Three persons have reportedly sustained gunshot wounds after some youth allegedly clashed with military officers at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The youth had mobilized to rescue their colleagues who were reportedly trapped in a mining pit belonging to AngloGold Ashanti on Tuesday. An altercation ensued between the youth and the military officers, leading to alleged gunshots being fired. The injured victims have since been hospitalized as police have begun investigations into the matter. President of Obuasi Youth Community Mining Association, Emmanuel Kofi Ayamga narrated the incident to Citi News. “The place we used to mine has been blocked, so anyone...
Cedi depreciation, high inflation temporary – BoG expresses confidence in Ghana’s economic outlook
The Second Deputy Governor the Bank of Ghana Elsie Addo Awadzi has said the fall of the Cedi against the Dollar and also the high inflation rate (32.7%) are temporary. She expressed confidence of a positive outlook for Ghana’s economy. Speaking at the 21st Annual National RCB CEOs conference on the theme ‘Positioning Rural banking at the Centre of Financial Services delivery in Ghana – the role of stakeholders” she explained that recent global developments have heightened economic and business uncertainties for businesses and individuals. Our domestic economy is not spared from these developments. The Bank of Ghana, she said...
Somalia faces worst famine in half a century, UN warns
The United Nations says Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a century ago. An estimated 7.8 million people – roughly half of the population – are now affected by drought, of whom 213,000 are at high risk of famine. It has therefore set a new target of more than $2bn in funding needs for the country. Somalia has suffered four successive failures in its rainy seasons since the end of 2020, and there are fears that a fifth failure is now under way. Over the past two years, the drought has killed millions of livestock and destroyed...
Corpse buried by wrong family exhumed after a month
The remains of Linda Obri Akufu, 57, which got missing weeks ago at the St. Francis Xavier Hospital at Assin Fosu has finally been found and buried. Per information gathered, the confusion was a result of mistaken identity. The body of the deceased was mistaken for a young lady from Assin Adiembra with a similar name Linda. Mrs Akufu’s body was mistakenly handed over to a different family and buried for over a month, while the family’s original corpse remained in the mortuary. However, the confusion became glaring when Mrs Akufu’s family rejected the corpse the hospital presented to them,...
Business slows in Accra as traders close shops in protest
The protest by the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) over Ghana’s forex challenges and the cost of living crisis has been largely met with support from traders. While most of the traders joined the protest by locking their shops, a significant number of traders had opened their shops for trade. At Tudu, for example, only about a third of shops were closed in support of the protest. “I don’t believe in closing shops, but I am wearing this [red band] to show the government that I am very troubled about our capital that is going down,” one trader who...
Journalists in K’si have taken bribes to make NPP unpopular – NAPO
The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South Constituency and Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is accusing journalists in Kumasi of taking bribes from some groups to make the ruling government unpopular in its stronghold. Even though he did not mention the media houses of those journalists, he said, “Journalists have taken money and they sit on radio to insult the government and the officials.” According to him, their plan is to make the New Patriotic Party (NPP) unpopular in the Ashanti Region but the government is going well in the region. Addressing the chiefs and people of Suame...
NPP rolls out membership cards ahead of 2024
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has switched to a new membership card with security features following a national launch and roll-out in Kumasi. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who launched the project, assured party members of turning things around in the coming days. The new card is to make way for a new biometric or electronic membership card from this year for early identification, data keeping and proper management, among others. The launch of the new membership cards forms part of the party’s drive to help register more members to solidify its chances of retaining power in the 2024 general...
GES Boss Sacked
Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has been fired. In a letter dated Monday, October 17, 2022, the Office of the President notified the termination of Prof. Opoku Amankwah’s appointment. Prof. Opoku-Amankwa was appointed in April 2017, however a special reference was made to his secondment from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in January 2021. (KNUST). The Vice President, Chief of Staff, the Minister of Education, the Board Chairperson of the Ghana Education Service, the Vice Chancellor of KNUST, and the Registrar of the same institution were all copied in the letter. “The...
Two remanded after shooting of fire officers at Offinso
The Asokore Mampong District Court has remanded two persons into police custody for allegedly shooting two fire officers at Offinso in the Ashanti region. The two have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and Possession of firearms and ammunition without lawful authority. The police have however launched a manhunt for a third suspect, who is on the run. According to the prosecution, the police’s investigations show that a misunderstanding ensued between the fire officers and the third suspect, who is on the run. The police say the two persons who have been arrested- Banda Johnson and William...
Decisions from IMF discussions will be incorporated into 2023 budget – Ofori-Atta
An International Monetary Fund staff-level agreement is expected to be reached with Ghana this week for a possible 3 billion dollar bailout. Details of the agreement are expected to form the basis for Ghana’s 2023 budget to be presented in the middle of November. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta who is leading the Ghana team in negotiations with the IMF in Washington DC, is optimistic the agreement will offer Ghana the opportunity to access the funds early next year. “The discussions with the fund are going very well, what we intended to do is to get us [Ghana] close to a...