Country Profile: Ghana

The Women's Hairdressing Wing (WHW) of the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has undertaken a 12-day training programme for 22 selected women of the association in hairdressing at Akropong Akuapem in the Eastern Region.

1st August will be Emancipation Day. This day is a very significant day in the history of Ghanaian and Afrikan people which ALL Ghanaians must observe and that government should mark as a holiday.

Some of the laws that regulate land use management and planning in Ghana are said to be very old and have provisions which have outlived their usefulness. In effect, there is a general lack of proactive legislative mechanism in land use planning which leads to situations where human settlements and development control become an afterthought.

It has been observed that policies in Ghana are not working because those who are to help implement them do not have access to the policies.

The University of Ghana has commissioned a new ultra-modern Network Operations Centre (NOC) which will serve as a center for delivering ICT-based Distance Education and also integrate ICT teaching, learning and research into the university's academic work.

A research conducted by Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has showed a general popular support for constitutional reforms in a number of areas, particularly changes to curb executive power, increase the strength of the legislature, and create greater political accountability at the local government level.

Industry players, regulators and supervising agencies in Ghana are meeting at M-Plaza Hotel in Accra today to dialogue on how to maximize benefits in the private sector.

89,483 jobs were created for Ghanaians in the second quarter of this year from new investments registered at the Ghana Investments Promotion Centre (GIPC).

Promoted German Bundesliga side Mainz 05 have acquired Ghana striker Dominic Adiyiah on a season's long loan deal according to reports in the local media.

On the night of Saturday, July 17, 2010, the Radach Memorial Centre in Tamale was alive as many young, middle-aged and retired journalists converged on the place to receive recognition for their past and current journalistic work, which has contributed immensely to the development of northern Ghana.

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has rescued the pilot of a Gabonese registered aircraft that was forced to land in Ghana.

The board of Ghana International Airlines Limited (GIAL) has asked 140 workers of the national carrier to stay at home pending a discussion of their fate with their union leaders.

What is the current disposition of Ghana's oil? Would it come on stream in December as promised? Are there any reasons why it may delay? Are there any conflict of interest problems? These and other questions are currently agitating the minds of many Ghanaians, especially as Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, a close advisor to Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills is being mentioned in all manner of accusations regarding the project.

NAMIBIAN under-20 coach Bernard Kaanjuka has caused controversy by claiming that he suspects Ghana fielded overage players for last Sunday's African Youth Championship qualifier, according to a report on peacefmonline.com yesterday.

Stanbic Bank Ghana as part of its means of building and strengthening the capacity of its clients and customers on international and local trade issues yesterday organized a trade forum for some key staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA).

The Board of Directors of Ghana International Airlines Limited (GIAL) has after a review of the operations of the Company and its financial standing, decided to ask 140 workers to stay at home, while the company discusses with the Union about their future with the company.

The fight against child labour in Ghana has always been concentrated in the cocoa farming and fishing areas. The international press has also capitalised on this, and is churning out stories about the use of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana.

The National Executive Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on July 23, 2010 called on the Ghana police to use constitutional mechanisms to address grievances and complaints they may have against journalists and the media.

Ghana's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Chris Kpodo has given the assurance that the Ghanaian Government would ensure that the human rights situation in the West Africa-sub region, particularly; the deteriorating situation in The Gambia is improved.