The government has announced an increase in cocoa producer price by more than 8 per cent for the next crop season. This means that a 64-kilo bag would now be sold at GH¢515, while a tone would go for GH¢8,249.  The Minister of State in-charge of Food and Agriculture, Dr Nura Jara disclosed this at the World International Cocoa Day …

By Adu Koranteng Ghana has tasked the global community to take deliberate steps to end the nuclear war that poses great threat to the survival of humanity. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, made the call on behalf of the West African State at a high-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has bemoaned the prevalent levels of poverty on the continent, largely resulting from the fact that Africa does not get a fair share of the wealth extracted from the continent. He said: “I do not seek to blame outsiders for our problems, but, since we are being urged to find multilateral …

 Scania West Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary within the Scania Group and the only truck manufacturer with direct presence in West Africa, has launched a range of Volkswagen trucks and buses at ceremony in Accra. The Volkswagen trucks and buses will complement Scania West Africa’s existing range as well as offer customers a comprehensive fleet of light, medium to large …

The body of Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe is being kept in his birthplace, after a sparsely-attended state funeral in the capital Harare. African leaders hailed Mr Mugabe as a liberation hero, while current Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa said “our motherland is in tears”. But most seats in the 60,000-capacity stadium were empty. Many Zimbabweans said they would shun the …

The Deputy Majority Leader of the Parliament of Ghana, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, has urged the Republic of South Africa to commit themselves into action by doing more to end the xenophobic attacks on their fellow African migrants. She said the situation in South Africa is so disturbing that anyone travelling to the Rainbow Nation now lives in fear. “Even …

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power. The former president was praised for broadening access to health and education for the black majority. But later years were …

Xenophobia In South Africa Reprisal Attacks Loom! …Accra, Kumasi Malls, ShopRite, MTN, Broll, Game On The Radar Barring any swift intervention by the security agencies, there is likely to be coordinated reprisal attacks on all Shoprite and Game shops, MTN and Broll, – all South African companies-in Accra and Kumasi at 3pm today. The New Crusading GUIDE has already alerted …

…Says Fiscal Discipline Restored; Economic Indices Pointing In Right Direction The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his Government, over the course of the last two and a half years in office, has succeeded in restoring fiscal discipline in the management of the economy, resulting in the macroeconomic indices pointing in the right direction. According to President …

Kenya’s finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $450m (£405m) for the construction of two dams to the Italian company CMC de Ravenna. In March Mr Rotich denied any wrongdoing in a large newspaper …