questioned the timing of the referendum called on the latest bailout deal for Greece, while a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7fe69469-8bf0-49dd-afef-1d96bef3898f02-Nov-2011A crisis cabinet meeting in Greece went on until the early hours and it was far from plain sailing for the increasingly isolated prime minister, George Papandreou. Government sources said some around the table questioned the timing of the referendum called on the latest bailout deal for Greece, while a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=615cb2c3-b9e3-47c5-b109-6e2903bc7bbd02-Nov-2011Government has been tasked to block all loopholes in the tax system. This will expand tax coverage and reduce dependence on foreign aid. The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, Vitus Azeem believes government can achieve these objectives when it effectively implements tax policy decisions. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=09da1007-c7ed-4c8f-b282-516e40efe11b02-Nov-2011President John Evans Atta Mills says he will never initiate or support any attempt to legalise homosexuality in Ghana. He said though the government acknowledges all aid and financial assistance from the country’s development partners, it will not accept any aid with strings attach which will destroy the very ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=70f3389c-d1ec-4301-b9d0-0cef43f8e09a02-Nov-2011The all-female concert, aimed at singing away breast cancer, had on the bill some of the most powerful female voices this country has ever seen, ranging from back-in-the-day Akosua Agyapong to soul singer Efya. Stealing the show however was the sensational Afro-pop singer Rebecca Acheampong aka Becca. The svelte singer ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2aba63fe-17cf-43a6-a288-43bea5b3acd501-Nov-2011The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has threatened to fine the country''s three largest mobile operators – MTN Nigeria, Globacom and Airtel Nigeria – if they fail to improve the quality of their services (QoS) by the end of November. The MTN Group even captured this threat in the third quarter report ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=308e1f92-611b-42e4-a5eb-98bb6c03f8ba01-Nov-2011A former Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and Chairman of AngloGold Ashanti, Mr. Tito Mboweni, has said that Africa''s development has been under discussion for far too long, to the extent that, in some respect, it was becoming boring, such that there was not any aspect of Africa''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=152261a5-9b01-4278-b7bf-12d9cb81fb6b01-Nov-2011Nangodi (U/E), Nov. 1, GNA - Paramount chiefs in the Nabdan Traditional Area in the Upper East Region have expressed appreciation to President John Evans Atta Mills for creating a new district in the area under the Government''''s “Better Ghana” agenda. The chiefs are Naaba Bewong Asigri of the Sakote ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=350cba9b-e74c-4b58-8e33-088299e477fb01-Nov-2011HARARE (AFP) - Three Zimbabwean telecom businessmen charged with selling state secrets to the United States, Canada and Afghanistan were granted bail by a magistrate''s court, state radio reported Tuesday. "Simba Mangwende and Farai Rwodzi have been granted $2,000 (1,500 euros) bail each and Oliver Chiku their co-accused was granted $700 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1df931ea-16a2-41be-97c6-6fc63c49441101-Nov-2011Tamale, Oct. 31, GNA – Mr Abdallah Abdulai, the Northern Regional Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Ltd has called for the assistance of the general public on the need to keep their surroundings clean from filth so as to prevent contracting diseases. It said efforts by the company to clean the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=344a82df-2960-4650-a0a3-87589bd9468801-Nov-2011The campus of Ghana''''s premier institution of higher education, the University of Ghana, is set to reignite nostalgic memories as it plays host to its illustrious alumni and esteemed partners. The event, which takes place from the 14th to the 20th of November, 2011 is dubbed the “International Education Fair ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9b64f4cc-7c71-451a-8a16-f79ac8b0e58d01-Nov-2011London is preparing to host a major international conference on the threat from cyber security attacks. Representatives of 60 nations are gathering to discuss how to tackle the rising levels of cybercrime. It comes a day after intelligence agency GCHQ warned that cyber attacks on the UK were at "disturbing" levels. Foreign Secretary ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e554ce4e-9a30-456d-925e-57fa65c5acc501-Nov-2011The global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession that may ignite social unrest, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned. It will take at least five years for employment in advanced economies to return to pre-crisis levels, it said. The ILO also noted that in 45 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f10718b0-4859-4d2c-92e3-d024696ab39131-Oct-2011THE rather peaceful celebration of the annual Nymayem festival by the chiefs and people of Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region over the weekend turned bloody when a claimant to one of the divisional stools stabbed an Asafoatse (a warrior) in the forehead with a dagger. The attacker, Nene Tetteh ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bf275984-0bed-4c7d-a7ff-4678d839e03f31-Oct-2011A thirty nine year old man is in the custody of the Wa police for allegedly defiling four children. The accused Nurideen Opoku, who is an employee of Zoomlion, was arrested by the police after a sister of one of his alleged victims reported the matter. Police investigations revealed that he allegedly ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8382c750-c08f-4442-a637-8e8175f912f231-Oct-2011The global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession that may ignite social unrest, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned. It will take at least five years for employment in advanced economies to return to pre-crisis levels, it said. The ILO also noted that in 45 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=769705d1-5b05-4c37-8310-3ce5455f0bc031-Oct-2011Sons and daughters of any future UK monarch will have equal right to the throne, after Commonwealth leaders agreed to change succession laws. The leaders of the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state unanimously approved the changes at a summit in Perth, Australia. It means a first-born daughter ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=98446ce6-b19a-4d64-879b-b85cce08574931-Oct-2011Emmanuel Adebayor says his Manchester City days were a "headache" and he has no regrets about leaving the club. Striker Adebayor, 27, was surplus to requirements at the Etihad and was allowed to join Tottenham on a season-long loan. After being frozen out by City boss Roberto Mancini, he has enjoyed regular ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c2347591-f70e-461d-ae42-35f2b678554331-Oct-2011uniBank Ghana Limited, an indigenous bank, schooled over 50 Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) on financial transactions and how to apply financial principles to their operations. The exercise formed part of the bank''s 10th anniversary celebrations which will be climaxed in December, this year. Over the past decade, uniBank has ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7b5e71d6-f39f-4813-b580-77685c297df831-Oct-2011Accra, Oct 31, GNA – More than 3,000 young professionals, Mater of Business Administration (MBA) undergraduates and social entrepreneurs are gathering at the Leed Oregon Convention Centre in Portland, Oregon, United State of America, for 2011 Annual Net Impact Conference. The conference is the world''s largest and most inspirational event ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2a5fd5f8-9763-4fce-8a20-e482eef43e6531-Oct-2011Thousands of Muslims in Mali''''s capital, Bamako, have held a special prayer service for killed ex-Libyan leader A huge portrait of Col Gaddafi hung at the entrance of the city''''s main mosque, hailing him as a visionary. The mosque''''s imam said Col Gaddafi''''s son Saif al-Islam should be welcomed in Mali ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ebe5ed7d-7e50-437a-a981-510d3e51149131-Oct-2011Accra, Oct. 30, GNA –Professor Francis Dodoo, President of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has been elected president of the Ghana Olympic Committee for a four-year tenure. Prof. Dodoo, 51, won by a majority at the Elective General Assembly of the GOC held on Saturday and run-into the wee-hours of Sunday ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cbe13d78-bb69-4167-81c4-18c0f67134cb31-Oct-2011After featuring in movies such as ‘Death After Birth’, ‘Twisted’, ‘Equatorial Escape’ and ‘Hit and Run’, rising Ghanaian actor George Chux Taurus has vowed never to look backHe has arguably become one of the most sought-after faces in the Ghanaian movie industry as he is always busy hopping from one ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bf53ed37-dbbe-425d-9d36-6099e616817031-Oct-2011Ghanaian Dancehall superstar Emmanuel Samini was on Sunday morning treated and discharged from hospital after a seemingly serious car accident he encountered on his way from a musical concert performance. Samini was returning from the Ghana Trade Fair Centre where he had purportedly stolen the show at the fairly successful ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=646222f4-e6c5-42ff-b378-fd4ca66b220e31-Oct-2011Salaga, NR, – Ten needy but brilliant students from two Senior High Schools in the East Gonja District have benefited from a scholarship package worth US$1000, sponsored by the Gonjaland Youth Association in New York. The beneficiaries, made up of five students each from Salaga Senior High School and T.I. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cd21da0e-2328-4650-a499-db1c84a2726d28-Oct-2011Lynx Entertainment announces the release of Eazzy''s first single after her debut album Twinkle titled “Go go wind”. The single features the newest member of the family JUPITA. The single will be officially released on 1st December at the Aphrodisiac Night Club in Accra. “Go go wind” is a dancehall song ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6ffb5b0e-ea95-4abd-b728-1dfe3f93d08c28-Oct-2011St Johns Grammar Senior High School at Dome is counting its losses after the school got flooded as a result of Tuesday night’s downpour. The school is now on a break until measures are put in place to aid teaching and learning. The only students left on campus ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=166d710a-7c40-4220-8a10-cd13bedec85528-Oct-2011When I received Efo Kodjo Mawugbe’s call summoning me to his house, I sensed all was not well. But the tone of his voice did not give me the faintest clue that he was calling me to say farewell and to give me an assignment. It didn’t suggest that he ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=66fa484c-5261-4be7-8002-c3de02e16c6728-Oct-2011The Minister for Tourism, Akua Sena Dansua, has asked Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to take key interest in tourism to help in the development of their respective communities in the country. She stated that tourism seeks to generate employment, attract investors as well as encourage peace and unity for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3576dea0-906c-459d-a1ec-e4bbd05916db28-Oct-2011The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has launched this year''s edition of the State of the World''s Population Report to guide policy makers and researchers to institute measures to prevent conflicts and enhance development. The report on the theme: "People and Possibilities in a World of 7 billion" focuses on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0b58fc46-e538-405d-8fb3-afd941397c9d28-Oct-2011Google''''s new Chrome 15 is better than ever. This release boasts a new tab page, which makes it easier to get to your Chrome apps and most visited sites. Under the hood, there are also several significant security and performance improvements. Before launching into those, let''''s go over the basics for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=256088fc-8d9f-4fa0-868c-8a04ce2a024528-Oct-2011A man from one of India''s poorest states has become the first person to win a $1m jackpot on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Sushil Kumar, a computer operator and tutor from the eastern state of Bihar, took home the top prize on popular game show ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=873afe36-2327-43ae-9e3d-b2e44ac7b25c28-Oct-2011Barely 12 hours after the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) called off its over two-weeks nationwide strike, patients started reporting at public hospitals in the early hours of Friday. Though attendance was on a limited side, health experts believe attendance would swell up in days to come, hopefully from next week ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f057c3bd-9d75-4d7a-9c83-651730b3a7c828-Oct-2011BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO decided Friday to end its mission in Libya on October 31, declaring it fulfilled its "historic mandate" to protect civilians as it urged the new regime to build a democracy based on human rights. Alliance warplanes will wind up the mission on Monday after flying more than ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c5c6636c-1efb-4b5f-bcce-f08aa31914db28-Oct-2011PERTH, Australia (AFP) - Australia is to host international talks next year to tackle piracy, hoping to stop a crime that has seen hundreds of people taken hostage in this year, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday. Rudd made the announcement at a forum on Indian Ocean Piracy held on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=55c093ed-4091-48e8-9546-6a1029001db128-Oct-2011The Member of Parliament for Sege Constituency, Alfred Abayateye says he will do everything within his power to ensure that the editor of the Africawatch Magazine, Steve Mallory is dragged before the Privileges Committee of Ghana''s Parliament for bringing the nation''s law making house into disrepute. The editor of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2db03b8a-0b93-4377-8b87-e9a89aea90a228-Oct-2011Virgin Galactic said its first passenger flights will not occur before 2013. Sir Richard Branson''''s space tourism venture said it hopes to launch the service in two years time, but even that date is not fixed. The firm''''s commercial director, Stephen Attenborough, told the BBC that its customers'''' safety is paramount. Test flights ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c98d3b54-a686-4826-852d-79b6a62a226226-Oct-2011Turkey will accept offers of aid from foreign countries to cope with the aftermath of the Van earthquake, after initially declining offers of help. Officials said that, with more than 2,000 buildings destroyed, there was an urgent need for accommodation. The death toll from the disaster stood at 461 but aid agencies ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b51cbf50-baec-456b-85f6-c7d2b02f345826-Oct-2011t is very clear that women living in agricultural communities in Ghana are the most affected by the effects of climate change across the country. Unfortunately, their voices are not being heard when decisions on climate change are being made at the decision making levels. They have, therefore, called on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=eb9ed183-96fe-4efa-8620-2a2977d390b526-Oct-2011Celebrated hiplife artiste, Ayigbe Edem who is famous for rapping in Ewe says he now wants to be known only as Edem; he''''''''''''''''s dropped the Ayigbe. Ayigbe has been part of the unique trademark of the artiste since he came into the limelight in 2008 with his hit maiden album, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6cf4249e-3bbf-4047-ba7d-1b0e78d382ac26-Oct-2011The Business Advocacy Challenge Account, BUSAC, has again come to the rescue of the Ghana Music and Creative Industries with a grant to enable stakeholders undertake an advocacy action on developing a policy framework on the need for access to long-term financing for industry players. This is the third time BUSAC, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ff8136aa-9f7a-47e7-92b4-5ccaf575d23f26-Oct-2011NAIROBI (AFP) - Recent heavy fighting in Somalia including Kenya''s military assault in the south is deepening the world''s worst humanitarian crisis in the war-torn nation, aid agencies warned Wednesday. Fighting has choked aid deliveries and blocked civilians trying to escape across the border into Kenya, while heavy rains have raised ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=84c0b451-2c26-4eee-b8f0-cdbd4c7191bb26-Oct-2011PARIS (AFP) - Moamer Kadhafi''''s family plans to file a war crimes complaint against NATO with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the alliance''''s alleged role in his death, the family''''s lawyer said Wednesday. The 69-year-old ex-leader was captured and killed Thursday near the city of Sirte in circumstances that are ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=322b39fe-090a-4c9c-b483-7cc0df7a0d7a26-Oct-2011Accra, 26 Oct, GNA - Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, has called for the prioritization of health care as a means to attaining national development. He said the state of health of the people should be regarded as one of the most important determinants of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=613194ab-7865-470b-b5ba-ceda889b6daf26-Oct-2011MTN Ghana has dismissed assertions that it has been affected most by the launch of mobile number portability. Vodafone and Airtel claimed they had gained more customers from their competitors following the launch. The National Communications Authority''''''''s latest survey on market share for the operators showed MTN lost some of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=88ae068f-708e-4601-8736-23c63fb2a8a026-Oct-2011Strategic Energies Limited (SEL) an oil marketing company has opened its first fuel service station in the Greater Accra Region. The service station located at Dome and has a pharmacy shop and a restaurant is being financed by Max Petroleum Limited in collaboration with Strategic Energies Limited. It ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=74bd262b-c3fa-42ec-ae38-381503e2189426-Oct-2011The Acting Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Frank Nyonator says in view of the ongoing strike by doctors, the Ghana Health Service has engaged the services of medical assistants and civilian doctors in various health institutions in the country to see to out patient cases as well ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8f63046c-79c6-4b77-ae90-ea5f9f4b9dac26-Oct-2011President John Atta Mills is touring flood affected areas caused by several hours of heavy rain in Accra and Tema overnight on Wednesday to assess the extent of damage and to sympathise with the victims. President Mills has visited the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, where the flood water from the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1197e487-3fc9-4c5a-b3fa-546a7b28accd26-Oct-2011The International Monetary Fund says Ghana''s overall economic growth will reach thirteen and a half percent by 2012, which will be backed by the oil production. This was made known at a media briefing organised by the IMF after a two week visit to the country to review the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d28eca87-46c8-4bae-9f2b-8a51f6c9be8326-Oct-2011TELEVISION AFRICA, the Accra-based station uniquely projecting African values, has been adjudged the very best West African TV and winner of a twenty-four -carrat gold trophy for its trail-blazing efforts on the continent. The award instituted by the non-governmental organisation, Zafaa, was presented to TV Africa in London by Miss ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4c4958f4-bed3-40a1-aac1-aebbd1af94aa26-Oct-2011Ghana are to prepare for the African Nations Cup finals with a high altitude training camp in South Africa. The Black Stars, chasing their fifth Nations Cup title, will assemble from 7 January and then travel to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea for the tournament. The team will be based in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c0b58799-e0e4-4aa6-a847-f713c1bea82e25-Oct-2011The 2012 Presidential Candidate forthe New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will address the “Africa Conference 2011” as Keynote Speaker in Berlin, Germany tomorrow. Nana Akufo Addo will deliver a speech on the topic: “Africa’s Role Model? Democracy and Elections in Ghana,” at the conference organised by the Konrad ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dd3ff16c-77e7-4e0b-9b81-fb721d2a137225-Oct-2011he Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa, Amankwah Asiamah has described as annoying public outcry over the death of the former Libyan leader, Muamar Gaddafi who was killed last Thursday. Speaking on Multi TV''s BADWAM program, Mr. Asiamah retorted “Gaddafi is dead and so what? Considering all the people he killed under ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b4ed4124-b615-47d1-8b56-7978a5d979fd25-Oct-2011he Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa, Amankwah Asiamah has described as annoying public outcry over the death of the former Libyan leader, Muamar Gaddafi who was killed last Thursday. Speaking on Multi TV''s BADWAM program, Mr. Asiamah retorted “Gaddafi is dead and so what? Considering all the people he killed under ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=74cabace-25ad-4ab1-bb8a-be1f4cbafbce25-Oct-2011Oil giant BP has announced a big rise in third-quarter profits and says it has reached a "turning point" for its oil and gas operations and production. BP reported third-quarter profits of $5.14bn (£3.2bn), a near tripling of the $1.85bn replacement cost profit it made in the same period a year ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=002d71a7-50d8-4137-88f4-eb903971a19225-Oct-2011Financial Analyst, Sidney Caseley Hayford is raising concerns over the Bank of Ghana''''s decision to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate at 12.5 percent. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank attributed the decision to the balance of risks to inflation and growth. But Mr. Casely Hayford argues it would ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=832f078d-48b8-4f8b-b259-398da587fba725-Oct-2011Anytime the media had carried gory pictures of accident victims on their cover, they were meant to alert motorists and, indeed, the general public to the carnage on the roads. They were also meant to prick the conscience of drivers to be extra careful on the roads and especially take ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b79f1fb5-5659-46e1-b5a8-3c682e02d77925-Oct-2011The Attorney-General''''s (A-G''''s) office has taken over prosecution of the case against the founder of God''''s Way International Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, and his junior pastors for allegedly vandalising and attacking the host and panel members of Hot FM, a private radio station in Accra. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=62b4c3ee-6f6c-4820-9b16-71673430276125-Oct-2011An Accra-based eye surgeon, Dr Kweku N. Ghartey of Ghartey Eye Centre, has been sued by his patient who is claiming special and general damages for deceit and non-professional handling of his eyes resulting in total loss of vision in the right eye and low vision in the left eye. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1a4c6f69-b7a1-4c1b-a39d-72fa7444855925-Oct-2011A case against striking public sector health doctors has been quashed by an Accra High Court on Tuesday morning. The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations in Health (GCNH) dragged the Ghana Medical Association to court for their industry action to be declared illegal, but the court, presided over by Justice Eric ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dd50b1dc-cadf-494d-a84c-1267c3655aa725-Oct-2011NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyans on Tuesday questioned their country''s military assault against Somalia''s extremist rebels after two grenades attacks, which they blame on the militia, killed one and wounded 29 others in Nairobi. Many are concerned that there are Shebab sympathisers within Kenya''s sizeable Somali community, including ethnic Somali Kenyans. The Al-Qaeda-affiliated ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=51026f43-49d6-4798-a9f1-fd81173cb2f725-Oct-2011KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead a policeman at his home in northern Nigeria in an apparent targeted killing, police said Tuesday, in an incident similar to dozens of other murders blamed on an Islamist sect. The policeman was killed by two motorcycle-riding gunmen who knocked on his door in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b4c947da-a109-4c4e-88e8-f022073f1f2a25-Oct-2011The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bekwai in, Joseph Osei-Wusu, has presented assorted drugs worth GH¢126,398 to four health facilities in the Bekwai constituency. The beneficiary hospitals are the Bekwai Municipal Government Hospital, Kokofu Government Hospital, Dominase SDA Hospital, and the Akomaa Memorial Hospital at Kotwia. The Bekwai Hospital received ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=88976519-3503-4bd8-b412-2a17d85dfc5524-Oct-2011The Conference of Heads of Private Universities in Ghana has petitioned the Minister for Education, Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, to rescind the decision of the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) that students with D7 and E8 should not be admitted to the universities. Professor James Hawkins Ephraim, Vice-Chancellor of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1c4c6cb9-277b-40c2-9031-518ab4855ff424-Oct-2011The US has pulled out its ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, because of concerns for his safety, officials say. Mr Ford angered Syrian authorities by showing solidarity with activists involved in an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad''''s rule. A US spokesman said Mr Ford had left Damascus at the weekend after "credible ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d284bf77-d565-4a99-887e-ed1b62bfbc9424-Oct-2011A report into the death of Amy Winehouse may have been sent to a complete stranger, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. The file, thought to outline the circumstances of how the singer died, was meant to be dispatched to the star''s family. But Scotland Yard said it "may have been delivered to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ab236b7f-02c1-4642-b54e-fabd52d638cb24-Oct-2011Kumasi Asante Kotoko has jumped to the summit of the Ghana premier league table after winning a hard fought game against Bechem United at the Baba Yara Sports stadium in Kumasi. The porcupine warriors defeated their opponents by 3 goals to 2 to move to seven points ahead of New Edubiase ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1280ad56-471b-47e5-9762-cd20e31639a224-Oct-2011Pastor Love Hammond, husband of gospel singer Christiana Love, has reportedly lost most members of his church after revelations of his scandalous marital issues were made public. Church services at his Life Power Miracle Church are now purportedly characterized by empty chairs as scouts who visited the church after his wife ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f7a73ec6-594f-49a4-b09a-d4d284efe0e224-Oct-2011Gospel songstress Christiana Love has offered an unqualified apology to Ghanaians for laying bare her marital problems in public. She has asked all her fans and Ghanaians at large to forgive her, saying that she never wanted to discuss her problems publicly but that things got out of hand. The singer and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=87a6609c-2470-455c-914c-e7b78535d2be24-Oct-2011Western Union, a leader in global payment services, and Societe Generale, one of the largest financial services groups in Europe, over the weekend announced an agreement that will introduce the Western Union Money Transfer service in Societe Generale International Retail Banking''''''''s network in new countries across Europe – excluding metropolitan ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3ac08c33-bb0f-4aa2-82e6-a1ec682a943f24-Oct-2011The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) say the new African Cocoa Initiative (WCF/ACI), a Global Development Alliance partnership to invest in sustainable cocoa programs in West Africa, will be launched in the coming weeks. Cocoa is one of the most ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b12c7848-d28b-4e45-8e10-07cae1448af824-Oct-2011Mr. Yakubu was speaking at a day''s forum organised by his outfit for members of the Obuasi branch of the Ghana Tailors and Dressmakers Association on Wednesday. He explained that the forum was to enable the Commission appreciate concerns and suggestions about the operations of the Electricity Company of Ghana ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1056aaa7-7a30-4ed3-83ab-66ad6d5e57b124-Oct-2011The current problems societies are facing are not just because we do not have competent people to manage the leadership affairs, but partly because of the fact that everyone wants a quality life for him/herself, so we do not really consider the plight of our societies first. Let me share this ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=76dbceb0-139b-47c0-be72-5b29fb31b4a924-Oct-2011The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bantama constituency, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has donated a consignment of medical supplies to the Suntreso Government Hospital in Kumasi. The items, worth about GH¢2,000, formed part of an allocation of medical supplies by an American non-governmental organisation (NGO), Virtue Foundation, to female ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3ed105bc-2b2e-4b66-96da-a0d3ae276a6a24-Oct-2011President John Evans |Atta Mills has urged students to work hard to build on the achievements of their forebears in order to maintain the dignity of the country. He said Ghana’s democratic credentials had become the toast of the international community and asked students to work with dedication to protect that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9c96bdcb-d6af-40d7-aa73-20898f6aa71524-Oct-2011NAIROBI (AFP) - A grenade thrown into on a bar in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Monday wounded 14 people, all Kenyans, in an attack police linked to recent threats made by Somali Shebab insurgents. "We are linking the grenade attack to the threats that have been issued by Shebab, and that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=be00bed1-8a4a-4ea1-8e23-54add64982f524-Oct-2011As the doctors’ strike enters its 17th day, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says it will accede to the compulsory arbitration as directed by the National Labour Commission. The strike, according to the doctors, however, persists, regardless of a provision in the Labour Act which requires striking parties to a compulsory ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ade23201-3108-4c05-96d4-76d3b70d496d24-Oct-2011TUNIS (AFP) - Tunisians and the world Monday eagerly awaited the results of the country''s first-ever democratic elections, which were hailed at home and abroad as a triumph for the Arab Spring. No results had been issued 14 hours after polls closed in Tunisia''s first-ever electoral contest without a pre-determined outcome, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7e4279e4-f42b-479e-aa78-4fd919e7208824-Oct-2011Libya''s ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after an assault on his home town of Sirte, the transitional authority''s acting prime minister says. Mahmoud Jibril told a news conference in Tripoli it was time to launch a new unified Libya. Video footage has been broadcast around the world showing a battered ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3e48aec3-7234-4bbe-a038-6662c065086121-Oct-2011A Nigerian tribal king filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch Shell to compensate for decades of pollution that sickened his people and damaged their lands, his lawyer said Thursday. The suit was filed a day after the US Supreme Court said it will consider ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1c7e7908-9fe9-4090-b0ed-344de96c62dc21-Oct-2011Further research has been published suggesting there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. The risk mobiles present has been much debated over the past 20 years as use of the phones has soared. The latest study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark looked at more than ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b4b86ead-a5dc-41dc-8f43-0e950cdf0e9f21-Oct-2011Expresso on Saturday 15th October 2011 supported the Senior Correctional Centre (formerly Bostal Institute) in Accra and encouraged the inmates to dream big and never to see themselves as hopeless because the future is brighter for them. Inspiring them on Expresso''s corporate tagline, "Dare to Dream", Mr. Emmanuel Afriyie Amoako, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ced2ad3a-1276-4e53-8cb3-81ff2162118921-Oct-2011There is, arguably, no gainsaying the fact that the principal investment objective of the average entrepreneur is, essentially, to package a marketable business idea, seek an enabling environment for the business to implement such a concept in order to make it thrive, and possibly maximise gains or returns on his ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=541b3864-0e90-4a12-b92b-f3faeaef782a21-Oct-2011he President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) Dr. Emmanuel Adom Winful has dismissed calls for his resignation over some comments he made, which sought to downplay the severity of the loss of lives as doctors continue to stay out of their various hospitals. Dr. Winful has been condemned for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9b2de611-ef3e-4c4d-a682-ac151439501221-Oct-2011As part of plans to satisfy the needs of contributors, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust ( SSNIT ) has initiated the mobile customer clinic to improve service delivery. The new programme, which is being piloted in Accra and Tema, would involve the movement of a team in densely ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cb0cc23c-9e96-4dd1-9c90-c0703fc4604421-Oct-2011UK chip designer ARM has unveiled a new processor, which should allow manufacturers to make cheaper smartphones. The company hopes the Cortex A7 will enable a mobile computing revolution in developing countries where current technologies are often unaffordable. Consumers in developed countries should also see a benefit. The ultra-efficient chip can be paired ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e127dd0d-c1d3-4a97-9af5-cac276fbad5520-Oct-2011Rioters have fought other protesters in Athens where thousands of people are rallying outside parliament to condemn a new round of cuts. Stones and petrol bombs were hurled and fire extinguishers set off as masked youths battled communist-backed trade unionists near luxury hotels. The trade unionists, who were tasked with keeping at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=265213a9-0ab7-4a2e-98c5-039601d2e95820-Oct-2011Another innovation from telecom giant Airtel in its efforts at ensuring ''cashless economy'' and nurturing the culture of savings in the unbanked majority in the country, is its Advanced Services functionality of ''Airtel Money'' which provides customers with immediate access to banking services through their mobile phones. At an Airtel ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2a3575bf-a5e0-413a-826a-4ba3537146d220-Oct-2011The National Democratic Congress has not yet merged with any political party. Rather, the NDC welcomes the leadership and members of the Democratic Freedom Party''s resolve to join the NDC to prosecute the campaign to win the 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mr ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2e67c97c-3bd8-40ff-9783-7da3932e544220-Oct-2011Fernando Torres scored twice as Chelsea hammered Genk to equal their biggest Champions League win. Raul Meireles set the hosts on their way with a long-range effort before Torres took Frank Lampard''s ball to notch the second with a cool finish. Torres''s angled header gave Chelsea their third, with Branislav Ivanovic heading ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ab27df62-6e81-485a-b8a7-f63b41e7d10420-Oct-2011Salt was rubbed in the wounds of the adulterous Christian leader, Bishop Daniel Obinim, who is currently standing trial over several criminal charges, as the complainants in the case swore yesterday never to opt for an out-of-court settlement. Though Bishop Obinim and his lawyer Afriyie were lobbying for the case ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=38362fb9-3f56-4918-a04a-aae07a9a10ba20-Oct-2011Ace gospel musician Christiana Love is carrying a four month old baby fathered by another man. This is according to her husband and manager Pastor Love. He made the shocking revelation in an interview with an Accra based fm station Channel R. According to him, Christiana Love has been having extra-marital affair with ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=07d00cae-48ce-4574-8fcf-8145364e5d8120-Oct-2011Mobile phone giant Nokia has said it made a loss in the third quarter as it continued to come under pressure from other phonemakers. It swung to a net loss of 151m euros (£173m) in the three months to September, from a 322m-euro profit in the same period. Net sales fell 13% ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0a12402c-6691-4103-9499-0da6a775a1cd20-Oct-2011Aljazeera English is reporting that former Libyan Leader, Muammar Gaddafi has been killed as he tried to flee his hometown of Sirte. Gaddafi was reportedly leaving Sirte in a 100-car convoy when he was shot and killed by fighters of the National Transitional Council. Aljazeera quotes Libya national television as ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e575626b-9f2b-4c6f-b641-271c2d3d043320-Oct-2011Dr. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, a Ghanaian born British national and son of the National Security Adviser General Nunoo Mensah has donated plastic chairs to the 37 Military and Police hospitals in Accra to ease the pressures the two institutions are currently facing due to the doctors strike. Young Dr. Nunoo Mensah, a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4e0b74be-4caf-433a-a773-777d35876cff20-Oct-2011Let me use religion as an analogy to start this article. In 2009, Mr. Baba told Ghanaians and the world that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was the ultimate deity of the Olympic religion and all things relating to the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC). We [GOC and Ghana] had to obey ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6a5a6798-5cbc-4d54-a016-ee24778d120719-Oct-2011Ghanaians who need medical care are resorting to herbalists as doctors remain out of the wards and as the Ghana Medical Association, the government and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission appear to remain locked up in a cat and mouse game. The National Organiser of the Ghana Federation of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=db33a56c-a38a-4b29-ac56-da4abe42d30319-Oct-2011Singer, Wilhelmina Andani known in showbiz as Mimi has returned to Ghana after undergoing two crucial abdominal surgeries in Barcelona in Spain. The surgeries - Laparotomía Exploradora - were done to correct an abnormal menstrual cycle which has persisted for about four months without ceasing. Mimi left the country on September ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fe351cd8-4127-4afa-9d3c-45f1c96ea91b19-Oct-2011SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - Fierce street fighting erupted in Moamer Kadhafi''s sole remaining bastion of Sirte on Tuesday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a surprise visit to Tripoli in a bid to forge closer ties with the new regime. National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters suffered at least two ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cad9fd05-35be-4522-8243-3676b3eca4d819-Oct-2011Salman, (W/R) Oct. 19, GNA - Adamus Resources Limited has started developing a 250 acre land to resettle more than 2000 people of the Salman Community in the Ellembelle District in the Western Region. The land, which is located one kilometer away from the existing town, would have 710 structures ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=78e83cb8-16a2-46ec-9b81-c0618e0314b219-Oct-2011Students of Pentecost Senior High School in Koforidua have appealed to the Government to make it a policy for all drivers to compulsorily attend driving school, to enable them to understand road signs, to help reduce the rampant road accidents. This, they said, would make it compulsory for all drivers to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f52a0af9-e57d-4a9f-9257-6a7a1f0e7fa619-Oct-2011The increment of GH5 in the new cocoa prices has sent farmers of the commodity grumbling. The farmers were expecting a higher price but had their hope dashed when government announced the marginal increase, prompting them to express their displeasure. Government on Friday announced an upward review of the producer prices of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=219c0c8f-0630-4c76-b785-511369c84d9f18-Oct-2011Apple is once again expected to top Wall Street''s estimates when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday. The maker of iPhones, iPads, and Macs is expected to post earnings of $7.27 per share on revenue of $29.3 billion, according to a Factset Research average posted by MarketWatch. That''s up ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5e8c712c-237c-4cb3-a6cf-74a36b2ae2c618-Oct-2011Ghanaians who need medical care are resorting to herbalists as doctors remain out of the wards and as the Ghana Medical Association, the government and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission appear to remain locked up in a cat and mouse game. The National Organiser of the Ghana Federation of Traditional ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ff22ed83-1377-4c89-8136-5bb3f84d665618-Oct-2011The 10 Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) officials who were arrested for alleged deals in narcotic drugs were, for the second time, refused bail by the Accra Circuit Court, amidst flared tempers in and outside the courtroom. While defence lawyers engaged the prosecution in heated arguments over the continued incarceration of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=026b1e76-81ea-4968-bbab-a8062ed10dc818-Oct-2011The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Dr Kwabena Adjei, has cautioned that although the party operates an open door policy, it will not entertain those who will open old wounds and generate acrimony to endanger the unity and survival of the NDC. He described Dr Obed Asamoah''s comments ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=df5daa7f-dae0-4b67-b532-462e8c4e738818-Oct-2011Ghanaian hiplife duo Ruff and Smooth made up of Ricky Nana Agyemang (known is showbiz circles as Bullet) and Clement Baafo Foh (known as Ahkan) are set to release their second album in December this year. The duo who started their music careers as solo artists came together last year to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=150ec6fd-cd90-4dd7-8a54-42d1105ffeeb18-Oct-2011SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - Fierce street fighting erupted on Tuesday between regime fighters and Moamer Kadhafi''s remaining diehards in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader''s hometown and last bastion, an AFP correspondent said. In the desert oasis of Bani Walid, the new government flag was raised after the only other remaining holdout ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=02ba6c2a-4b74-45c4-8b23-f92fd0672f0e18-Oct-2011The maker of the struggling BlackBerry tried to soothe tens of millions of frustrated customers Monday, offering more than $100 worth of free software to each one and giving some a month of technical support as compensation for last week''''s massive outage. But some BlackBerry users and experts cast doubt on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c7ff3912-e276-4ff1-bd33-e62582956c5c18-Oct-2011TRIPOLI (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew in to Tripoli on Tuesday on a previously unannounced visit as Libya''s new rulers try to crush the last pockets of resistance by pro-Moamer Kadhafi fighters. The first US cabinet official to visit Libya since 2008, when Washington wanted to forge ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8b9758a6-dad5-4002-943c-1ad1e12c40cf18-Oct-2011IT investment by airports is rising as airports seek to meet the increasing expectations of passengers for self-service and a hassle-free experience, according to a new global survey. IT investment, as a percentage of revenue, rose to 4.4% in 2010 and 81% of airports expect IT budgets to remain the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4d14af3e-6cda-4453-8e9c-5d943c67edd118-Oct-2011The Acting Minister of Health, Haruna Iddrisu, has given a strong indication that the state will no longer treat medical doctors with kid gloves as they prepare to put adequate measures in place to forestall future health crisis arising out of salary disagreements. Mr Idrissu made this revelation on the sides ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e0399c65-9cbf-4f41-9e45-4c971dcae82617-Oct-2011Soccer ace Ashley Cole scored with a hat-trick of beauties in just a few days. The love-rat pulled a pair of Playboy twins, choosing one for a romp after getting them to PARADE for him. Four days later, Cole, 30, picked up one of singer Rihanna''s backing dancers. And all the time the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=307da024-e40f-41e3-8e9e-3af366b11a2c17-Oct-2011Accra, Oct. 17, GNA - Newmont Ghana Gold Limited has paid more than 47 million dollars(GH¢71.44 million) to government for the third quarter of the year. The amount comprises 39 million dollarsfor Corporate Income Tax, 6 million dollarsfor the National Fiscal Stabilisation Levy, and 2 million dollarsas Mineral Royalties for ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=30f57baf-e631-4df1-98ae-6cc239e47a3217-Oct-2011NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan troops and tanks crossed the border into war-torn Somalia Sunday to attack Islamist Shebab rebels accused of kidnapping foreigners, who in turn warned Kenya its soldiers faced the "pain of bullets." "We have crossed into Somalia in pursuit of the Shehab, who are responsible for the kidnappings ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bad236c1-0f10-4385-9ee5-ccbeb3421f2d17-Oct-2011It is official and known to every Ghanaian and even the World that, the First couples of the republic of Ghana are living with dogs. This revelation was made public by the First-Lady Naadu Mills during an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) last year. After that unpopular interview, the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1665e733-f29a-49f3-a56c-5fcf952bf04d17-Oct-2011Samsung electronics has raised the stakes in its current legal battle with Apple by seeking a ban on sales of iPhone4S in Australia and Japan. This follows similar pleas by the Korean manufacturer in France and Italy claiming patent infringement by Apple. The move comes after a court in Australia temporarily banned ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4f5b0d3a-1f66-4873-bb28-d80bc0fefeef17-Oct-2011The Danquah Institute in collaboration with its media partners, Citi FM and Hot FM, is holding a forum on the $3 billion Chinese loan on Tuesday, 18 th October 2011. The forum is similar to the one organised by the institute which scrutinised the STX Housing project where serious objections ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=344a6be1-21c6-42b5-a799-4a294d9d6d9417-Oct-2011The government has mobilised $89.1 million as part of efforts at reducing poverty in 40 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) throughout the country. The programme is under the Ghana Social Opportunity Project (GSOP) which is aimed at, among other things, improving social spending and increasing access to employment and cash-earning ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=51e73ab2-ed1e-4165-9ad6-7075acb4903f17-Oct-2011President John Evans Atta Mills has rolled out comprehensive contingency measures to contain the impact of the strike by doctors in public hospitals across the country. As part of the measures, he has directed the scaling up of facilities at the 37 Military and Police Hospitals to take care of patients ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c7575d36-21ff-40ce-8fc7-b00598f8dc9f17-Oct-2011SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - Fighters of Libya''''s new regime have forced their way into the desert oasis of Bani Walid, one of the last holdouts of Moamer Kadhafi diehards, but encountered heavy resistance. The intensified fighting in the desert town some 170 kilometres (100 miles) southeast of Tripoli happened Sunday, even ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f8c049be-e507-4357-a4af-df9aedb674b517-Oct-2011President John Evans Atta Mills has conferred national honours and awards on 109 personalities who have distinguished themselves in national life. He lauded them for their dedicated service to state the nation. The President, his Vice-President, Mr John Mahama and the Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Wood, jointly confered the ultimate ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e608c167-5941-4cf0-a54c-e0d1b882163c17-Oct-2011The National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), in collaboration with the Asongtaba Cottage Industry and Exchange Programme (ACIEP), on Wednesday, presented 56 dressmakers in Bolgatanga with sewing machines worth GH¢8,400. The official presentation of the machines, alongside certificates and basic tools, climaxed a six-month training programme conducted by the Asongtaba Cottage ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=551b1ba0-34f0-480f-98f5-fb1bb24108e314-Oct-2011JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Three photos of the bloodied body of South African white extremist leader Eugene Terre''Blanche were leaked on social networking site Facebook before being shown in court, prosecutors said Friday. The gruesome images of his body hacked by a machete and his head beaten were posted to a group''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d659db05-db5a-4641-9763-65f8ce4b6e0514-Oct-2011Students of the University of Ghana have declared that they will hit the streets on Tuesday to protest what they described as failure by their authorities to respond to calls for a reduction in their school fees. The students who demonstrated some months ago over the same issue said despite ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5a0fe9c9-f33f-4563-ae8e-5604248b59d714-Oct-2011The government has set aside GHc40 million in the 2012 budget as seed capital for the administration of the 42 newly created districts. The creation of the additional districts which brings the total number of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to 212, is designed to enhance the decentalisation process by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f5d9e744-e17f-4d43-8d89-ce9c6d14672e14-Oct-2011Simon Asare Adjei, also known as Ntakra, a musician, has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a Polish lady, Elizbieta Gruszka, to the tune of GH¢15,000. He reportedly collected the money under the pretext of using it to send a parcel to a friend in Poland, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=34f9d17f-2d5d-4c31-aa18-82d3cac53d5014-Oct-2011The Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) has congratulated the Black Stars on their qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. A congratulatory letter signed by Chairman, Alhaji Ali Raji to the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) copied to GNA Sports, the League Club''s welfare body commended the Stars ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3ab3bc62-d7ae-4b38-9b60-4579a2fe7f7913-Oct-2011Leila Djansi''s '' Ties That Bind '' is the film Ghanaians will definitely celebrate this year''s Christmas with as its cinema release coincides with the yuletide season. The film premieres December 30 at the National Theatre in Accra at 6:30pm and at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi. It is ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5795d560-e1f0-437e-b103-2cfe1b003c3313-Oct-2011Loyalists of Moamer Kadhafi doggedly resisted attacks in two areas of the fugitive leader''s hometown Sirte on Thursday as doubts emerged about reports of the capture of his feared son Mutassim. An announcement by the new leadership in Tripoli that Mutassim was in custody, sparked late-night celebrations in towns and cities ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5df17c9c-29e0-495d-bb05-1faedbe675d213-Oct-2011Flooding, triggered by an hour of torrential rains in Kumasi Friday evening, has killed two siblings aged four and eight months and destroyed property worth millions of Cedis. Described as the worst flooding in the city in four years, the rains, which swelled rivers and flooded roads, trapped many people in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=820127b8-7884-4392-a86a-255de6dfd77913-Oct-2011Health Minister, Joseph Yieleh Chireh has renewed his appeal to striking doctors to rescind their decision and get back to work whiles negotiations for their migration onto the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) continues. He assured them that the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) would not short-change them. Mr Chireh made ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4db6aa97-45a9-46ca-85a6-c8b9b367742213-Oct-2011Problems with the Blackberry smartphone system appear have to spread to the United States. Users began to report loss of services on Wednesday, with many turning to Twitter to complain about their lack of email. The latest development follows two days of sporadic blackouts across Europe, the Middle East and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9a698a7f-b433-4548-af7f-84b6dcfa6ab613-Oct-2011Koforidua, Oct. 13, GNA- Students of Ofori Panin Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, have proposed a public policy to decentralise the Minerals Commission to enable small scale miners to register their businesses locally. They said the proposal would help reduce illegal mining drastically since people would ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bfe819dd-c284-4024-945a-28629c38a29c13-Oct-2011Thirty-three thousand seven hundred and eight candidates out of 147,227 candidates who wrote this year''s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the country failed in Mathematics. This implies that those candidates, representing 22.89 per cent of the total number of candidates, failed to score between grades Al and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=44fa228c-d42e-43c9-80e8-ba357f70283812-Oct-2011Accra, Oct. 12, GNA- The Ghana Stock Exchange(GSE) and Fidelity Capital Partners Limited (FCPL), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the growth and future listing of companies, especially Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) on the Exchange. Under the MOU, the Exchange would be promoted to investee companies ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=95499e9f-5e71-4e01-9a6c-24a86cc853b612-Oct-2011Information reaching Asempa News indicates that remand prisoners being transported to Accra on Wednesday morning broke the gate of the vehicle and escaped into a nearby bush at Pokuase near Amasaman. Police guards are reportedly chasing the prisoners but no arrests have been made as yet. An eyewitness, named only as Joshua, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a3ad5665-96d3-4134-af4b-ee71da82e85e12-Oct-2011The Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association has served notice to lay down their tools in about a fortnight if the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission fails to migrate them onto the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS). The public hospital pharmacists claim like their colleague doctors, who are on strike already, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=8fb8c472-f958-4d3f-903e-c063ccd3c0a112-Oct-2011YAOUNDE (AFP) - Cameroon''''s opposition on Tuesday demanded the presidential election be nullified, but former colonial ruler France gave a thumbs-up to a poll expected to return Paul Biya, 78, for a sixth term. The veteran leader has led the west African country for 29 years and the outcome of Sunday''''s ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c180a33c-be1f-42df-bc5e-b07e1a8e132412-Oct-2011Ho, Oct. 11, GNA - The Volta Regional United Cadres Front (UCF) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Tuesday called on members of the party to assess colleagues seeking political office on their individual merit. The UCF made the call at a forum in Ho over a tussle between Mr ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=79965c2b-eebe-4662-9c62-ec3a0a3a305812-Oct-2011The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association [GREDA], will be holding a 2-day housing exhibition on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th October 2011. The exhibition will take place at the Banquet Hall at State House and will be followed by the Ghana Property Awards Night on the Saturday Evening of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e550578f-9e86-47ac-932d-e7f1d7e254b012-Oct-2011Ghanaian R and B singer, Henry Agyekum popularly known is showbiz circles as Chemphe has disclosed that he will from next month embark on a two nation tour of Kenya and South Africa. He made the disclosure when he appeared on Hitz TV''s COUNTDOWN program on Multi TV. Chemphe is scheduled ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2632f2b2-fa5e-4987-9acd-f836e397834c12-Oct-2011Traders have poured onto the Adweso-Asokore road including the pedestrian lane and have turned the two-lane road into a single lane. This is causing traffic jam in the area, compelling pedestrians and cars to struggle for a walking or driving space. When the Ghana News Agency asked the traders why ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=804edaea-7ebd-4467-b602-04312c08f5ba11-Oct-2011SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - Fighters from Libya''s new regime seized the police headquarters in the centre of Moamer Kadhafi''s hometown Sirte on Tuesday as they moved against the strongman''s remaining diehards. Meanwhile, National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters were gearing for a fresh onslaught on the desert town of Bani Walid, another ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=213c8e49-d768-4bd4-93f9-337af260882111-Oct-2011KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigerian troops were accused of burning homes and shooting indiscriminately on Monday after a bomb attack in the country''''s northeast blamed on Islamists which killed a soldier and a civilian. A military spokesman denied soldiers had carried out abuses and said the bomb blast in the violence-torn ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a4428ece-050b-416a-81fc-e4d662929b3811-Oct-2011with thousands of people thronging to the national theater to support their fans. The show which started with choreography from all 13 contestants, ended with the crowning of Kwame Mifetu as the Amazing Child for season two. It was a day of fun and good music from all 13 finalists at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=766f101e-436c-4669-90fc-72bb3286be9211-Oct-2011In a global economy that depends on sophisticated innovation and knowledge to drive growth and wealth, a new World Bank report on higher education suggests that low- and middle-income countries should resist the temptation to establish world-class universities to cash in on research earnings and court global prestige before educating ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=12c66b09-ad2a-48fd-8c5a-0d15dbb1bfb711-Oct-2011I was shocked but not totally surprised to see that more than 50% of Ghanaian children failed the recent BECE examinations. As a country that is supposed to be going forward we (government officials, parents, teachers, society at large) should be absolutely appalled by this development and hang our heads in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d5ebf879-ac23-4062-8156-29055d4e251711-Oct-2011Doctors have rejected calls on them to return to their wards to attend to patients. Today marks day four of the strike, called over a delay in migrating them onto the single spine pay structure. Checks by Joy News across the country show new patients are being turned away at ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=7e909608-365d-4a03-bfde-a38603f7fec111-Oct-2011Accra, Oct. 10, GNA – Ghana on Monday joined other nations around the world to commemorate the World Mental Health Day. The day which falls on October 10 each year, was set aside by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to create awareness on Mental Health and advocate for policy initiatives and ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a801783f-5dd8-4f56-abe8-eeecb99e2c2711-Oct-2011Nigerian President and ECOWAS Chairman Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, at the end of a two-day state visit to Ghana, has said his vision is to make the people of West Africa act as one family. He said in spite of the differences in languages and inherited cultures, the people of the sub-region ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dbe20734-4ac5-40d6-b4f3-0b783ccf7a7111-Oct-2011President John Evans Atta Mills resumes his regional tours today, October 11, with a tour of the Greater Accra Region. During the three-day working tour, President Mills will visit, Accra, Tema, Ga West, Ga East, Ga South, Ledzokuku, Adenta, Ashaiman, Dangme East and West District/Municipal/Metropolitan Areas. A statement issued in Accra yesterday ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c5b1606f-eec6-4707-879b-55bfed0d4dda11-Oct-2011UK doctors are being told the antibiotic normally used to treat gonorrhoea is no longer effective because the sexually transmitted disease is now largely resistant to it. The Health Protection Agency says we may be heading to a point when the disease is incurable unless new treatments can be found. For now, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=be838ee1-cddb-492d-9dd5-5ceb1241628810-Oct-2011One of Kenya''s major tourist resorts, Lamu, has been hit hard by the recent kidnapping by Somali gangs of two Westerners - a disabled French woman and a British tourist. With tourism accounting for some 10% of Kenya''s economy, there are fears that the whole country could be affected, as the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a6717838-154c-46a0-a4fa-219814681f5310-Oct-2011Egypt''s ruling military council has called for a swift investigation into unrest in Cairo, after clashes mainly between Coptic Christians and security forces on Sunday. The cabinet has held an emergency meeting ahead of the first funerals of 24 people who died in Sunday''s unrest. Riots erupted on Sunday after a protest ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b38f7549-cddd-460a-a29a-0c7797e3639710-Oct-2011The Black Stars arrived in London on Sunday afternoon for Tuesday’s exhibition match against Nigeria. Nineteen players who left Nairobi on Sunday morning were joined by Italy-based teenager Massawudu Alhassan. Ghana coach dropped three home-based players from the squad which beat Sudan 2-0 on Saturday to qualify for the 2012 Nations Cup ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=92e79e8c-3ea6-428f-816f-5be8c1b99cc610-Oct-2011Ghana will train at the UCL Training Ground in Hertfordshire today at 5pm ahead of Tuesday''s friendly with Nigeria. Before the Black Stars train, both sides will host a joint pre-game press conference at 4pm at the training venue. Goran Stevanovic side''s will clash with Nigeria on Tuesday 11 October at the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=996fa160-9b4a-4a6b-b840-e0499f51a35110-Oct-2011Sahara Energy Fields Limited and Hess Ghana/Rockfield are seeking exploration and production rights over blocks offshore West Keta block and East Cape Three Points of the Jubilee offshore field. “We''ve evaluated their applications for these open blocks and have made the necessary recommendations to the Ministry of Energy for consideration,” Mr. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9f28ce00-7bf4-4788-8990-ebb7cd50912910-Oct-2011Leading Pan-African telecoms company, MTN received top honours in all three categories at last week’s inaugural Brand Africa 100 Awards held in Johannesburg, South Africa. MTN was ranked the “Most Valued Brand in Africa”, outshining iconic global brands such as Shell and Coca-Cola. A statement from MTN Group said “this means MTN ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b6a73f92-c1da-4fa9-80bc-3fc90f55072910-Oct-2011Majid Michel recently graced the red carpet, answering questions from the media and his fans at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Somewhere in Africa’. After the movie screening, guests also had the opportunity to head into the Ballroom to celebrate the premiere with the movie star. It was an on star ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bf2c536a-ec94-4db5-ae4d-c9e1e56da8ac10-Oct-2011The finals of TV Africa’s children’s reality show came off last Saturday with thousands of people coming to the national theatre to support their fan. The show which started with choreography from all 13 contestants, ended with the crowning of Emmanual Kwame Mifetu has the amazing child for season two. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0327b495-cce8-45a1-a804-e01cead5904310-Oct-2011MOGADISHU (AFP) - African Union and Somali government troops said Monday they seized key positions from Islamist insurgents during an offensive to flush out the last rebel pockets in Mogadishu. "Operations have started to take control of the northern corridor and drive the Al Qaeda-linked extremists out of the city," the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a00271f7-11ec-42da-ad78-1f27ac02466010-Oct-2011Ghana and Nigeria have decided to deploy 540 police officers to beef up security for the October 11, 2011 general election in Liberia. Ghana''s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, made this known Friday when he led his counterpart from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr Hafiz Abubakar Ringin, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1c0ac51b-5b77-433e-9e3b-91d6b99d2ebc10-Oct-2011Ntonso (Ash), Oct 10, GNA – Authorities of the Ntonso SDA Girls'' Senior High School in the Kwabre-East District, have appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) and philanthropists to endeavour to come to the school''s aid as it was confronted with serious accommodation challenges. This is as a result ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=23ec0348-a0f7-48cd-9401-7038fe196c8b10-Oct-2011Apam, (C/R), Oct. 10, GNA - Only 30 per cent of candidates who sat for 2011 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Gomoa West District, have qualified to enter Senior High schools and Technical institutions. Mr Antwi Bonsiako, Gomoa West District Coordinating Director made this known at the Annual ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a7186868-a5ee-40cc-9887-a14d91f004e010-Oct-2011Kumasi, Oct. 9, GNA – Work on the reconstruction of a drainage system at New-Zongo in Kumasi is to be completed December this year, Mr Theodore Quaye, the Metropolitan Roads Engineer, has stated. He said the Department of Urban Roads (DUR), which was undertaking the project had recently contracted some ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a9ab5bd1-06e7-45c7-9f07-713a600e70aa10-Oct-2011The Annual GREDA Exhibition and Ghana Property Awards and Dinners Dance 2011 returns for its 4th year on Friday the 28th and 29th of October 2011 at the Banquet Hall of the State House. The Theme for this year is "Exploiting Innovative Building Materials for a Sustainable Built Environment”. The Chairman ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9d5f75b7-1e05-4895-9670-ecdcde79afd210-Oct-2011The father of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has vowed to clear his name after being arrested in a probe into alleged betting irregularities. Wayne Rooney Snr, 48, was one of nine men arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud over bets placed on a game between Motherwell and Hearts in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=58e975da-0fbd-4fbd-90d4-6b7acd4d62fb07-Oct-2011LAGOS (AFP) - The NGO founded by Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian awarded a share of the Nobel peace prize on Friday, said the recognition would provide a huge boost to the women''''s movement on the continent and elsewhere. "It will promote the women''''s movement," Bertha Amanor, administrative manager for the Ghana-based ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fdcaa47b-ae6b-4a12-b2c8-dab14b1b1eab07-Oct-2011GHANA IS WELL NOTED INTERNATIONALLY LATERLY, MOST ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LAST TWO WORLD CUPS IN GERMANY AND SOUTH AFRICA RESPECTIVELY. THE COUNTRY''S MUSIC STARS ARE DOING SO WELL TO CATCH GLOBAL ATTENTION AS FEW OF THE MUSICIANS ARE LINKED AND/OR SIGNED DEALS WITH THE AMERICAN SUPERSATRS SUCH AS AKON,WYCLEFF,JOE, ETC . THIS ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=edfca19a-35e2-48f5-ba7e-b0e52bf9735407-Oct-2011Large crowds of NDC supporters and sympathizers that came out to meet Nana Konadu, the former First Lady, on the last lap of her ''''Thank You'''' tour in the Northern and Upper Regions, demonstrated the phenomenal support the former first family wields among the people at the grassroots. Venting their displeasure ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e9792096-c432-45f9-9d21-a83e31e351c607-Oct-2011The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is embarking on a nationwide strike by close of day October 7, if their demands are not met. The GMA resolved to lay down their tools after an emergency national executive council meeting on Thursday. In a statement issued by the president and the deputy general ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a6a57ad8-8ec4-4a7d-b4ef-82cc01c657a607-Oct-2011About seven million Ghanaians are desperately poor, despite strides made in achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), according to Professor Kodwo Ewusi, Rector of the West End University College. He said about nine million Ghanaians did not have access to portable water, coupled with poor nutrition and low adult literacy rate. Speaking ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=0089fb35-28c0-4602-a14d-933f21982b8007-Oct-2011The US economy added 103,000 jobs in September, ahead of many economists'''' expectations. But the jobless rate was stuck at 9.1%, according to latest data from the Department of Labor. Although the figures were boosted by the return to work of striking workers, the department also revised upwards employment data from August ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=486a2170-0110-4c4e-99ed-697e3ad302b407-Oct-2011Accra, Oct. 7, GNA - The Standard Bank Group, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), have signed two agreements which will provide a framework for cooperation in trade and the settlement of netting of precious metals transactions. The agreements also ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=55b4f0f7-d254-4ac7-8496-2f3aa24b1c2007-Oct-2011World and business leaders have been paying tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. US President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev said Mr Jobs had changed the world. Microsoft''s Bill Gates said it had been "an insanely great honour" to ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dbdbe255-a72b-4d09-ba17-37423e4b4e6206-Oct-2011Young Nigerian musician, WizKid who has been in the news for both the right and wrong reasons in recent times says while he admits that he has made mistakes in his career, he is still learning and hopes to be a better person. The 21-year old has been in the news ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c61b8c3d-6b7c-4763-8071-2fe2e583628a06-Oct-2011A renowned Tema-based legal practitioner, Samuel Blay, has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants. Nobody could ascertain where the deceased, who was stabbed in the early hours of Wednesday, was driving his black VW Passat car, with registration number GT 811 Z, at the time of the incident. He ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=884bcda7-9296-43a7-84b7-b3ab7a9c225906-Oct-2011The Ghana Mineworkers'' Union has urged government to marshal the political courage to up the country''s stake in the mining industry. The Union acknowledged that the Government of Guinea was taking bold steps in that direction, which other countries ought to follow suit. A statement signed in Accra by Prince William Ankrah, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a0964ad7-f228-4a6b-9733-d75e392cda8d06-Oct-2011Since last Saturday when strategies and tactics he mapped out against Kumasi Asante Kotoko failed to churn out the desired result, culminating in his team''s 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Porcupine Warriors at the Accra Sports Stadium, the Serbian coach of premier club, Accra Hearts of Oak, Nebojsa ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=fd0d3d3c-42a5-4308-89ee-bd1506d72d9706-Oct-2011Since last Saturday when strategies and tactics he mapped out against Kumasi Asante Kotoko failed to churn out the desired result, culminating in his team''s 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Porcupine Warriors at the Accra Sports Stadium, the Serbian coach of premier club, Accra Hearts of Oak, Nebojsa ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=93d91437-97b3-46d5-9129-31f6e2f2d70206-Oct-2011HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe will import a new batch of its adopted currency the United States dollar to replace soiled bills and ease problems of coin shortages, a state daily reported Thursday. "Government through the BAZ (Bankers Association of Zimbabwe), has negotiated with certain institutions in America that I will not ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=40208943-5f22-4487-995c-ad6b8188815706-Oct-2011Information reaching Peacefmonline.com indicates that teachers in Tamale in the Northern Region are demonstrating against government over their unpaid allowances. The teachers have vowed not to return to the classroom until government pays them their over one year allowances. According to Peace FM''s Northern Regional Correspondent, Kwabena Ntow, the peaceful ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=62f64369-dbe1-42bf-8f55-6f022094d52b06-Oct-2011Inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons have threatened to go on hunger strike if the condition of the food served them is not improved, reported the Chronicle newspaper. The paper quoted some inmates in the incarceration centre of being insensitive to their plights. “In fact, we are dying because of wickedness; ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=9df5d449-7e14-46ac-bd2f-9b126c33319f05-Oct-2011Vice President John Dramani Mahama has paid a courtesy call on the Awoemafia of Anlo, Togbui Sri III, to congratulate him on his installation. Accompanied by Deputy Chief of Staff Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, the Vice assured the Anlo King of government’s commitment to securing funds to prevent the rampaging sea ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=3381f2b6-b891-406b-b173-e59495a38f9f05-Oct-2011The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana, Michael Ikpoki has announced that the company''''s subscriber base, which is over 9.9 million, will hit 10 million before the end of this month. ''''Sometime this month, we will hit 10 million subscribers and this is a big deal,'''' the CEO said. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c3a4cf32-5b30-4436-8bc0-5792fe95c68005-Oct-2011Tinkong (E/R), Oct. 5, GNA - The Akuapem North District Chief Executive, Mr George Opare-Addo, has said the 43.4 per cent illiteracy rate in the country showed that a lot of Ghanaians were missing the benefits of education. He said it was for that reason that the government was determined ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4d6ccd79-6cf8-41d9-b5e4-f2cf522d598305-Oct-2011Cocoa farmers in the AnhwiasoBekwaidistrict of the Western region have appealed to government to implement urgently what they describe as the ''''high tech'''' initiatives of the erstwhile NPP administration, in order for them to be able to maximize production. They are requesting government to pay serious attention to the cocoa ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=519d6727-d0a7-4e63-871f-d7939bfdc01205-Oct-2011Statistics from the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), has indicated that 71 per cent of HIV/AIDS victims, who were put on Anti Retroviral Drugs (ART) since 2003 in the Eastern Region, are still alive. This is an indication that the ART is effective and can manage even severe cases of the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=86e318ee-a967-4bd8-b55c-8cc0264b9adc05-Oct-2011Hearts management member Aziz Harunah has joined the many supporters of the Rainbow club, calling for the head of its head coach Nebojsa Vucicevic. The fans were beside themselves with fury after the emphatic 1-3 loss they suffered at the hands of their old foes, Asante Kotoko in their Super ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cf740aa0-8505-4ae4-b1e5-fefb489e1a2204-Oct-2011Warning that voluntary moratoriums on nuclear weapon tests are not enough, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all Member States that have not yet done so to urgently ratify the United Nations-backed treaty banning them. “Over the course of the Cold War, hundreds of nuclear weapon tests left behind a devastating ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=85ba551b-6c64-4166-9bbe-2f64b8b466e704-Oct-2011Ghana’s cedi declined to the weakest on record as manufacturers and traders bought dollars to import raw materials and goods to the West African nation. The currency of the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer depreciated for a fourth day, losing as much as 0.5 percent to 1.6033 per dollar, the weakest level ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=97bf6625-08a4-4501-9240-7104ec3ce7bb04-Oct-2011In furtherance of procurement reforms in the West African sub-region, the World Bank is supporting an initiative in which the Government of Ghana, represented by the Ghana Public Procurement Authority (PPA) is sharing a full set of procurement curriculum and training materials with the Government of Liberia, as represented by ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=4d967b7b-62a8-49d2-a51d-502c0514ac8b04-Oct-2011President John Evans Atta Mills has congratulated teachers on their dedication and sacrifices towards the human development of the country. He said though education is the bedrock of every nation, quality education builds a resilient and strong nation. President Mills said this when he granted audience to the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bab4b93c-88a3-4c3c-a443-d0606206eeef04-Oct-2011The outgoing French Ambassador to Ghana Francois Hurtut has expressed admiration for the leadership style of President Mills. He said he is satisfied with the commitment of President Mills to ensure that revenue from the oil production is used judiciously, and also account to the people of Ghana. ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6f5efb02-d6d3-42cd-b1ac-0bf14ff1f7a604-Oct-2011Abedi Pele''s Nania FC confirmed their superiority over Berekum Chelsea when they defeated the latter 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 regulation scoreline in the first Alhaji Sly Tetteh Super Cup played at the Accra Stadium yesterday. It was Nania''s second win over the Blues, having shown them the exit ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=6f57f6ca-fb7e-4c3b-a926-8600ea22a95303-Oct-2011An assault by insurgents on a local government compound in western Iraq has ended with at least nine people dead, including all six attackers. At least three people taken hostage by the insurgents were killed. The gunmen had disguised themselves in police uniforms before attacking the local government compound in al-Baghdadi, in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=588c0cb8-7a4a-4f96-8855-6e5d704ff00203-Oct-2011After 12 weeks of exciting display of various talents and arts by 25 children, 13 have qualified for the finals of TV Africa’s ‘Amazing Child’ season two, coming off at the National Theatre on Saturday, October 8. The finale will see talented children from various part of Ghana exhibit their ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=963e8384-af71-4c52-a32b-edf0c1c0fa2e03-Oct-2011Consumers are spending more than ever before on headphones. But what makes premium audio so expensive and does spending so much money make much of a difference? Smartphone manufacturer HTC is paying $309m (£190m) for a 51% stake in Beats Electronics, the company best known for its high-end headphones and partnership ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=dfdefd62-49ff-49ed-a21b-2338e8e09cc703-Oct-2011Sinn Fein''s Martin McGuinness has acknowledged that accidental killings by the IRA of civilians could be described as "murders". In an interview with the Independent, he said the IRA "was involved in incidents which resulted in the accidental killing of innocent people". Mr McGuinness added "the term used by the relatives of ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=cd382377-1690-46ed-b1ba-6687239a049e03-Oct-2011The Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, has appealed to the youth to take advantage of opportunities the government and development partners are creating and build their capacities through skills training. “Acquire skills to enable you to start your own businesses rather than relying on white collar jobs ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=d2e5a834-5c5d-44a1-8c35-e5ac022f60a303-Oct-2011Nyakrom (C/R), Oct. 1, GNA – Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister for Food and Agriculture has presented 80 computers and accessories to four Senior High Schools in the Agona West Municipality and Agona East District of the Central Region. The schools are Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS), Swedru Senior High School ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=14215573-e5fd-4814-8317-579fcc9254db03-Oct-2011Access Bank Ghana Limited, which was recently adjudged the Most Socially Responsible Bank in the country, has launched its Customer Service Week in Accra to re-affirm its commitment to excellent service delivery. The Bank''s Customer Service Week will be celebrated from October 4 to Friday October 8, 2011, under the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b76392d6-cd8f-4823-9197-795cf52b602203-Oct-2011(AFP) - Fighting raged for Moamer Kadhafi''''s birthplace on Monday as Libya''''s new leaders eyed a symbolic victory in their battle to eradicate the last vestiges of his 42-year rule. Commanders of the advancing National Transitional Council troops said they now controlled most of Qasr Abu Hadi, the small town where ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1f6b5570-e0f3-43f8-a525-9b69d7d82d1203-Oct-2011TWO YOUNG men from Kukuom in the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region are currently in police grips over their alleged involvement in the circulation of some fake currency notes. Twenty-four-year-old farmer Alfred Kumah and his 23-year-old accomplice, Emmanuel Asare, a driver, were arrested by the Kukuom police ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=17ec4ad0-bbc5-4bbe-814f-a25272f93a6503-Oct-2011SHOP OWNERS at Kokompe at Darkuman junction in Accra could not contain the sight of their investments in ruins as they broke down in tears following a fire outbreak that swept through one of the old markets in the country on Friday night. The fire, which started at about 10pm, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=719fabc4-fbf2-41e2-8ce0-13ddb765945103-Oct-2011Weird MC (born Adesola Idowu) is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter, and producer. Known for her catchy English/Yoruba lyrics,and androgynous appearance, Weird MC is one of Africa''s token number of female rap artistes, and one of the few Nigerian women associated with Afrobeat. Though, Weird MC has not been in the news ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=00327b8a-2688-4299-b000-b74bceb71d9103-Oct-2011The National Health Insurance Scheme has re-instated the Legon Hospital after initial suspension for illegal charges. The Deputy Head of Corporate Affairs of the NHIS Ametor-Quayme told Radio Ghana that the hospital has been cautioned to desist from overcharging subscribers. GBC NEWShttp://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=2ee19c91-0ac3-4f95-bc2a-8b9686b7c5d403-Oct-2011Armed men dressed as soldiers fired into the air and stopped traffic in south Cameroon on Thursday, demanding the departure of long-serving President Paul Biya ahead of a controversial poll. The men fired their weapons at the main bridge in Douala, the economic capital of the west African nation that holds ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a12b7138-d7b8-4384-b48a-bd5c5304238829-Sep-2011Certain GA traditional leaders have expressed disappointment with public criticism over their call for the use of a Ga expression to welcome visitors into the country. They say there was no basis for the attacks since the leaders have not in any way erred by demanding their rights. In separate ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=60eefdea-3a14-4fd4-a553-b7388d477e9329-Sep-2011National Security Advisor, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has called for regional coordination and leadership in developing a comprehensive strategy to address the threat of piracy in West Africa''s Gulf of Guinea current spate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. He said with a large proportion of the world''s oil ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f8ac5f5c-5f28-4543-a8fd-ae2a8817e58c29-Sep-2011It was President Mills himself who on December 6, 2010, announced to Ghanaians that 2011 will “Action Year”, but this year has been “a big disaster and a monumental failure,” according to the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party. He has called on the President to explain to Ghanaians ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=61a90f4a-b75d-4628-9012-d4ab7664246d29-Sep-2011The founder of Kpando Heart of Lions Victor Akpene Ahiakpor has charged boxers to be disciplined. He stated that it is the only way to guarantee the restoration of the dwindling fortunes of the sport. ''Boxers should change their character. Some of them don''t behave professionally at all. They must ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=ab7d4663-1481-4c86-8170-ec0f3af17d1129-Sep-2011A study conducted by two Ghanaian scientists has revealed that 98.6 per cent of Ghanaian cedi notes are contaminated with bacteria. According to the study, which was conducted between November 2008 and February 2009, some of the cedi notes were contaminated with pathogenic micro-organisms which could spread diseases. The study established that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c8667d09-fa2c-4607-b64d-54c61c9e1b6629-Sep-2011The Jamaican super star Movado who is tagged to stage a musical concert in Ghana on the 1st of October at the Accra Sports stadium for only GH20 regular and GH40 VIP is all ready to arrive this Friday ahead of the big night. Call him the Messiah hit man or ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e8035080-ff9c-4a26-ad1f-1aaf4b85301a29-Sep-2011The Guinean authorities must immediately carry out an investigation into the deaths of three protesters killed during clashes between police and demonstrators at a banned opposition rally in the capital Conakry on Tuesday, Amnesty International said today. On the eve of the second anniversary of a massacre where more than 150 ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=086045e5-6a0a-46aa-a0c1-f98a541411bb29-Sep-2011Tullow Oil plc has announced that the Enyenra-3A appraisal well, in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana, has successfully encountered oil in high quality sandstone reservoirs. Pressure data indicates that the Enyenra-3A well has confirmed an up-dip extension of the Enyenra oil field. Located 6.5km north of the Owo-1 discovery ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b419b440-92e3-4048-8313-09188475da1229-Sep-2011The Secretary-General of the West African News Media & Development, Professor Alfred E. Opus, has challenged African journalists to focus more on development issues to enhance the progress of their respective countries and the continent as a whole. He dismissed the assertion that development stories did not sell newspapers, pointing out ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=af938669-2881-4427-9fb4-74298e2a572c29-Sep-2011Teacher trainees who have completed their studies at the 38 Colleges of Education will undertake national service effective next year, the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mr Vincent Senam Kuagbenu, has stated. That, he said, followed the upgrade of the Colleges of Education into tertiary status. Following the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b91367d9-ad01-4e24-b3b7-679cea958c7528-Sep-2011Accra, Sept. 28, GNA - As part of National Family Planning Week, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) on Wednesday announced support for family planning measures that would benefit almost 690,000 Ghanaians over the next year. This support combined with other UKaid support from DFID, will help Ghana achieve greater ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5b60e109-5abf-480c-960b-8d4a5872077728-Sep-2011Ghana winger Quincy Owusu-Abeyie has returned to the Black Stars after a one-year absence, MTNFootball.com can exclusively revea The Greece-based star is part of Ghana''s squad to face Sudan in the crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier next month. Abeyie has hardly played for the Black Stars since the World ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=b2bcc22a-21f2-4dc0-b949-99e387d2a1bf28-Sep-2011Self-styled king of the Zanga,Oluwadamilare Okulaja,popularly known as Durella has just been made Chevalier brandy ambassador. Chevalier brandy,a product from Grand Oak Nigeria Limited was formally unveiled weeks back in Lagos. The brandy,though was withdrawn from the shelf years back when there was a ban on imported spirits and has now been ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a7fb9c09-4b25-402e-8e22-efb07fecd85628-Sep-2011President Mills-led government has invited both local and foreign investors to partner the government to rehabilitate the existing railway infrastructure and expand it to other areas of the country. This, government believes, will provide an assured market for bulk minerals and other commodities, including cocoa and timber, to be transported ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=bfb19b53-7fc0-4fe8-90f2-43a4ac9130e828-Sep-2011Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) on Wednesday announced that the Enyenra-3A appraisal well in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana has “successfully encountered” oil in high quality sandstone reservoirs. An official statement from Tullow, one of the partners in the Jubilee Field offshore the Western Region, said pressure data indicated that ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1a50104f-8580-48d9-95ca-03c1fb098db128-Sep-2011The man who invented the implantable cardiac pacemaker, Wilson Greatbatch, has died in Buffalo, New York, aged 92. The pacemaker was first implanted in humans in 1960 and keeps the heart beating in a regular rhythm. Now, hundreds of thousands of people receive pacemakers every year. Greatbatch''s cause of death is not ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c696e515-3dd6-47b5-b51d-23877966ed7328-Sep-2011The Irish economy grew by 1.6% in the second quarter, official figures show. It was the second successive quarter of GDP growth, after a revised 1.9% rise in the first three months of the year. The figures surprised forecasters, who had expected an increase of just 0.25%. It ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=83e5a6f6-46aa-4593-a848-a2786fcf94fd28-Sep-2011At least 1,000 youth from the Volta Region are to acquire tricycle riding skills in a new scheme called Rural Transportation Model under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP). After training, each would be supplied with an engine powered tricycle to operate commercially, pay off the cost and own the ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=f27aff3f-acc7-465f-8521-fefd291c3ca728-Sep-2011Anti-Kadhafi forces Wednesday urged NATO to intensify its air war as they took heavy losses in a push on the ousted despot''s birthplace of Sirte and his other remaining bastion, Bani Walid. In a radio message, meanwhile, Moamer Kadhafi hailed the resistance put up in Bani Walid, where the NTC said ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=073d4a0b-b498-494d-8bee-02d2d958c08628-Sep-2011Government is closed to introducing a new policy that will ensure that banks that have high interest rates and are anti-Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) are starved of government business, the Cabinet Secretary and Secretary to the President, Mike Eghan, has disclosed. He said government is less enthused about ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=198abc50-c340-4d0e-93c9-c6b07722c33527-Sep-2011Ghanaian nurses have blasted the nation''s doctors over the weekend''s threat by members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to walk off their jobs. The GMA issued the threat after a meeting in Tamale citing problems it has with plans to implement the trouble-ridden Single Spine Salary Structure. The Association in a ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=310b3745-65a2-40ed-ad3b-f1076da61be327-Sep-2011A committee appointed by Nigeria''s president on Monday recommended that the government negotiate with an Islamist sect blamed for scores of attacks, including last month''s bombing of UN headquarters. The committee launched nearly two months ago -- weeks before the UN bombing -- made the recommendation in its final report on ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=5ffe065f-b77d-4e05-a45b-3d3dbb775a9227-Sep-2011The 3D re-release of Disney''s The Lion King has held off Brad Pitt''s baseball drama Moneyball at the US box office. The animated movie reclaimed the number one slot in its second week on the chart, making $22.1m (£14.3m), according to studio estimates. Brad Pitt''s Moneyball opened at number two with $20.6m ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e6f6659d-dce4-4708-a0fe-dfe7b00544fc27-Sep-2011President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday in New York called for global response to combat terrorism and armed conflicts. Addressing the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the president drew the attention of other world leaders to the fact that the world of the 21st century was becoming ever more precarious, ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=a507780c-2857-4a2a-9b9f-d5f82ba7f19727-Sep-2011Delta Air Lines Monday announced the start of its first Business School Internship programme in Ghana, offering interns on-the-job training and valuable work experience. A statement from the company quoted the company’s Commercial Manager for West and East Africa, Bobby Bryan as saying “we are delighted to start this dedicated ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=522fe6d9-0a54-4f84-98dc-35ed27fa264e27-Sep-2011The Wa Police are holding a second year student of the Kabanye Junior High School, for slapping a teacher and pulling a machete at him on the school campus. Master Mwinea S. Ganiu reportedly attempted to attack the Science teacher of the school, Mr Alhassan Fahad, whom he accused of orchestrating ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=c2080cd3-bd77-41d9-b6d5-14a4053ff8e727-Sep-2011It is difficult to rationalise the contention by President John Evans Atta Mills that the Electoral Commission of Ghana has conducted clean and credible elections since 2000. For all we know, the Electoral Commission (EC) has been in charge of very difficult elections since the return to Constitutional rule in ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=1b1501e8-7c2c-4746-92f5-70ab15f7209d27-Sep-2011Members of the GOLF Ghana also pledged their support to the noble work of the various orphanages, since orphans are a big part of our organizational goals. Presenting the items at a short but impressive ceremony at Osu Children''s Home, over the weekend, the President of GOLF Ghana, Dr Hafiz ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=efd21043-9eb3-47d1-bc9a-6bb49eb08cd326-Sep-2011After The Chronicle had published that work on a dining hall complex at the Gbeogo School for the Deaf at Tongo in the Talensi-Nabdam District had come to a standstill, following the contractor abandoning the project site, he is back and currently putting finishing touches. Though the structure has been ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=39349d4e-935f-4794-9e46-c8d4323b079c26-Sep-2011Sexy model Amber Rose who recently co-emceed this year''s Vodafone 020 Live concert has announced that she is going to write books to share her past and present experiences and predicaments with the world. She was hit with a barrage of comments and criticisms for what many described as a poor ...http://www.tvafricaonline.com/newsDetails.aspx?NWSID=e0cc8b96-c424-4f43-93b3-2ab4b5ae241926-Sep-2011The first African woman to win the No