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1. Photos + videos: Police, soldiers on alert as thickening 'March for Justice' protestors approach Jubilee House

Hundreds of security personnel deployed to maintain law and order at the March for Justice demonstration were on high alert as protestors hit the streets. The crowd of protesters started sparsely at the Accra Mall, the starting point, but subsequent images from the march showed a thickening crowd of agitated youth determined to send a strong message to the Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration at the Jubilee House.

2. US embassy warns citizens in Ghana to be cautious over 'March for Justice' demo

The US mission in Ghana warned its citizens in the country to move with caution over possible outcomes of the March for Justice demonstrations today.  In a press statement on its website, the US Embassy in Ghana said told citizens to be wary of the large crowd and disruption of traffic that the demonstration is likely to occasion.

3. Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger lands in Ghana for visit 

Antonio Rudiger has become the latest Chelsea player to touch down in Ghana for a visit after Callum Hudson-Odoi. The German defender on Monday arrived in the West African country in the company of former Chelsea and Black Stars coach Avram Grant.

4. Blow by blow account of how a patient died from medical negligence at 37 Military Hospital

Forty-eight-year-old Solomon Asare-Kumah’s oxygen tube was inserted wrongly at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. It went under his skin so that the oxygen gas went through his body tissues, instead of the respiratory system.

5 August 4 #FixTheCountry demo to push for ‘New Constitution for New Generation’

Among the many things that organisers of the #FixTheCountry demonstration will be pushing for when they hit the streets on August 4 is a new Constitution. “A New Constitution that serves all our citizens equitably; limits the growing executive power and punishes the abuse of authority more concretely. A New Constitution for a New Generation,” the pressure group stated in a statement issued on Monday, July 5, 2021.

6. Short story: 'The Fishman' by Amba Mpoke-Bigg

This short story by Amba Mpoke-Bigg, a strategic communications expert, recounts a brief but moving encounter with a fish seller.

 

7 Sam George fumes at deployment of soldiers for ‘March for Justice’ demo

MP for Ningo Prampram, Sam George has raised concerns with military deployment for the NDC's 'March for Justice' demonstration.

8 iEPA won’t negatively affect AfCFTA prospects – EU Ambassador

Head of the European Union Mission to Ghana, Ambassador Diana Acconcia, has debunked assertions that the coming into force of the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Ghana will undermine the purpose of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), saying, the country’s trade pact with Europe will rather boost the capacity of the manufacturing sector to produce for the continent.

 

9 Opinion: 'Avoiding Wa, Ejura' by Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng

The utterly absurd story last week of soldiers on a rampage in Wa, the Upper West regional capital, in response to an alleged theft of a mobile phone belonging to one of them evoked terrible memories as a child when I witnessed some of the excesses by military personnel in the wake of both the June 4 and 31st December coups.

 

10 GFA slaps Emmanuel Gyamfi with one-match ban, fined GHC1000

The GFA Disciplinary Committee has announced summary decisions on two misconduct cases involving Coach of Asante Kotoko and Player Emmanuel Gyamfi.