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Court Of Arbitration Dismisses $55m Judgement Debt Against Ghana Over Traffic Management Contract Dispute

756  The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, The Netherlands, has dismissed a $55 million judgment debt against Ghana which was being sought by a Chinese company over a traffic management project. The disputed project — the Accra Intelligent Traffic Management System (AITMS) — was signed between the government of Ghana (GoG) and […]

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Police Officer Interdicted For Leaving Rifle In ‘Trotro’

868  The Police Administration has interdicted a police Inspector for negligently leaving a service rifle in a commercial vehicle. The rifle has since been returned by the driver of the said vehicle who alleged that the Inspector had extorted money from him. The interdicted officer, Inspector Sulemana Adam, stationed with the Rapid Deployment Force, Takoradi […]

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Police To Go After E-Commerce Fraudsters, Impersonators; Special Team To Tackle Rising Menace

627 The Ghana Police Service has assured of taking measures to tackle the rising menace of electronic commerce (e-commerce) fraud and impersonation in the virtual space. The Inspector General of Ghana Police Service, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare – who said criminals in e-commerce and impersonators on social media platforms will no longer have a field […]

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Anti-gay mob attacked a Broadcast Journalist

916  Assailants armed with wooden clubs and iron bars dragged a gay activist Broadcast Journalist from his bed and assaulted him, yelling that they were going to “cleanse” their neighborhood of gay people. Alhassanm Issah, a broadcast journalist with Kumasi-based Zuria FM, was chased out of Aboabo, one of Ghana’s largest Muslim communities. Mr. Issah, […]