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Jobs, trade tensions take spotlight at 2025 IMF-WBG Spring Meetings

Business News of Monday, 21 April 2025 Disclaimer Source: GNA The 2025 IMF Spring Meetings begin on April 21 As the world grapples with economic uncertainty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) are set to convene for their highly anticipated Spring Meetings in 2025. The meetings will take place from April 21-26, in Washington, D.C., on the ...

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Commercial-grade nickel discovered in Oti Region

Business News of Tuesday, 22 April 2025 Source: thebftonline.com   The find was made during ongoing iron ore exploration in the Gyamurume range by GIISDEC and GGSA Potentially mineable nickel deposits have been discovered in the Oti Region—a development that could diversify the country’s mineral portfolio and attract investment into battery metal supply chains. The find was made during ongoing iron ...

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‘NPP will reintroduce Invisible Forces in 2028’ – Youth Organiser claims

General News of Monday, 21 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com NPP National Organiser, Salam Mustapha   The National Youth Organiser of the largest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has indicated that the party will instruct its supporters to take over collation centres during the 2028 elections, just as the then-opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) allegedly did in the 2024 elections. ...

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Kwabena Agyepong proposes bold reforms to deepen NPP’s internal democracy

Politics of Tuesday, 22 April 2025 Disclaimer Source: classfmonline.com Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has tabled sweeping constitutional reforms to promote inclusivity, strengthen grassroots participation, and enhance transparency within the party’s internal electoral processes. Speaking at the second quarter meeting of the NPP ...

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Hartproblemen: Deze bloedgroepen lopen het grootste risico

Hartproblemen: Deze bloedgroepen lopen het grootste risico© ‘Kaboompics.com/Instagram’ Wist u dat uw bloedgroep een veel grotere rol kan spelen in uw gezondheid dan u dacht? Hoewel cardiovasculaire risico’s vaak in verband worden gebracht met factoren als voeding, roken of lichamelijke inactiviteit, kan een veel verrassender element ook een belangrijke factor zijn: uw bloedgroep. Uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat bepaalde bloedgroepen een ...

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FLASHBACK: Next of Kin of a deceased bank account holder is not an automatic beneficiary – BoG

Business News of Wednesday, 9 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Bank of Ghana’s new Headquarters   The Bank of Ghana in October 2024 explained that the concept of next-of-kin in banking operations is for the purpose of tracing the whereabouts of an account holder and not who inherits the account. This was made known by the Assistant Director, Financial Stability Department of the central ...

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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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