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The African Union has decided to lift sanctions on Mauritania because of steps it is taking to restore democracy this month, the body said in a statement on Wednesday. The African Union suspended Mauritania after the army overthrew the…

China’s manufacturing expanded for a fourth month as a 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) stimulus plan and record bank lending revive the world’s third-largest economy. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to a seasonally adjusted…

For five years, immigrant day laborer Leo Chamale wired money twice a month from New Jersey to his family in Guatemala. Recently, he stepped up to the money transfer window for a different purpose — to ask that his family send some of his…

A funny thing to happened to Firefox on the way to vanquishing Internet Explorer: the Mozilla browser's success opened the door for a host of its other competitors. Even as Internet Explorer's market share has slipped--down a dramatic 8…

Ghana is already making history as it leads in Africa’s Jatropha investment story

Would a jatropha crisis hit the world just as the current global economic crisis hit most nations unprepared? Some analysts are arguing that, the level of the impact of the crisis is so because early warning signals were ignored, and…

The issue of land management, ownership and security have assumed prominent spots in Ghana today. Conflicts arising from land titles, have led to the emergency of phenomena that were hitherto, unknown in this country. Phenomena such as;…

A Texas-based US company, HPI, LLC is claiming it has been awarded a contract by the Ghana government to design and build a 145 MW power plant in Ghana for the Volta River Authority (VRA), in a press release obtained by…

I am dedicating my column this week to the critical problem of e-waste dumping in Ghana. There is now no doubt, that Ghana is a choice destination for dumping of e-waste from America and Europe. Recent developments in Europe,…

I remember the 2006 World Cup Tournament in Germany. It was Ghana’s first appearance at football’s biggest competition. The whole of Ghana was euphoric. The Black Stars didn’t disappoint; they impressed. They exceeded everyone’s…