The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has invested almost a billion cedis last year to rehabilitate aged cocoa farms and those ravaged by swollen shoot diseases to help increase national production in the short to medium term. The amount adds to similar spending in previous years to replace farms attacked by the virus, leading to reduced...
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Botswana declares public holiday to celebrate Tebogo’s 200m gold at Paris Olympics
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Defending champions Manchester City will take on Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League last 16, while Arsenal will face Porto. The draw also pitted La Liga and Serie A champions against each other, with Barcelona set for another tussle with Napoli on Europe’s biggest stage. Unseeded Paris Saint-Germain escaped the big names as they were...
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I’ll improve fishing sector if elected president in 2024 – Mahama
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