http://www.modernghana.com/ Visit Modern Ghana News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. Modern Ghana News provides trusted Ghana news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Mon, 20 May 2013 16:45:58 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 5/20/2013 4:45:58 PM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 A Summit to take a look at the Sustainable Development Goals and Africa beyond 2015 is scheduled to take place in Texas in the United States of America in August this year. The summit, dubbed: 2nd African Local Summit 2013 which is being organized by a Ghanaian NGO, Elizka Relief Foundation is themed: Sustainable Development Goals and Africa bey ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463855/1/summit-on-sustainable-development-goals-comes-off-.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463855/1/summit-on-sustainable-development-goals-comes-off-.html Wed, 15 May 2013 09:50:20 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XG1kZ19sb2dvX3dlX2Nhbi5qcGd8MTUw http://www.modernghana.com/news/463855/1/summit-on-sustainable-development-goals-comes-off-.html A Coalition for Justice in Liberia CJL two days symposium geared toward training staffers on how to unearth and report gross human rights abuses, including war related massacres taking place around the world, ended here last week with both participants and facilitators pledging to work together in order to end a culture of impunity by perpetrat ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463269/1/cjl-human-rights-symposium-ends-in-brooklyn.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463269/1/cjl-human-rights-symposium-ends-in-brooklyn.html Sat, 11 May 2013 23:46:09 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XHR4bzBzZmU2NWxfY29hbGl0aW9uZm9yanVzdGljZWlubGliZXJpYS5qcGd8MTUw http://www.modernghana.com/news/463269/1/cjl-human-rights-symposium-ends-in-brooklyn.html A few years ago, I led a delegation of clergy and lay persons to a meeting at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. After I was introduced to speak, two well educated ladies walked up to me and asked, where is Tennessee?. I couldnt believe it. I was shocked, bewildered, baffled and amused at the same time. I responded to their q ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463182/1/nashvilletennessee-a-dynamic-city-on-the-move.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463182/1/nashvilletennessee-a-dynamic-city-on-the-move.html Fri, 10 May 2013 21:44:19 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGhtYzVnc3IxMXlfbmFzaHZpbGxlX3RuLmpwZ3wxNTA= http://www.modernghana.com/news/463182/1/nashvilletennessee-a-dynamic-city-on-the-move.html On Saturday May 18, 2013, Nashvilles Friends of Haiti will sponsor the annual Health and Happy Fest. The event is a fundraiser for the Haiti Medical Clinic Project. The project organizes regular medical missions to the rural and needy areas of Haiti. Some of the activities at the event will include multicultural displays, free health scree ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/462286/1/african-caribbean-institute-to-participate-in-hait.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/462286/1/african-caribbean-institute-to-participate-in-hait.html Mon, 06 May 2013 16:53:54 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XHdicmU3Mmd0dDVfZHJfbGVvbmFyZF9tYWR1LmpwZ3wxNTA= http://www.modernghana.com/news/462286/1/african-caribbean-institute-to-participate-in-hait.html The Special Advisor to President Obama on Islamic Affairs, Mr. Rashad Hussein has commended the National Chief Imam, His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu and the entire leadership of the Ghanaian Muslim sects for living in peace and harmony, in spite of their diverse ideological opinions.He stated that, what excites the U.S. government ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/461389/1/obamas-advisor-interacts-with-ghanas-national-chie.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/461389/1/obamas-advisor-interacts-with-ghanas-national-chie.html Wed, 01 May 2013 12:39:35 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XHlldWc4M2p3djZfMjAxMzA0MjZfMTMxNzA1LmpwZWd8MTUw http://www.modernghana.com/news/461389/1/obamas-advisor-interacts-with-ghanas-national-chie.html Information reaching NPP-USA is that the sector Minister for Health, Ms Sherry Ayittey will sign an agreement with the Cuban government to import doctors from that country to stand in for striking Ghanaian public sector doctors. It is our fervent hope that the news is a hoax, or only a ploy to nudge the doctors towards a decision to return to w ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/461388/1/npp-usa-tackles-ndc-government-on-doctors-from-cub.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/461388/1/npp-usa-tackles-ndc-government-on-doctors-from-cub.html Wed, 01 May 2013 12:32:50 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGYzYm0xNnBkYzhfZHJzX2F0X3dvcmsuanBnfDE1MA== http://www.modernghana.com/news/461388/1/npp-usa-tackles-ndc-government-on-doctors-from-cub.html