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Ghana reaches staff-level agreement with IMF for $370 million disbursement

Business News of Tuesday, 15 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Ghana has secured a fourth tranche disbursement of an IMF loan Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement on the disbursement of the next tranche of $370 million under the ongoing bailout programme. According to the IMF’s Mission Chief to Ghana, Stéphane Roudet, the Fund’s Executive Board will make ...

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‘We will show our power’ – Mamponghene gives NDC less than 24 hours to retract anti-Ashanti remarks

General News of Monday, 14 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoMamponghene Daasebre Osei Bonsu II   The Ashanti Mampong Traditional Council led by the Mamponghene, Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, has given leadership of the National Democratic Congress in the Mampong Constituency less than 24 hours to retract their anti-Ashanti comments made by some youth of the party. Addressing the NDC leadership of the ...

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Is the deportation of illegal miners by the Mahama government illegal? Here’s what the law says

General News of Tuesday, 15 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com President John Dramani Mahama GhanaWeb Feature by Ishmael Batoma The John Dramani Mahama government has faced significant backlash over its decision to deport illegal miners (galamseyers) without first prosecuting them. This decision, initially announced by the then Minister for the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, was later corroborated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto ...

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Whipping of Traders, Okada Age Limit and More: Directives of Mahama appointees that are ‘causing him headaches’

General News of Tuesday, 15 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Directives and proposals of these ministers have attracted negative sentiment for the Mahama govt   The John Dramani Mahama government will mark its 100th day in office on Tuesday, April 16, 2025. The president himself and his appointees have hit the ground running, trying to honour his promise to Ghanaians to ‘reset Ghana’. In ...

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Leave NPP and join the New Patriotic Front – Dr Amoako Baah tells party members « Prev

General News of Tuesday, 15 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Political Scientist and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Amoako Baah Political Scientist and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Amoako Baah, has revealed plans for the formation of a new political party, the New Patriotic Front (NPF), which he says will serve as a true representation of the ...

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Suit against CJ removal adjourned indefinitely

The suit regarding petitions seeking the removal of Chief Justice Justice, Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkonoo, from office, has been adjourned until further notice by the Supreme Court (SC). This is because state attorneys were attending a week- long training to represent Ghana at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court. The case, filed by Ekow Vincent Assafuah, the ...

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Huisartsentekort nijpend: 194.000 Nederlanders kunnen geen arts vinden

Een op de twintig Nederlanders is op zoek naar een huisarts. Het huisartsentekort zal de komende jaren alleen maar groter worden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Algemene Rekenkamer. Hans van Soest 02-04-25, 12:30 Laatste update: 13:30 Tot 194.000 mensen kunnen nu geen huisarts vinden, stelt de Rekenkamer. Zij wonen bijvoorbeeld in een wijk waar de huisartsenpraktijk is gestopt. Daarnaast zijn naar schatting ...

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BREAKING: President Mahama assents to repeal of E-Levy, Betting Tax, and Emissions Levy

Business News of Wednesday, 2 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   President John Dramani Mahama GhanaWeb Business understands that President John Dramani Mahama has fulfilled a key campaign promise by signing into law amended bills that abolish the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy), Betting Tax, and Emissions Levy. This action, completed on April 2, 2025, follows the passage of a resolution in parliament to abolish these ...

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