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As many as one in eight teens in the United States may take a virginity pledge at some point, vowing to wait until they're married before having sex. But do such pledges work? Are pledge takers more likely than other teens to delay sexual…

The two main political parties contesting the hottest and longest held elections ever in the recent democratic history of Ghana, have stormed Tain (pronounced Taa-in) Constituency in the Brong Ahafo region where the winner is likely to…

Emirates Airline has started flying to Cote d'Ivoire daily. A statement obtained by The Citizen quoted the airline's vice-president for Africa, West Asia and Indian Ocean, Mr Salem Obaidalla, as saying the flights started this month.…

Management of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) on Tuesday denied rumours that it had closed down its operations. Speaking to Ghana News Agency at Tema, Mrs Aba Lokko, Public Affairs Manager of TOR said “there is no reason why TOR would close down…

An American businessman, Glenn Ferrell and his son Isaac Ferrell are travelling all the way from the US with a team of experts to introduce rainwater harvesting technology to Ghana, according to reports from the US. Ferrell, who is the…

The cloth called kente, made by the Asante peoples of Ghana and the Ewe peoples of Ghana and Togo, is the best known of all African textiles. Kente's renown has spread internationally, so that it is now one of the most admired of all…

Mr Kwadwo Affram-Asiedu, the Eastern Regional Minister, on Tuesday called on managements of National Health Insurance Schemes (NHIS), to intensify education and focus more on preventive health care. “You should embark on outreach…

Gold Star Biofuels a subsidiary of Gold Star Farms Ltd., is cultivating five million acres of land in Ghana to plant jatropha for the production of biofuels for export. According to the firm it has secured commitment from farmers to grow…

Barack Obama says Democratic senators should reject the man proposed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to replace Mr Obama in the US Senate. Mr Blagojevich is the subject of a criminal inquiry and has been charged with attempting to…

The battle to replace President J. A. Kufuor as Ghana’s next president is still deadlocked, and a third and final decider has been fixed for January 2, 2009. The Tain Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, with a voter population of…