20110118
reuters

ACCRA (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Ghana doubled to $1.11 billion in 2010, with China leading the number of investment projects, the government said on Tuesday.

20110117
africanews

Six hundred inmates of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital who have been cured of their mental illnesses are to face forced ejection from the hospital. The Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwasi Osei, said the 600 inmates had all been declared fully recovered and discharged from the hospital but they had refused to leave and make way for other patients.

20110110
africanews

Four-time African champions Ghana are yet to finalize a deal to play their colonial masters England in an international friendly. The 29 March friendly at the Wembley Stadium would be the first time the two are meeting at the senior level in international football.

20110110
africanews

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has lauded President Mills' decision not to commit troops to Cote d'Ivoire to fight in a "needless war", saying a war in that country will not be in the interest of Ghana.

20110107
reuters

ABIDAN/ACCRA (Reuters) - The president of Ghana said on Friday his country would not take sides in neighbouring Ivory Coast's power struggle and that force would not solve the problem, underscoring a rift in the region about how to resolve the crisis.

20110102
reuters

Accra — Even though it is an election conflict confined to Cote d'Ivoire, the ramifications go beyond the Ivorian political arena.

Any national team to have excelled and performed exceptionally above all. Must have qualified for a major competition during the year under review and achieved the ultimate as well.

20101217
allAfrica.com

President John Atta Mills complained to the United States in February this year about the behaviour of an oil company involved in the exploitation of the country's oil resources, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks.

20101203
africanews

Ghanaian agricultural researchers are not enthused at the high concentration in increasing crop production to the neglect of animal production.

20101129
africanews

Ghana and Sunderland defender John Mensah is rooting for England to win the bid for the 2018 World Cup. The Sunderland defender told Safc.com England is the ideal place to stage the global football showpiece.

20101122
africanews

Ghana midfield general 'ambassador' Michael Essien said he is contemplating what to do with his life after retirement. However, he was categorically clear that the last thing he would consider is a career in politics and the thought has never crossed his mind.

20101113
africanews

The Ghana Football Association and the Ministry of Sports have locked horns over who is vested with the power to nominate a candidate to contest a CAF Executive Committee position. The FA presented its president Kwesi Nyantakyi for the vacant seat but Minister of Sports insist on football legend Abedi Ayew Pele.

20101102
africanews

Ten suspects are in the grips of the Ashanti Mampong Divisional Police Command in Ghana for their alleged involvement in cable theft within the municipality.

20101025
africanews

A Ghanaian-born doctor Peter Bossman is to become the first black mayor in Slovenia after winning a runoff election in the European country's coastal town of Piran with 51.4 percent of votes.

20101022
africanews

Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills has recalled with immediate effect, Ghana's ambassador to Brazil, Samuel Kofi Dadey. That country's government sources say the President has retired him with immediate effect. This follows allegations of sexual harassment made against him by an employee of the embassy.

20101021
africanews

West African nation and four-time African champions Ghana are in talks with their colonial masters England for possible international friendly match come March 2011. The Black Stars and the Three Lions have never met at senior level before and it would be historic if the deal goes through.

20101021
africanews

Bulgaria, Belarus and Libya want to play the Black Stars of West African nation Ghana in next November friendly, according to the Ghana FA vice president Fred Pappoe.

20101018
africanews

The Accra Psychiatric Hospital occupies a sprawling block in the heart of Ghana's capital. Walls the color of aged parchment rim the compound, with coils of concertina wire balanced on top, making the hospital within appear more labor camp than home for the sick. Anas Aremeyaw Anas spent seven months last year casing it, posing first as a taxi driver and then as a baker.

20101011
africanews

The care-taker coach of the Black Stars Kwasi Appiah said the Black Stars were just unlucky to win in their clash against Sudan over the weekend.

20101011
africanews

Ghana's former All Blacks coach and SA's Golden Lions current boss John Mitchell has been stabbed by prowlers over the weekend in his apartment in South Africa, his club announced on Monday.