January 2012

Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday said the government would not do anything that would derail the country’s political timetable this year. “The government will ensure that this year’s general election comes on clean and…

Italian Serie A side AC Milan has today January 31, 2012 officially confirmed the signing on of Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari from city rivals Inter Milan. “AC Milan has announced the signing of Sulley Muntari on loan,” the club…

Ghana's Black Stars will aim at keeping a clean sheet when they face the Sylii Nationale of Guinea in their last Group D duel billed for the Franceville Stadium on Wednesday. The Stars sit top of the group on six points and require at…

Italian giant AC Milan is yet to confirm the signing of Ghanaian and rival Inter Milan’s Sulley Muntari after most sports news media reports today January 30, 2012 claiming the midfielder has completed a deal with the club. Muntari is…

Parliament is set to amend various business registeration laws to provide for electronic transactions in line with government’s e-Governance project. The project aims at modernizing key ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to…

Ambassador Newai Gebreab, Chief Economic Adviser to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, is urging African countries to set very high economic growth targets for themselves in order to get out of poverty. The continent's annual…

...but FDI into Africa slips amidst economic turmoil Despite turmoil in the world economy, global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose by 17% to $1.5 trillion in 2011, according to the latest UN Conference for Trade and Development…

Ghana’s 2012 national budget statement and economic policy proposes to reintroduce the following fiscal initiatives into the mining sector: increase corporate tax rate from 25% to 35%; install a windfall tax of 10%; and implement a uniform…

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is to present the draft National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), one of the triggers for donor support, to Parliament next month for adoption. It is, therefore,…

The rate of maternal deaths in Ghana currently stands at 350 deaths per 100,000 births, a very high rate by all standards. Compared with other countries, available statistics indicate that the likelihood of a woman dying during child birth…