Behind the scenes of Mormon missionary work in Ghana MTC.

 

It’s a Monday  and President Stephen L. Graham and his wife, Sister Vanessa Jane S. Graham, are getting ready for “intake day,” when they will welcome 83 missionaries.

The three-story MTC building houses elders and sisters assigned to serve in a variety of French- and English-speaking countries throughout Africa.

NSA spying on Africa-Asia-Europe undersea telecommunications cables: Report.

 

 The US National Security Agency has collected sensitive data on key telecommunications cables between Europe, north Africa and Asia, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday citing classified documents.

Ghana to host Glasgow 2014 Queen's baton relay .

Ghana will host the Glasgow 2014 Queen`s Baton Relay this week, minister of youth and sports Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah said here on Monday.

Africa becoming a booming market for stolen cars.

 

If luxury cars have become a more common sight on African roads, that is in part due to it becoming a prime destination for cars lifted off European streets.

Africa, the new El Dorado for luxury cars.

 

Porsches, Range Rovers and even Maseratis... luxury cars are no strange sight weaving through the old bangers that rumble along Abidjan's chaotic streets, another indication of the emergence of a wealthy class in Africa.

Caught on CCTV: Moment of Volgograd railway station explosion (VIDEO)

At least 14 have been killed and over 34 injured in a blast at a railway station in the city of Volgograd, southern Russia.

An Indian doctor who devoted her lifetime to Ghana.

Hope is at hand for an Indian gynaecologist who has worked for 45 years in Ghana without a permanent residency permit and is currently being sheltered in the ward of a local hospital.

Africa's Richest Man Bets Big on Oil Refinery.

 

Africa's richest man sat barefoot on his new yacht in a lagoon here after another night of about three hours sleep.

The day was filled with meetings about his cement company and preparations for a polio-fighting trip with fellow billionaire Bill Gates. His BlackBerry buzzed every few minutes with messages from the president of Benin, and a former U.S. ambassador wanted some face time.

Franklin Cudjoe's resignation from Ghana Government’s Committee on the Sustainability of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) a good omen - Finance Ministry

The Finance Ministry has said the manner in which President of IMANI-Ghana, a policy think-tank resigned from a government committee smacked of an ulterior motive.

Genetically Modified Organisms Test Trials Prove Divisive in Ghana.

 

A battle over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is building in Ghana after the government recently completed regulations that could allow modified cowpeas and other selected crops to be grown following confined field trials (CFT).

Racist School Teacher Tells Ambitious Black Student That He’ll Never Become President.

 

A school teacher in Ohio is in hot water this week for telling an African-American pupil that he can’t become President because America doesn’t need another black person in the White House.

Pedophile beaten after he was Caught.

A 33 year old man comes to a 13 year olds house for a date not knowing that her older brothers were waiting for him. This is how to treat Older Men  dating  young little girls.
I think he was under the impression that she was home alone.

Schalke's Kevin-Prince Boateng attacked on street in Kaarst as police investigate.

 

The local police force for Neuss, near Düsseldorf, confirmed to the local Rheinische Post newspaper on Thursday that it was Schalke's Kevin-Prince Boateng who was the victim of a Christmas Day assault in Kaarst.

Former CAN President kidnapped; rescued by Ogun governor in Nigeria.

 

A few hours to Christmas, unknown gunmen have kidnapped the retired primate of the Anglican Church, Peter Akinola, one of the most respected Christian leaders in Nigeria today.

Kufuor Fights NHIA - Over Introduction of Capitation Grant in Ashanti Region of Ghana.

 

THE FORMER President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has added his voice to concerns by some residents in the Ashanti Region over the implementation of the National Health Insurance Authority Capitation Programme, describing the policy as discriminatory against residents in the region.

Santa Claus Shot With Pellet Gun At Toy Giveaway.

A man dressed as Santa Claus for a toy giveaway was shot in the back with a pellet gun Tuesday morning in the Southeast area of Washington, D.C., WJLA reported.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Creator of AK-47, Dies at 94.

 

Lt. Gen. Mikhail T. Kalashnikov, the arms designer credited by the Soviet Union with creating the AK-47, the first in a series of rifles and machine guns that would indelibly associate his name with modern war and become the most abundant firearms ever made, died on Monday in Izhevsk, the capital of the Russian republic of Udmurtia, where he lived. He was 94. 

Snowden declares ‘mission accomplished’ on leaks.

 

Just six months after first leaking National Security Agency secrets in a move that triggered a revaluation of US surveillance policies, Edward Snowden is declaring "mission's already accomplished." 

Former Ghana President John Kufuor appointed as special envoy on climate change by Ban Ki-moon.

 

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed former Ghana President John Kufuor and former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as special envoys on climate change to drum up support for a planned global conference in September.

Amazing transformation of a brave Woman.

 

An amazing transformation of a brave woman who allowed cameras in to record her when she started taking anti-retroviral drugs.

Pope Francis Rails Against Conservative Christians’ Superiority Complex (VIDEO)

Pope Francis has stressed the importance of humility and service in the Christian life.

The boy photographer who braved Syria's merciless civil war is Dead at 17.

 

A teenage photographer whose images of war-torn Syria were circulated around the world has been killed while covering a conflict at a hospital.

Franklin Cudjoe Resigns from Government’s Committee on the Sustainability of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP).

 

You can read his full statement below:

I have taken this decision in the best interest of my personal convictions that whilst unfettered power is recipe for absolutism, all checks and balances within government must be orderly especially when professional jealousy, integrity and one’s ability to execute mandates are at stake.

PR Person's Idiotic Tweets about Africa.

 

Justine Sacco was, until Friday, the top PR person for InterActiveCorp, the New York media conglomerate run by Barry Diller. IAC owns the Daily Beast, Vimeo, About.com, Match.com and Ask.com, among many others. On her now-deactivated Twitter account, Sacco called herself a "troublemaker on the side" known for her "loud laugh.

US aircraft fired during South Sudan evacuation.

 

The three CV-22 Ospreys were attacked as they approached Bor, which is occupied by forces loyal to the former Vice-President Riek Machar, it added.

South Sudan has been in turmoil since President Salva Kiir accused Mr Machar a week ago of attempting a coup. 

Did the US National Security Agency and the GHCQ(UK) spy on Dr. Ibn Chambas Phone?

 

Latest Disclosures by NSA leaker Edward Snowden show that, the US National Security Agency and the GHCQ(UK) spied on Ibn Chambas for years when he worked with ECOWAS.

GCHQ and NSA targeted charities, Germans, Israeli PM and EU chief.

 

British and American intelligence agencies had a comprehensive list of surveillance targets that included the EU's competition commissioner, German government buildings in Berlin and overseas, and the heads of institutions that provide humanitarian and financial help to Africa, top secret documents reveal.

Bui Dam Comes Alive - Ghana Energy Problems Now Over.

 

Ghana's enthusiastic quest to become the West African energy powerhouse has seen a major boost following the commissioning of the 400 megawatts (MW) Bui Hydroelectric Dam in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region . 

Uganda passes controversial anti-gay law but Death penalty removed from bill after pressure but life imprisonment set as maximum term.

 

Uganda's parliament has passed an anti-gay law that punishes "aggravated homosexuality" with life imprisonment.

Ivoirian Refugees in Ghana and Togo Fear Reprisal.

Fear of reprisal is preventing thousands of Ivoirians from returning to Cote d'Ivoire from Ghana and Togo, where they sought refuge following the violently disputed 2010-2011 presidential elections.

Of the 12,500 Ivoirians who fled to the two countries, only 710 have returned home, according to the state-run Service for the Assistance of Refugees and Stateless People (SAARA).

Mariah Carey was paid $1million to perform for Angola dictator.

Mariah Carey has come under fire after she was paid $1 million to perform for a dictator.

The 'All I Want for Christmas is You' singer gave a two-hour concert for authoritarian Angolan President Josè Eduardo Dos Santos last Sunday, in return for the huge amount.

The move has angered human rights groups who claim Dos Santos has murdered many and exploited the country's resources to his own gain.

UNDP's support to bamboo bike development yields results in Ghana.

 

The Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative has presented a bamboo bicycle to Ms. Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Ghana, during a brief ceremony at the UNDP office premises in Ghana. The bicycles have been produced through the UNDP Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme as an innovative means to combat climate change.

Comments made by Ghanaians on Facebook after President Mahama made a post about job creation opportunities in Ghana.

Post by John Dramani Mahama.

NPP alarmed by reports of the abuse of the Media Fund.

 

The New Patriotic Party is alarmed by reports of the abuse of the Media Fund by the Ministry of Information. 

GROUP CALLS ON GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL OVER TONY LITHUR’S BEHAVIOUR.

 

The Probity and Accountability Forum is calling on the General Legal Council to, as a matter of urgency, bring Tony Lithur to order, claiming that he is neck deep in the “create, loot and share” brigade being superintended over by the John Mahama led National Democratic Congress administration.

GHANA GOVERNMENT ABOUT TO SCRAP IMPORT DUTY WAIVER FOR HEALTH WORKERS.

 

Beginning January 1, 2014, the Ministry of Health will start implementing an order from the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government to scrap the waiver introduced by the New Patriotic Party administration under the leadership of President John Agyekum Kufuor, which enabled health workers to import vehicles without paying duties at the port.

Court throws out Awuni's challenge against sale of Merchant Bank.

 

Commercial Court in Accra has thrown out the case by Mr Andrew Awuni challenging the sale of Merchant Bank to Fortiz PE.

IMANI’s 17 first steps and gaps for a successful presidency in Ghana.

 

The President John Dramani will from today begin assessing his appointees. Well, he has the right to do that, but unfortunately nothing will change even if we reshuffled ministers every month until we reform the entire machinery of governance, by investing in over all national capacity to deliver RESULTS instead of paying salaries (how can 93% of budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Education go into consumption, as in paying salaries and wages and ONLY 7% for investment into expanding infrastructure in 2014?)

IMANI REPORT: The Bali Trade Package: What It Means For Developing Countries In The Light Of The Doha Round And Other Existing Multilateral Frameworks .

 

The World Trade Organisation has just been able to agree on the Bali Package at its Ninth Ministerial Conference, the first unanimous agreement since the inception of the Organisation in 1995. The Bali Package is not a replacement of the infamous Doha Round of 2001 but rather an attempt to achieve some progress on the Doha Development Agenda in smaller, manageable amounts. 

IMANI ALERT TO GHANA PRESIDENT MAHAMA: HOW GhS 1.2bn ($500M) TIER 2 PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE CONTROVERSIAL FORTIZ-MERCHANT BANK SALE SAGA .

The Merchant Bank Allegations

There are serious allegations that the Bank of Ghana has made some of the Temporary Pension Fund Account (TPFA), Tier 2 PENSION funds being held at BoG) to Fortiz to purchase Merchant Bank.

Ghana is pregnant pregnant with bribery, corruption and extortion, and that religious, political and traditional leaders are all involved.

 

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rt. Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, has said Ghana has become pregnant with bribery, corruption and extortion, and that religious, political and traditional leaders are all involved.

Ex - President Obasanjo's 18-Page Letter to President Goodluck Jonathan.

 

Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a critical letter to President Goodluck Jonathan.
READ FULL LETTER BELOW

72 Media Houses join MFWA in Ghana to demand whereabouts of Media Dev’t Fund.

 

Dozens of media organisations across the country have joined the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), to demand information on the whereabouts of the Gh¢1million that was allocated in the 2012 budget as Media Development Fund (MDF).

POPE FRANCIS TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR.

 

There once was as meek ​​and modest child to be awarded a medal for " The Humbler " . The next day was taken away for having used it . Thus ends the lesson.

Nelson Mandela Grandson's heart 'touched' by crowds.

The grandson of Nelson Mandela, Ndaba Mandela, has told the BBC's Komla Dumor that his grandfather would have been ''completely humbled'' to see so many people show their love and appreciation of him.

Nelson Mandela Memorial Sign language Interpreter was a Fake.

 

The sign language interpreter used by the African National Congress during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service at Johannesburg FNB football stadium yesterday was a fake, it has been claimed today.

Obama shakes hands with Raúl Castro at Mandela memorial.

It was the briefest of moments, just seconds, two presidents shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries amid a gaggle of world leaders together to honor the late Nelson Mandela.

What is wrong with the Selfie President Obama Took at Mandela's Memorial Service?

World leaders from arond the world the globe gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for Nelson mandela's memorial service today. President Obama was pretty busy during the event , giving a speech, shaking hands with Raul Castro.

Remarks of President Barack Obama at the Mandela Memorial.

 

To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of state and government, past and present; distinguished guests - it is a singular honor to be with you today, to celebrate a life unlike any other. 

Mr Alban Bagbin and Owusu-Ankomah have called for a bold measure to deal with Corruption in Ghana.

 

Two former Majority leaders in Parliament have called for a bold measure to deal with issues of corruption which they say have become a stumbling block  to the country's development.

Vice President of Ghana Oversees Launch of Online System to Fight HIV-Related Discrimination.

 

The Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur presided over the launch of a new web-based system for reporting HIV-related discrimination. The system will support people living with HIV and other key populations in upholding their rights and fighting discrimination.

Maya Angelou writes a poem for Madiba.

American Author & Poet – Maya Angelou has wrote a poem to honour Madiba. Maya titled the poem ‘His Day Is Done’ to pay tribute to the late former SA President Nelson Mandela who passed away on Thursday (05 Dec)
LISTEN TO POEM BELOW

Apartheid Did Not Die By John Pilger.

Apartheid based on race is outlawed now, but the system always went far deeper than that.

The cruelty and injustice were underwritten by an economic apartheid, which regarded people as no more than cheap expendable labor. It was backed by great business corporations in South Africa, Britain, the rest of Europe, and the United States.

WORLD LEADERS PAYS TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA.

Desmond Tutu Pays Tribute to Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela is mourned by South Africans, Africans and the international community today as the leader of our generation who stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries — a colossus of unimpeachable moral character and integrity, the world's most admired and revered public figure.

life of Nelson Mandela..

 

The life of Nelson Mandela is without a doubt a fascinating one. Fewer men in history have done so much in the name of equality, freedom and peace. Nearly every nation in the world is interested in the biography of Nelson Mandela. The Nelson Mandela biography is sought everywhere. This is a man who transcends all languages. His biography exists virtually everywhere and in every language. He was, and is, a powerful and peaceful man. So where does the Nelson Mandela story begin?

Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95.

South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday that the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first democratically elected president and a symbol of reconciliation to many around the world, has died, the Associated Press reported.
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Rand Bank vrs. Fortiz Equity Fund acquisition of Merchant Bank Ghana Limited- the FACTS.

 

Read more about the Rand Bank vrs. Fortiz Equity Fund acquisition of Merchant Bank- the FACTS.