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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://allafrica.com/stories/201108091133.htmlIn a statement issued on 31 July at the close of the 4th National Executive Council Meeting of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), three important points were made regarding the lackadaisical house officer posting program and the general state of emergency unpreparedness in Ghana, as well as....Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:18:00 +0200allafricaenallafrica-120aacc547adaa18e72f28c1adf918405.55856 -0.20092420110809141800http://allafrica.com/stories/201108090706.htmlAs part of its contingency plans to curtail the constant recurrence of annual floods that have adversely affected lives and destroyed properties in some parts of the north, the West Gonja District Assembly has set aside a whopping GH ¢40,000 from its supplementary budget to support the district....Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:17:00 +0200allafricaenallafrica-455331c8264c0ab3a202e36cf1bf89b35.55856 -0.20092420110809121700http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ENV-index.htmlLagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN is said to be planning a close monitoring of the clean-up of the Ogoni oil spill in Nigeria as recommended by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in its report last week, the Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday, quoting Martin Nesirky, the spokesperson to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:55:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-7309677d9645fe6a49b62e907e5c636a6.43919 3.4234820110809105500http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=215808Accra, Aug. 8, GNA - The management of Rural Urban Partnership for Africa (RUPFA), a Non-Governmental Organization, has donated second clothin= g worth GH¢600 to flood victims at Shama in the Western Region. A statement issued by RUPFA and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the donation was part....Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:07:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-4436e9970304ac79744f7ad11dd2a15e5.55856 -0.20092425.9925694251655 50.512570680162520110808080700http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/west-africa-experts-tested-on-their-disaster-response-skillsOfficials from Benin, Ghana, Mali, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal take part in simulation of severe influenza pandemicFri, 05 Aug 2011 21:13:00 +0200trustentrust-a3d2322283a31c5ebff80548d9f5b2845.55856 -0.20092414.6867 -17.45199.55038 -13.67169.65032125204032 2.339772208635059.172945 7.17992412.653 -7.9864820110805211300http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ENV-index.htmlLagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC), Mutiu Sunmonu, has described oil spills in the country's Niger Delta region as a tragedy, which the company takes very seriously. EnvironmentThu, 04 Aug 2011 19:38:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-1b2c55410190484014d418e8083d40156.43919 3.4234820110804193800http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=215407When it comes to effective governance of our nation today, it is logical and appropriate to state that our leadership is sleeping on the wheels for it is only in Ghana where illegal immigrants(Chinese nationals) are allowed to engage in illegal mining to the detriment of the country’s environment.Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:03:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-b75a8cb352ebc92f70e52f767318951d5.55856 -0.20092420110804060300http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ENV-index.htmlNew York, US (PANA) - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has developed a tool for measuring energy use and carbon dioxide emissions in homes and offices and the instrument is currently under consideration for standardization, a UN statement said on Wednesday. EnvironmentWed, 03 Aug 2011 17:15:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-7f466580f9010f8babc159c945b9ac1940.6222 -73.987820110803171500http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=215416s; says the Ghanaian voter is worried about important things The Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akomea says the politics of insults that is gradually eating into Ghana politics will make ³no political impacts² as ³the ordinary man on the streets² is worried about more essential things.Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:38:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-abb880a2de8b727be091b7ad5269c2de5.55856 -0.20092420110803053800http://news.myjoyonline.com/features/201108/70406.aspWhat is even more alarming is the fact that foreigners are reported to have joined in this illegal activity and causing havoc to our environment.Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:47:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-adc5ae45af529b13fb7c1332edd2a5e220110803024700http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ENV-index.htmlAbuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Determined to combat the adverse effect of climate change for sustainable development, food security and well being of the people, the Nigerian government has launched an automated web-based Early Warning System (EWS) which could also be used in dealing with the destructive effects of persistent flooding in the country.Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:55:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-906807390eab280104afcee22ddb6c3920110802215500http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-AGC-index.htmlBrazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Malaysian oil palm giant, Atami, is to invest 150 billion FCFA in an agro-industrial oil palm complex in Congo that will produce some 900,000 tonnes of palm oil per annum, an official of the Congolese agriculture and livestock ministry told PANA on Monday. AgricultureMon, 01 Aug 2011 23:13:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-2392bb408bc6ec181dcf69876f5c0672-4.28077 15.283720110801231300http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=215165Accra, July 31, GNA - Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Election 2012, at the weekend donated relief items to victims hit by severe flooding in some parts of the Eastern Region. The items included 150 mattresses, 300 bars of soap, 300 bags of rice, 400....Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:30:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-0a3b2577183aeacf86fe300a2a94e64520110731073000http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/70148.aspA lecturer at the University of Ghana Law School, Kwame Gyan has revealed that he prayed for the floods that caused destruction in the Eastern Region recently to come because of his frustration over the failure of government and state institutions to enforce the law to stop the pollution of the Birim river.Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:05:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-27954e5c4fac8943a9c3c5087e7291705.55856 -0.20092420110729010500http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=215077Koforidua, July 29, GNA - Dr Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi, the Eastern Regional Minister, said on Thursday that so far, a total of six persons had been confirmed dead from the recent floods that hit some parts of the region. He said a total of 12,571 persons had been displaced whereas an estimated total of....Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:30:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-49c211e137eb908e323b53a20ad6531320110729153000http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=215037By George Sydney Abugri If only all 25 million of us without any exception whatsoever were card-toting members of a political party called the NDC or NPP, and the words “dissenting opinion” did not exist, and all and sundry walked that one-track highway of thought which only bleating sheep in single....Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:25:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-374f8534329b1e61f4b75ad0971b261e-33.8916 151.24220110729062500http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214929President Mills is an accomplished academician. The man obtained his PhD at the tender age of 27 and that is an enviable record in Ghana when some Ghanaians during Mills time at that age were barely out of their "A" levels, we have to give it to him, the man is academically geniues but as a....Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:16:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-50168c6f177e7693d4e28d0839812f525.55856 -0.20092428.5687 77.216820110728061600http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/70000.aspChiefs and fetish priests of the Akyem State in the Eastern Region and its environs have performed necessary rituals to appease the god of the Birim River.Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:38:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-47d5166605c0b5a6687c9d7fb316038220110727003800http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/70047.aspThe Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II has called for the immediate arrest of illegal miners in the country. This, according to him is a pragmatic means to curb the effects of their operations.Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:18:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-b0cff3e01f76402aa4655344184939dc20110727221800http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-AGC-index.htmlNairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN Central Emergency Rapid Response Fund has released US$ 13.5 million in response to the hunger situation in Kenya, the UN office said in Nairobi Wednesday. AgricultureWed, 27 Jul 2011 18:46:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-6cf65794cecc3cacc35a040de6e8d3ba-1.28995502549729 36.868351107227720110727184600http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/70038.aspFlood victims in the Eastern Region have the ‘miracles’ of President John Mills to thank for after his prayer averted what could easily have been a national catastrophe.Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:46:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-c9da387281050ea706c6aae697980b4c20110727184600http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214852General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, aka Sir John, believes President Mills went completely off on a tangent for elaborating on his decision to purchase aircrafts for the military instead of concentrating on consoling flood victims in the....Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:11:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-b3f488a49eed7bcb525d54f5d7af111e20110727091100http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214805Adankrono (E/R), July 26, GNA – Difficulties encountered by travellers to Kade as a result of the Birim River floods had been eased with the arrival of two boats sent to the place by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). The NADMO team with soldiers from the 48 Engineers Regiment of....Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:52:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-c312f75f9158772f882a68212c7517ef20110726215200http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69961.aspFlood victims in the Volta Region could heave a huge sigh of relief after promises by the Regional Minister to ameliorate the extent of damage and suffering.Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:04:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-a508d8b72604cf77891262907cd789cf7.23731402519904 0.40653192819148920110726170400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/7451791.htmlIllegal mining should be blamed for recent floodings that killed five people in the country's Eastern Province, a senior Ghanaian official said Monday. Speaking to local press during an inspection tour to the flooded areas, Regional Minister Kwesi Appea-Kubi said illegal mining, known as "galamsey"....Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:30:00 +0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-cb480f56af0a835555d25e9ea59523d95.55856 -0.20092422.9220557043439 50.148362101375120110726073000http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214776President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday visited flood-hit areas in the Eastern Region where he sympathised with the affected persons. He commiserated with the bereaved families and affected people, and directed the National Buffer Stock Company to release 2000 bags of maize, 2000 bags of rice and....Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:47:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-b0a15473a899e6134fae972b41de1d7820110726064700http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214775Akufo Addo has projected a tough, mature, and presidential image. He has vaunted a high card of experience. He is a great and ambitious man, bursting with energy and ideas. He looks purposeful, serious, and poised to win the 2012 presidential election.Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:47:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-cae90f7a77dbdb47b3e1aa9b990bc61820110726064700http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/26/c_131009909.htmACCRA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Illegal mining should be blamed for recent floodings that killed five people in the country's Eastern Province, a senior Ghanaian official said Monday. Speaking to local press during an inspection tour to the flooded areas, Regional Minister Kwesi Appea-Kubi said illegal....Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:11:00 +0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-36319dfd8f3c524d1221d4a7e7abd9d95.55856 -0.20092422.9220557043439 50.148362101375120110726051100http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69912.aspThe Government is set to invest some $35 million from the supplementary budget into flood prevention; this is according to the Member of Parliament for Tain, Ahmed Ibrahim.Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:28:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-5a4c7f4371db31c15fdd8193faa8a8d720110726032800http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69912.aspThe Government is set to invest some $35 billion from the supplementary budget into flood prevention; this is according to the Member of Parliament for Tain, Ahmed Ibrahim.Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:55:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-6d2f3ef8fd5d1e41a54d332fc10ec65720110725215500http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-AGC-index.htmlNew York, US (PANA) - Th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Monday said emergency AgricultureMon, 25 Jul 2011 21:16:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-d03b2b2a63a9bec7d8284f97eb82505540.6222 -73.987820110725211600http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/illegal-mining-blamed-for-floods-in-ghana-cocoa-region25 Jul 2011 17:42 Source: reuters // Reuters * Authorities say illegal miners divert river course * Floods kill 5, displace 100,000 (Releads with President Mills, additional quotes) By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA, July 25 (Reuters) - Ghana President John Atta Mills pledged on Monday to fight illegal mining....Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:01:00 +0200trustentrust-e0ef9a6603dcbe404efba86c59b6f8945.55856 -0.20092420110725200100http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69886.aspPresident Atta Mills has expressed fury over the activities of illegal miners, popularly known as galamsey operators, which he blamed for aggravating the flood situation in some parts of the country.Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:53:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-de7c107f5f97060e9a03d0b4270fcecb20110725165300http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69876.aspOver 1,000 residents of Akyem Oda were rendered homeless when the Birim River overflowed its banks and flooded some 500 homes.Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:22:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-f2bb98f3d2bbe5b444bbde368aeb684d20110725152200http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/at-least-5-die-as-flood-waters-sweep-ghanas-cocoa-region25 Jul 2011 10:22 Source: reuters // Reuters ACCRA, July 25 (Reuters) - Floods have killed at least five people and displaced 100,000 around Ghana's cocoa producing Eastern region, submerging homes and destroying farms and roads, emergency officials said on Monday.Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:56:00 +0200trustentrust-c0ff1a408c6929eab294697c2f53c46220110725135600http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.htmlLagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned it may revive its suspended three-day warning strike if state and federal governments fail to implement the agreement over the payment of 18,0000 naira (US$120) national minimum wage. SocietyMon, 25 Jul 2011 10:35:00 +0200panapressenpanapress-0dc0648906006e13d32df5f2bfd84d216.43919 3.4234820110725103500http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214653Loquacious, rambunctious and sheer ambitious, these words beyond their literal effect of rhyming, in my opinion best describes the man in charge of ensuring that we have a model city (if at all that is necessary) as the whole concept is based on what others have elsewhere.Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:38:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-eb91c8a116bccf77c7ee4a465c4f046d20110725063800http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69830.aspThe NPP Presidential candidate Nana Akufo Addo is calling for immediate supply of relief items to flood victims in the Eastern Region.Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:14:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-8e83d1bd1076276e8a76c251cdad249920110724161400http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69829.aspFive people have been reported dead after the Birim River in the Eastern Region was filled beyond it boundaries for the second time in less than two weeks.Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:44:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-db3631b620e9edd1143744f6cacc4fc820110724144400http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214627ORAL VILLAGE IDEAS BY DANIEL APPIAH-ADJEI The Viral Infection Of Witchcraft Belief In Our Communities The spate at which people accuse others as witches and wizards is becoming so alarming that only last Sunday, a friend of mine said her grandmother sensing danger of being beaten and humiliated to death ran away from the house and hid in the bush.Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:18:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-ff84b9bc67ffa4c2f46fa5eb50b53e3520110724071800http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69780.aspIt is feared that hundreds of people in the Adaklu Anyigbe district are at risk of starvation after they were cut off by floods gradually taking over the area.Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:59:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-2a81b0c6dbc99aed748770c32770300e20110722175900http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69761.aspThe paramount chief of Kade in the Eastern region, Osabarima Agyare Tinadu II has warned against polluting the Birim River to avoid the wrath of God.Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:59:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-56fb62dd9fcb7203cf438307ee5df06320110722165900http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214463Accra, July 21, GNA - The Accra West Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday embarked on a tree planting Exercise at the University of Ghana, Legon, to help promote green economies. The exercise, which formed part of efforts to raise awareness on sustainable management,....Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:31:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-153d53d510738caf7b11c77d44cf920f5.55856 -0.20092420110722023100http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214411As GHS abandons Danfa health centre By Adu Koranteng There is a looming disaster in Danfa and its nearby towns due to the reluctance of the Ghana Health service to equip the only health centre there to handle medical cases. The health centre which was established and commissioned in 1970 by Dr Kofi....Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:45:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-95befec42153ed9c72950492ee96a2d75.783333 -0.16666720110721224500http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69708.aspForty-eight mud houses collapsed at Asubone Rail and Ohenakuraa in the Kwahu West Municipality following a nine-hour heavy downpour last Monday when three Rivers, Ntoriwaa, Akawronsu and Wansabiampa around the communities overflowed their banks.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:48:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-f73142e05c3b1764fac7ebed8f4d6ec84.80615404188975 6.507714688270920110721164800http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69709.aspMore people have been rendered homeless in the Atiwa district of the Eastern Region following an overnight rain.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:48:00 +0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-920a9612c8e33a6165a862722ff91f5620110721164800http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214373Kwabeng, July 21, GNA - Three people were discovered dead, one each at Akrofufu, Muoso and Ankaase in flood waters in the Atiwa District. One person was reported missing and more than 25,000 displaced as a result of the flood that hit Anyinam and other communities in the District on Monday.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:59:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-de18f563cca548c0744f25eac6e655a220110721155900http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214324This security brief forms part of the regular quarterly security briefs that WANEP-Ghana issues, as a direct consequence of its Conflict and Human Security National Early Warning System, GhanaWarn. This quarter’s brief highlights three main issues that pose security threats to the national populations.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:25:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-38ec7eda98ddb0df79bb47b4249b9fcc20110721082500http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214316Authorities in Burkina Faso are planning to re-open the spillways of the Bagre Dam, which is feared could cause serious flood in the three northern regions. Residents around the area have been warned that the region could experience another month of destruction of properties like farm produce and even claim lives.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:40:00 +0200ghanawebenghanaweb-5bf061aa2701b8306ec7e3cee5854a9012.364 -1.5282620110721074000