Mr Amissah-Arthur gave the advice when he officially opened the Hajj Village for the commencement of the pilgrimage in Accra, tonight, September 23.

Emmanuel Appiah and Osei Asare were captured stealing perfumes valued at GH¢61.00 on a closed circuit television (CCTV) installed at the shop.

Juaso (Ash), Sept 23, GNA – A 52-year old labourer has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour by the Juaso Circuit Court after a five-month trial for defilement.

The quality of cocoa beans sold to Noble Resources, through Federated Commodities, a licensed buying company, earned the farmers the premium.

It was dubbed: “Va Kpor Edufair 2013,” meaning “Come and See”.

The report shows that the fight against child labour is on the right track, but the goal of eliminating its worst forms by 2016 will not be met at the current pace.

It said although the decline in figures offered some cause for optimism Sub-Saharan Africa is still the region where children face by far the highest risk of child labour.

A statement signed by Mr Prince Boakye-Boateng, Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts and copied to Ghana News Agency, said the      choice of Nkroful is in line with the Ministry’s rotational policy.

Prof Awoonor died in a shooting incident at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, September 21.

“This premeditated act, targeting defenseless civilians, is totally reprehensible.  The perpetrators must be brought to justice as soon as possible”. 

Three other chiefs, Ibrahim Halidu, Deputy Chief, Abass Al-Fari, Youth Leader and Adamu Halidu, Deputy Youth Leader.

She said it is disgraceful and dangerous for one to visit a big tourism site like Boti Falls but could hardly make phone calls in case of emergency.

They are Dr. Stanislaus Alu Akadingdi who polled 33 out of 49 votes cast representing 67 percent to be confirmed as the MCE for Kassena-Nankana East Municipal and  Madam Afuic Elizabeth Jane got  alll 27 votes of the Builsa South District Assembly to be confirmed as the pioneer DCE for the newly created district.

The Assembly had earlier failed to endorse the first nominee, Mr Thomas Dalu, twice that led the President to nominate Mr George Nonterah.

The research, which was conducted in the first quarter of 2013 with funding from STAR-Ghana, cited the   six communities where the research was carried out as  ithe Akunduo, Soe-Kabre and Adaboya in the Bongo District  and Gbimsi , Sayoo and Kunkua in the West Mamprusi District..

“The members of the Security Council extend their condolences to the victims and their families, as well as to the people and the Government of Kenya”, a statement from the UN Information Centre copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra said.

Speaking to the GNA in an interview during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the scheme, he said the Scheme which managed the two districts had increased its enrolment to 10,000 out of the 17,000 population of both the two Districts.

He said the youth alleged that the divisional chiefs of Bogoso, Boppoe, Adamanso, Mbease Nsuta, Himan and Esyiso had taken bribes from Golden Star Bogoso Prestea Limited (GSBPL), a mining company located in their respective communities, to enable the company to go ahead with a proposed mining project at Mbease Nsuta.

According to a Ghana News Agency source family members had flown to Nairobi to bring home the mortal remains of Prof Awoonor who died in a shooting incident at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi.

“While we condemn the dastardly acts of terrorism by any group, the Kenyan shooting incident and similar attacks on the continent bring into sharp focus the threat to our democracies and free societies in Africa from fundamentalist groups,” the party said in a statement signed by its National Secretary, Kofi Asamoah-Siaw.