2015-09-18 Ghana Health

Fox News   

Malaria death rate drops by 60% in 15 years –WHO   
The Punch
Malaria death rate has plunged by 60 per cent since 2000, translating into 6.2 million lives, mainly children saved, a joint World Health Organisation and UNICEF report released on Thursday has said. The report, which was made available to newsmen in ...

2015-09-18 Ghana Sports

GhanaWeb   

Atsu keen for Bournemouth debut   
GhanaWeb
The Ghana winger has made one League Cup appearance for the Cherries since joining them on loan from Chelsea during the summer. Atsu has admitted that he will have to be patient as he bids to impress manager Eddie Howe. "Personally, I'm feeling fit ...

2015-09-18 Ghana Entertainment

The Daily Star   

Kanye keeps his fashion forward in New York   
The Daily Star
The Michael Kors Spring 2016 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew). RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Jennie Matthew| Agence France Presse. you've reached a subscriber-only article ...

2015-09-18 Ghana Sci/Tech

Ledger Gazette   

Apple's watchOS 2 delayed upon discovery of major bug   
Ledger Gazette
We've rounded up everything that iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users need to know about updating to iOS 9 and watchOS 2 and what you can expect once the process is complete. “We will not release watchOS 2 today but will shortly”, the company said in a ...

2015-09-18 Ghana Business

Graphic Online   

Ghana Cocoa Board signs US$1.8 billion loan   
GhanaWeb
The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has signed a $1. 8 billion -dollar syndicated loan with international banks to finance purchases for the 2015/16 season. The annual pre-export receivables backed trade finance facility was oversubscribed by 44 per cent ...
Dollar Inflows: Cocoa Board signs $1.8 bil Syndicated Loan today   Pulse.com.gh
Ghana's Cocobod signs $1.8 bln loan for 2015/16 crop purchases   Reuters Africa
COCOBOD's US$1.8 billion loan over subscribed by 44%   Graphic Online
Reuters   
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Wall Street Journal   

Fed Rate Decision Roils Emerging-Market Currencies   
Wall Street Journal
Many emerging-market currencies slumped against the dollar on Thursday despite the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates near zero for now. Currencies in Brazil, Turkey and South Africa, which have been among the hardest-hit by fears of a U ...
Fed leaves interest rate unchanged, citing global economic risks   Washington Post
US rates on hold on global turmoil   The Australian Financial Review
Asia bourses digest Fed decision to hold rates   Financial Times
The Hindu   
Reuters   
NDTV   
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CEPS destroy unwholesome products   
GhanaWeb
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday destroyed a large quantity of seized unwholesome food, expired products and illicit materials running into millions of cedis, in Kumasi. These included pornographic materials, junk ...

2015-09-18 Ghana World

CNN   

Clock-making teen transferring to another school, family says   
CNN
When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, September 14, 2015, he was so excited, he wanted to show his teacher the digital clock he'd made from a pencil case. But the 14-year-old's day ended not with praise, but punishment, ...

2015-09-18 Ghana Africa

STLtoday.com   

Military in Burkina Faso confirms coup, dissolves government   
STLtoday.com
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso • Burkina's military seized the airwaves and installed a general loyal to the ex-president Thursday as the new head of state, carrying out a coup weeks before national elections. The developments capped a dramatic year in this ...

2015-09-18 Ghana Ghana

Peace FM Online   

NPP UK Condemns Police acts of brutality   
GhanaWeb
NPP UK condemns unequivocally, the wonton acts of brutality meted out on peaceful demonstrators by the Ghana Police Service and security agencies in Accra today. The bloody scenes which unfolded on the streets of Accra yesterday, and have been ...