News: Ghana

We have started to collect the most important news related to Ghana in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Ghana: news

Ghana knife-edge result delayed

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 18:18

Ghana's electoral commission delays the final result of Sunday's cliff-hanger presidential run-off until Friday.
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Ghana opposition claims poll win

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 14:55

Tensions are high in Ghana as the opposition candidate claims victory ahead of official results.
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Ghana examines vote fraud claims

Monday, December 29th 2008, 22:39

Ghana poll monitors are probing fraud claims, as unofficial results give the opposition a narrow lead.
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Fishing for votes

Saturday, December 27th 2008, 20:05

Ghana rivals pull out all the stops for presidential run-off
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Ghana election to go to a run-off

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 18:43

Ghana's presidential election must be decided in a second-round vote, the electoral commission announces.
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Ghana election count goes to wire

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 11:03

Ghana's electoral commission is due to announce poll results in what looks like a tight race for the presidency.
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Ruling party's man leads in Ghana

Tuesday, December 9th 2008, 20:49

The candidate of Ghana's ruling party is narrowly ahead in the ongoing count from Sunday's presidential election.
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Race tight in Ghana's vote count

Monday, December 8th 2008, 21:33

The two main presidential candidates in Ghana's elections are running neck-and-neck as votes are counted.
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'Turnout high' in Ghana elections

Sunday, December 7th 2008, 20:36

Presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana have attracted a huge turnout, officials say, in a key poll for Africa.
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Ghana campaign ends in flourish

Friday, December 5th 2008, 23:26

Campaigning ends after massive rallies in Ghana, prior to Sunday's elections.
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Ghana fuel explosion kills many

Wednesday, November 26th 2008, 14:27

An overturned fuel tanker in the Ghanaian town of Techiman explodes, killing at least 22 people.
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Ghana unveils a controversial new palace for its president

Monday, November 10th 2008, 20:29
related places: Accra

Ghana has inaugurates a presidential palace costing tens of million of dollars in the capital, Accra.
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Israeli escapes Ghana kidnappers

Thursday, October 30th 2008, 22:35
related countries: Israel

An Israeli businessman kidnapped in Ghana escapes unharmed after almost a week in captivity.
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Drug money 'tainting Ghana poll'

Tuesday, October 28th 2008, 18:46

Ghana's election campaign could be tarnished by money from drug trafficking, an official says.
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Israeli man is kidnapped in Ghana

Friday, October 24th 2008, 23:24
related countries: Israel

Kidnappers seize an Israeli businessman in Ghana and are demanding a ransom, according to officials.
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Ghana's Muslim pilgrims get vote

Wednesday, October 22nd 2008, 17:04

Ghana's electoral commission announces special arrangements so Muslim pilgrims on the Hajj can vote in the 7 December polls.
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Crowd trouble mars Ghana victory

Saturday, October 11th 2008, 18:49
related countries: Lesotho
related places: Sekondi

At least 15 people are hurt in a stampede during Ghana's World Cup qualifier against Lesotho.
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Ghana approves telecoms takeover

Friday, August 15th 2008, 10:02

Ghanaian parliament approves Vodafone's takeover of state-owned Ghana Telecom.
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PC graveyard

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 16:34

Dumped computers cause toxic concerns in Ghana
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UK drug girls released in Ghana

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 10:18
related countries: United Kingdom

Two UK girls are free from a Ghana prison after a one-year sentence for smuggling cocaine.
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Ghana spends $1.4m on gold medals

Friday, July 11th 2008, 19:09

Ghana spent more than $1.4m (£704,000) buying gold medals from a company based in the Channel Islands, officials confirm.
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'Ritual killing' rescue in Ghana

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 16:19

Ghanaian police try to reunite a boy with his family after rescuing him from a suspected ritual killing.
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