2015-08-26 Ghana Health

Graphic Online   

End of Doctors' Strike a great relief!   
GhanaWeb
We cannot ignore the decision by the membership of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to call off their industrial action. Their decision, we have learnt, has nothing to do with either the threats issued by the health minister or the unguarded remarks ...
Doctors resume work   Graphic Online
Industrial action: We have no regrets embarking on strike – GMA   Pulse.com.gh
Doctors Resume Full Operation At Public Hospitals   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Citifmonline   
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Council inducts newly qualified Dental Surgeons   
GhanaWeb
The Ghana Medical and Dental Council has inducted 16 newly-qualified Dental Surgeons of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Dental School, to help improve dental healthcare. This was at the Fourth Oath-Swearing and ...

2015-08-26 Ghana Sports

GhanaWeb   

Nyantakyi to mediate football crisis in Sierra Leone   
GhanaWeb
Kwesi Nyantakyi has been appointed by FIFA to lead its delegation to mediate in the football crisis in Sierra Leone that is threatening to cripple the game in the country. The leader of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) will lead the two-man FIFA ...
GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi to resolve Sierra Leone football crisis   AllSports.com.gh

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GhanaWeb   

Revealed: Ali Jarrah suffering from depression   
GhanaWeb
Former Ghana goalkeeper Ali Jarrah, who took to social media site, Facebook on Sunday to post a heart-wrenching account of his frustrations in life, may be suffering from depression, according to a close source. Jarrah was Ghana's finest goalkeeper in ...
Ali Jarrah: Hearts refused to pay me and terminated my appointment   AllSports.com.gh

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GhanaWeb   

Ghana Athletes missing at IAAF Meet   
GhanaWeb
Like officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) arriving at a competition venue without the Black Stars, so was the situation with the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) at the World Athletics Meet. Ghana's representatives at this year's IAAF ...
Amankwah, Amponsah miss World Championships due to visa   allghananews.com

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Cesar Azpilicueta relishing new challenge at left back   
We Ain't Got No History
He's been one of the first names on Chelsea team sheets for well over two years, and one of the best full backs in the Premier League for almost as long, but in the summer of 2012, Cesar Azpilicueta arrived just as a relatively unknown 22-year-old ...

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GhanaWeb   

Nduom bemoans hooliganism in Division 1 league   
GhanaWeb
Football fans who thronged the Elmina Sports Stadium in the Central region displayed negative sportsmanship when they threw stones and 'booed' President of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, who went to watch a match between Elmina Sharks and ...

2015-08-26 Ghana Entertainment

GhanaWeb   

A cutting-edge street festival in an old slave town in Ghana shows how African ...   
Quartz
While contemporary African art is on the rise, the trope that African artists should produce art that looks and feels “African” still persists. But in Jamestown, an old slave town in Ghana, you will find a different kind of African art. The town is ...
Photos from 2015 Chale Wote Street Art Festival   GhanaWeb
Future champions: Juvenile boxers exhibit skills at Chale Wote festival   Pulse.com.gh

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ESPN   

Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic named US Open top seeds   
ESPN
NEW YORK -- Top-ranked Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are seeded No. 1 for the US Open. Serena Williams, aiming to complete the Grand Slam, and Novak Djokovic have each been seeded No. 1 for the US Open. (Photo by Thomas Lovelock ...

2015-08-26 Ghana Sci/Tech

Road Safety Awards slated for November 13   
GhanaWeb
Mrs May Obiri-Yeboah, the Executive Director of National Roads Safety Commission Tuesday launched the 5th edition of the National Roads Safety Awards (NRSA) slated for November 13, 2015 in Accra. The award categories include: Best Road ...

2015-08-26 Ghana Business

Reuters   

Stocks slip as China rate cuts fail to calm nerves   
Reuters
HONG KONG Asian stocks fell on Wednesday as investors feared fresh rate cuts in China would not be enough to stabilize its cooling economy or halt a collapse in its stock markets. China's key share indexes attempted to move higher several times in ...
Seesaw Start to Trading Brings Mixed Markets in Asia   New York Times
Asia response muted to China rate cut   Financial Times
Asian stocks slip as China rate cuts fail to calm nerves   Hindustan Times
The Australian   
The Guardian   
Washington Post   
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The Guardian Nigeria   

Nigeria loses N577bn yearly on tax waivers to firms   
National Mirror
Actionaid Nigerian, AAN, and Tax Justice Network Africa have reported that Nigeria and three other West African countries lose an average of $9.6 billion yearly as accruable revenues to corporate tax incentives and waivers. Nigeria's loss is put at ...
Leaking revenue: Companies have no grounds for tax exemption claims- Dr. Mensah   Pulse.com.gh
Nigeria, Ghana, others lose 9.6bn dollars annually to corporate tax waivers   News24 Nigeria
Ghana loses $2.27b annually through tax incentives   Starr 103.5 FM

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GhanaWeb   

EDAIF approves GH¢28.5m for 135 beneficiaries   
GhanaWeb
The Export Trade, Agricultural and Industrial Development Fund (EDAIF) has provided about GH¢28.5 million to 135 beneficiaries within three months. " EDAIF continues to provide significant support to Ghanaian producers and entrepreneurs. Over the last ...

2015-08-26 Ghana World

Jerusalem Post Israel News   

Israel should be annihilated, Iranian official says   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
The UK's Hammond said Monday that Iran's current gov't had more nuanced approach to Israel relative to its predecessor. A nuclear test explosion from April 1954 is shown in this undatelined photo from the Pentagon. A nuclear test explosion from April ...
Rouhani to hold press conference Saturday   Tehran Times
In Iran's eyes, Britain is still the 'old fox'   Telegraph.co.uk
British Embassy Reopens In Iran After Four Years   TV Newsroom
BBC News   
NDTV   
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Irish Examiner   

Crisis Talks Give Insight into N.Korean Leadership   
The Chosun Ilbo
North and South Korea clashed twice since the inauguration of President Park Geun-hye in 2013. The first major confrontation occurred in May of 2013, when the North shut down the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex, and the second just recently ...
The difference in latest Korean standoff   The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
For rival Koreas, peace meeting was next best thing   AsiaOne
Calm returns to Korean peninsula   Irish Examiner

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Fox News   

Accused train gunman watched jihadi video before attack, prosecutor says   
Fox News
The Moroccan man who French police say brandished and fired an AK-47 on a high-speed train headed to Paris from Amsterdam before he was restrained by three Americans had watched a jihadi video on his cellphone just before the attack, a prosecutor ...

2015-08-26 Ghana Africa

Irish Examiner   

South Africa convicts 8 police officers of murder   
Irish Examiner
A judge has convicted eight South African policemen who dragged a handcuffed Mozambican man behind a police van of murder. A spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority said a judge ruled that the policemen cuffed taxi driver Mido Macia to the ...

2015-08-26 Ghana Ghana

Ghana Business News   

Ghana and Mauritius waive visa requirements   
Ghana Business News
The two countries signed the agreement on mutual visa waiver exemption in Port Louis on Monday as part of the three-day state visit of President John Dramani Mahama. A statement issued by the Flagstaff House Communications Bureau and copied to the ...