The newly elected President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Hon Alhaji Mohammed Kwaku Doku has paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of Goaso Traditional Area - Nana Akwasi Bosomprah I to officially inform him about his election as the new President of NALAG.

The Ghana Statistics Development Project (GSDP), which is aimed at strengthening the National Statistics System (NSS) in the production and dissemination of timely and robust statistics relevant for evidence-based policy-making, has been launched in Accra.

The Hague, Netherlands -On 3 and 4 July 2014, a high level seminar for fostering cooperation between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and States Parties to the Rome Statute was held in Accra, Ghana. Government representatives and other high level officials from nine African countries - Angola, Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania - as well as Norway and the Netherlands, ICC officials and experts held in-depth discussions on cooperation between

The Hague, Netherlands -On 3 and 4 July 2014, a high level seminar for fostering cooperation between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and States Parties to the Rome Statute was held in Accra, Ghana. Government representatives and other high level officials from nine African countries - Angola, Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania - as well as Norway and the Netherlands, ICC officials and experts held in-depth discussions on cooperation between

André Ayew may leave the Phoenician city this summer. Under contract with OM until June 2015, the Ghanaian midfielder should meet a new challenge, and incidentally fill the coffers of the Marseille club.

Ghana's capital, Accra is being overewhelmed by uncollected rubbish and there are serious risks to public health. Residents have petitioned the local mayor.

Mr Isaac Adjei-Mensah, the Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, has disclosed that the government is putting up measures to construct a new bridge over the Pra River at Twifo Praso in the Central Region.

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) together with SHIFT Ghana and Dutch SOMO (both international NGOs) held a workshop in Accra.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has decided to increase the policy rate by 100 basis points to 19 per cent to contain inflation pressures and realign interest rates in favour of domestic assets.

MTN Ghana continues to invest in data technology to improve customer experience and broaden opportunities for Ghanaians to reap the benefits of communications technology.

Merchandise trade deficit for January to May 2014, according to provisional estimates, contracted sharply on the back of a significant decline in imports, outpacing the slowdown in exports, Dr Henry Kofi Akpenamawu Wampah, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), has disclosed. Dr Wampah, who was addressing a news conference in Accra on Wednesday after the 60th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), said total merchandise exports amounted to US$5.9 billion, down by 7.5 per cent from the US$6.3

Tamale -The shea tree, a traditional African food plant, represents a major source of income for women in Ghana's Northern, Upper West and Upper East regions, but they are helping to destroy the very resource that gives them money by cutting it down to produce charcoal.