THE International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced Botswana as the host nation for the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 7 tournament. Ghana is expected to participate in the tournament after qualifying from Division 8 alongside Vanuatu in the same tournament in September, this year at Samoa. The tournament will be held from April 6, 2013 to April 13, 2013 and will be contested by Botswana, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, Nigeria and Vanuatu. The top two sides will qualify for ... Read More

The Mayor of Accra, Dr. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije has stated that it is government?s intention to ensure that no person living with disability is seen on the streets. ?We want to reach a stage in our country where people living with disabilities will be absent from the streets of our cities and towns by helping them get back on their feet through the support of the government,? he said. Dr. Alfred Vanderpuije stated this yesterday while addressing physically challenged beneficiaries of the ... Read More

Britain has expressed its readiness to offer logistical and training support to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for its peace-keeping operation in Mali under the ECOWAS forces. The British High Commissioner, Peter Jones, said this when he called on the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Peter Augustine Blay, at his office in Accra last Tuesday. The meeting was aimed at providing a platform for the two to discuss Ghana?s involvement in the ECOWAS peacekeeping operation in Mali as well as assess ... Read More

Sulley Muntari and Jordan Ayew have been dropped from the 26-man Black Stars squad for the 2013 African Nations Cup. This comes only a day after Muntari, who has been struggling to tie down a place in the AC Milan first team, declared himself ready for the competition. But Jordan Ayew's omission is sure to raise a lot of eyebrows since the Olympic Marsielle striker has been in top form in Lique 1. It will be recalled that Jordan was not selected for the 2013 African Nations Cup return ... Read More

The Center for African Development and Progress (CADeP) has lauded Electoral Commission (EC), the security and the media for their outstanding performance in the just ended elections. Speaking to the Ghanaian Times in an interview, its Executive Chair, Mr. Johanes Koku Nyagblordzro congratulated the President-elect Mahama and said the security, EC and the media have paid their dues in ensuring that the elections were generally free, fair and peaceful despite some hitches at few polling ... Read More

President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed his government?s support and campaign for the candidature of Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, a former Minister for Trade and Industry, for the position of Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). President Mahama asked his colleagues in an address to the 7th Summit of the Heads of State and Governments of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Countries in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Thursday, to join Ghana to support Mr. Kyeremanteng for the ... Read More

Ashanti Region recorded voter turn-out of 84.90 per cent, the highest nationwide whilst Upper East Region recorded the lowest with 75.67 per cent, Electoral Commission (EC) statistics made available to the Ghana News Agency showed. Brong Ahafo recorded the second highest voter turnout with 81.07 per cent; third Upper West 80.79 per cent turnout; fourth Eastern Region with 80.73 per cent and the Northern Region fifth with 79.54 per cent. The Central Region placed sixth with a turnout of ... Read More

The New Patriotic Party has rendered an unqualified apology to journalists who were manhandled by supporters of the party during a protest march against the Electoral Commission for declaring President John Mahama as the winner of the December 7 polls. A statement issued and signed by the National Chairman, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey said ?we have learnt with great shock that some journalists have been manhandled by some New Patriotic Party supporters.? It condemned in the strongest terms ... Read More