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Ghana

Type: Country

Name: Ghana

population: 20,916,970

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 4 Documents

Ghana, Ivory Coast clash in African Nations Cup

World Cup qualifiers Ghana and Ivory Coast will clash in the first round of the African Nations Cup after the draw here Friday placed them in Group B with Burkina Faso and Togo.Defending champions Egypt, seeking a record third consecutive title in the ... [France24 - Middle East - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nationalism

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 8 Documents

I.Coast coach confident in 'Group of Death'

Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic brimmed with confidence here Friday despite having to face fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso in the African Nations Cup 'Group of Death'."It?s a difficult group but we are arriving as favourites. ... [France24 - Asia Pacific - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Vahid Halilhodžić

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents

Govt to implement key ICT projects to improve economy

Accra, Nov. 18, GNA - Government would implement key Information Communication Technology (ICT) projects in 2010 to ensure Ghana's weak industry and subsistence agriculture based economy was turned into information and knowledge based economy.Dr Kwabena ... [GhanaHomePage - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Accra, Broadband, Kumasi

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Major gold producer Ghana to double mining royalties

Ghana's relatively new government is making its presence felt with a series of announcements relating to foreign investment including a doubling of mining royalties ... [Metals News - Metals Place - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Ghana

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

International Business Machines Corp

How to build great leaders

For John Tolva, IBM's Chicago-based director of citizenship and technology, the value of his four-week assignment to Ghana last year really hit him during a game of Scrabble by candlelight. ... [CNN - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Ghana, International Business Machines Corp

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Energy)

Standard Chartered PLC

Tullow Sells Local Oil, Expecting Shs 3 Trillion - Zibb.com

Companies: Standard Chartered PLC (SCBFF),Tullow Oil Plc, the U.K. explorer with the most licences in Africa has appointed Standard Chartered Plc to sell up to half its stakes in two Ugandan oil fields, the Sunday Times of London has reported.Aidan Heavey, ... [Zibb - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Ghana, Uganda, Standard Chartered PLC, Aidan Heavey

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 8 Documents

African superstars await Nations Cup fate

African superstars Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o and Michael Essien will discover Friday who they face at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola.A draw ceremony in the capital of the oil-rich south-west Africa state divides the 16 qualifiers into four groups ... [France24 - Asia Pacific - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Samuel Eto'o, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, CHELSEA

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents

Ghanaians mark World Toilet Day in search of toilets

Ghanaians yesterday joined the rest of the world to observeWorld Toilet Day amidst complaints of the lack of thefacility or where they are provided with public funds, theirlack of sanitation.World Toilet Day is set aside to demand proper sanitationfor ... [Ghana Review International - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Ghana, Accra, Sanitation, Ancient Domains of Mystery, World Toilet Organization

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents

Flags raised for World Cup

The ambassadors and representatives of the 32 nations taking part in next year's football tournament were at Safa House to witness their nations' flags going up.THE 32 flags representing nations taking part in the fluttered gaily in the morning wind, ... [Joburg - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Irvin Khoza, Danny Jordaan, South Africa, Nationalism

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Health)

HIV Drops in Wa

The Wa Municipality recorded a drop in HIV prevalence rate from 5.8 percent to 2.0 per cent, a sentinel survey report from the Ministry of Health has indicated.The report showed that since the inception of the national HIV strategic framework II in January ... [AllAfrica.com - 11 hours ago]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Ghana, FOCAL, AIDS Pandemic

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents

Only 11% of Ghanaians have access to toilet facilities

A report released by the Joint Monitoring Platform, aresearch organization, for 2008, indicates that only 11 percent of Ghanaians have access to improved latrine.Improved latrines are those that confine faeces safely,separate them from human contact and ... [Ghana Review International - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Hygienic, Accra, Ghana

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 Documents

20th November, 2009 19,732 children receive Vitamin "A" and polio vaccine in Ejura

Mr Jacob Amoah, the District Director of the Ghana Health Service told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that that was a big success and attributed it to the personal role played by the District Chief Executive, Ms Marther Brocket.Mr Amoah said apart from the ... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Ejura (Ghana), Ghana

Quotes

Karel De Gucht, EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid stated, "This agreement is a major step forward by both Ghana and the EU to ensure that only legally harvested timber from Ghana enters the EU. This agreement is a real example of how our partnership can lead to good governance practices and reap benefits for both sides and set an example for all others to follow." Historic signing of agreement with Ghana on legal timber exports

Ghana to sign first voluntary partnership agreement with EU on legal timber exports [European Commission - 10 mins ago]

Mr. Nylander said since President John Evans Atta Mills took power in January "we have been on a rocky road to the Better Ghana it promised in 2008"

20th November, 2009 2010 Budget lacks sense of urgency [Ghana News Agency - 1 hour ago]

"Barring any unforseen developments, gas will be transported from the Niger Delta by 2010 to Benin, Togo and Ghana" he assured

West African bloc bans arms transfer by member states [Yahoo! Canada - 8 hours ago]

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Ghana to sign first voluntary partnership agree... [European Commission - 10 mins ago]
20th November, 2009 2010 Budget lacks sense of ... [Ghana News Agency - 1 hour ago]
NDC prepares for constituency conference at Odo... [GhanaHomePage - 2 hours ago]
Royalties go up in West Africa [Miningmag - 3 hours ago]
Prudential Bank now offers MoneyGram service [GhanaHomePage - 4 hours ago]
Pime rate reduced to 18 per cent [GhanaHomePage - 4 hours ago]
Moydow Mines Intl. Closes Partial Sale Of Ntoto... [RTTNews.com - 4 hours ago]
Moydow closes on sale of interest in Ntotoroso NSR [Stockwatch - 4 hours ago]
Franco-Nevada Enters into Arrangement Agreement... [Canadian Business Magazine - 5 hours ago]
Tajikistan intends to join EITI [Asia Plus - 5 hours ago]
2010 African Cup of Nations - Tunisia in Group D [AllAfrica.com - 5 hours ago]
TFA Breezes Through Enugu, Port Harcourt, Accra [AllAfrica.com - 6 hours ago]
Christians Are More Than Moslems - Bishop Okonk... [AllAfrica.com - 6 hours ago]
Ghana: Deceptive Suspect Remanded in Custody [AllAfrica.com - 6 hours ago]
Thierry Henry’s Handball [New Yorker - 6 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 Information Officers asked ... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 Government should review le... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 NCCE Holds Stakeholders Mee... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
Fourth FCPF Participants Committee meeting held... [Bank Information Center - 8 hours ago]
Ghanaian mobile phone firms ordered to register... [Individual.com - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 Government to promote ICT n... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 19,732 children receive Vit... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 Thirty-eight out of 345 spe... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
Nigeria: Experts Meet On Marine Pollution [AllAfrica.com - 8 hours ago]
West African bloc bans arms transfer by member ... [Yahoo! Canada - 8 hours ago]
Mixed Reaction To Appointment Of MMDCEs [Graphic Ghana - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 Government set-up Rural Tec... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 IRS introduces income tax s... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
20th November, 2009 Show your ticket or get fin... [Ghana News Agency - 8 hours ago]
A Lagos mite for widow, honours for 16 policemen [Nigeria Guardian - 8 hours ago]

Blogs

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Technology In The Service Of Humanity [Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and obse ... - 11/19/2009] I'm looking forward to the black-tie event of the year for Silicon Valley: The Tech Awards - celebrating technology that helps humanity.You can watch it live at ...
From compassion to action, from action to knowl... [...My heart's in Accra - 11/19/2009] I’ve opened a lot of lectures lately – presentations about our Media Cloud research at Berkman – by complaining about the New York Times’s Africa coverage. I cite ...
Microsoft alum grants to Ashesi, TAF & Room... [The Seattle Times: Brier Dudley's blog - 11/19/2009] The Microsoft Alumni Foundation awarded its first "Integral Fellows" awards to three nonprofits started by company alumni. Each receives a $25,000 grant "as well ...
A Song Sparks a Debate in Sierra Leone [MyDD - 11/19/2009] Jerome spent a year in the Peace Corps in this small West African country, apparently riding around on a motorbike and drinking palm wine, or so I am told. Sierra ...
Barack Obama and Foreign Policy by Biography [The New Republic - The Plank Feed - 11/19/2009] The Washington Post writes today about the limits of Obama's biography in foreign policy. The paper's story notes that Obama talked extensively about his biography ...

Audio/Video

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New York's 'Bronx Princess' [CNN.com - Video - 11/17/2009]
Shoes for Africa [CNN.com - Video - 11/14/2009]
Congress kept in dark about secret counterterro... [Slate Magazine - 07/12/2009]
Obama addresses parliament in Ghana [Reuters Video: Top News - 07/11/2009]
Obama arrives in Ghana [Reuters Video: Top News - 07/11/2009]

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