The Daily IIJ

Monday, an Accra based radio station, Joy FM turned itself into the arbiter of Ghanaian elections: the station, at approximately 1:48pm, declared John Evans Atta Mills the next president of Ghana. Despite just 14 of the 39 polling station results from the NPP’s traditional stronghold of Ashanti Region being certified by the EC, Joy FM, [...]

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Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Sunday evening described the just ended presidential run-off election in Ghana as very impressive.

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This year’s Presidential and Parliamentary election is tagged to go down in history as the most competitive, fierce and expensive elections ever held in Ghana. Many has touted it as the mother of all elections whiles others called it the finals in reference to the two terms of office of both the ruling government, the [...]

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Four senior staff members of the University of Ghana, Legon, are to face contempt of court charges after their refusal to obey the orders of a human rights high court in Accra to open the rooms of two students to enable them prepare for their exams.

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A one week workshop on the topic Freedom and Responsibility in the Media, organized by the International Institute for Journalism of InWent for journalists in West African countries, ended last Thursday in Accra. The workshop attracted 15 participants from Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Togo, Benin and Liberia.  

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