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Cedi falls against pound as UK votes to exit EU
Add a CommentGhana’s cedi suffered a slight loss against the pound after Britain voted to exit the EU on Thursday. While England voted overwhelmingly for BRexit, short form of British exit, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed Remain. London backed Remain but the … Read more →
EU referendum: UK is out! – Brexit wins
Add a CommentThe UK has voted to leave the European Union after 43 years in a historic referendum. Leave won by 52% to 48% with England and Wales voting strongly for Brexit, while London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed staying in the … Read more →
European Union referendum: UK goes to the polls
Add a CommentVoting is under way in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. A record 46,499,537 people are entitled to take part, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission. Polling … Read more →
UK to cut funding for Ghana’s democratic activities
Add a CommentThe UK government has announced that it will stop funding Ghana’s democratic activities beginning next year. Ghana has benefited from donor support for its elections over the last two decades, but according to the UK Minister of International Development, Desmond … Read more →
Flying the Ghana flag in UK: Meet Nayoka Oware
Add a CommentOne disadvantage of journalism or media in general is that, a practitioner is always the one telling the stories of other people without having anyone tell their story too. Another advantage is that, whilst telling the story and making people … Read more →
Sexiologist Akumaa Mama Zimbi nominated for Int’l award in UK
Add a CommentThe multiple international award-winner and cultural icon, Akumaa Mama Zimbi, known in private life as Dr Joyce Akumaa Dongotey-Padi, has once again been selected as a final nominee in the category of ‘International Humanitarian of the Year’ award organised by … Read more →
Send me to UK, murder suspect tells court
Add a CommentArthur Simpson-Kent, the boyfriend of ex-East Enders actress Sian Blake, who has been accused of murdering the actress and their two sons, has waived his extradition process before a High Court yesterday. He has voluntarily decided to subject himself … Read more →
NPP seeks UK’s support on new voters’ register
Add a CommentThe General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has held two separate meetings with two top government officials in the United Kingdom on the need for Ghana to get a new voters’ register. The two … Read more →
Deflation hits UK
Add a CommentDeflation has officially struck the UK for the first time in 55 years due to tumbling food and energy prices. The consumer prices index of inflation finally fell to -0.1 per cent in April, after threatening to turn negative for … Read more →
Difference between UK, England and Great Britain
Add a CommentThe actual name of the sovereign state we are talking about is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). The United Kingdom is made up of the countries England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The confusion of the terms … Read more →
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