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Top officials from Ivory Coast's cocoa industry detained under a corruption probe ordered by President Laurent Gbagbo have complained of human rights violations, their lawyer said Monday. Narcisse Aka said in a statement he had filed a…

A former Member of Parliament, Lee Ocran, who is also a member of the Transitional Team, says Parliament never discussed the end-of-service benefits for ex-presidents, which is now subject of hot debates in the country. “The issue was not…

Ghana’s timber export permits have taken a slight fall in the third quarter of 2008. According to data provided by the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) of Ghana’s Forestry Commission (FC), the number of export permits vetted,…

Hopes that Barack Obama can improve US ties with the rest of the world have grown even stronger in the run-up to his inauguration as president, a poll said Tuesday. But having such high expectations overseas presents Obama with a tough…

The Ghanaian-based Youth Aid Foundation for Winners (YAFOW) has received financial support from the London-based Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) to facilitate a feasibility study toward the establishment of an…

Women may be less able to control their cravings for their favorite foods than men, according to a new study that documents gender disparities in how people suppress their desires for food - a fact that could help explain women's higher…

Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president.…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor would be receiving a lump sum of GH¢460,800 in addition to other pensions, as his end-of–service benefit. The estimate is based on a Joy FM calculations of a monthly pay of GH¢3,200 approved by the…

Market women at the Tema Station on Monday called on the new National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration to restructure the Station in order to provide space for them to sell. In an interview with GNA, some market women expressed…

Armed robbers on Monday attacked and inflicted cutlass wounds on a 35-year-old alcoholic beverage dealer and robbed him of his motorbike and one hundred Ghana Cedis. The victim, Akwasi Owusu of Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District told…