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African Star Actor launches website & Rolls Out 2012 Photo Calendar!

… 20% of Proceeds To Benefit Selected Charities – Majid Michel’s management team, the ErawocBrosGroup announced the launching of Ghanaian lead actor and multiple award winner, Majid Michel’s official website. www.majidmichelonline.com. This is a comprehensive website that provides on-going information with all the tools necessary to assist Majid in his endeavors. Majid needed a website that reflects his tireless commitment to quality, delivering useful content to his fans and the industry. The website provides a place where people can get information, interact with Majid, submit scripts, read articles, book him, view updates of his movies, watch trailers, purchase any of his movies, browse through pictures and videos in... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Thursday, December 22nd 2011 | Read Comments

Ayew has been named the BBC’S African Footballer of the year for 2011

By Peterking Quaye – BBC has announced Ghana and Marseille winger Andre “Dede” Ayew as the BBC’s African Footballer of the Year for 2011. The 21-year-old took over a third of the votes to follow in the footsteps of his father, Abedi “Pele” Ayew, who won the inaugural BBC award in 1991. He will be honoured as BBC African Footballer of the Year 2011 in a short ceremony ahead of Marseille’s home game against Lorient on Saturday, on his 22nd birthday. At international level, Ayew has also played a key role in ensuring that the Black Stars qualified for the... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Monday, December 19th 2011 | Read Comments

Liberia: Will LISCR FC upset Ghana’s champion – Berekum Chelsea?

By Peterking Quaye, Monrovia, Liberia – Ghanaian champions Berekum Chelsea have drawn Liberian side LISCR of next year’s CAF Champions League preliminary round qualifier. The Liberian team has not been in top form as they lost the 2011 President’s Cup some few days ago to LPRC –Oiler, after they started the tournament with an impressive score line. The question on the lips of many Liberian is will LISCR FC upset the Ghanaian Champions? Berekum Chelsea has also lost form after been piped by Kotoko in the Ghanaian premier league some few days ago. Whilst back in Liberia, the league has... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Monday, December 19th 2011 | Read Comments

T-PAIN will be spending Christmas in Ghana

By Peterking Quaye – Its official, US hiphop and R&B superstar, T-Pain will be spending Christmas in Ghana as the much-anticipated “T-Pain Live in Ghana” concert will now be held on December 24, instead of the earlier announced date. According to a statement released by event organizers, 233Connect, due to the huge response the show has attracted so far in Ghana, both parties have agreed that the show should be moved to December 24, meaning T-Pain would spend Christmas day – the following day – in Ghana. Currently one of the hottest acts in the United States and beyond, T-Pain’s... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Thursday, December 15th 2011 | Read Comments

Ghana: Closure of the Bububuram Refugee Camp- June 2012?

By Peterking Quaye – Liberian refugees living in Ghana will lose their status by June next year. The decision which is being implemented by the international community will cut aid supplies to the refugees. It could also see the closure of the Bububuram refugee camp. Programs Coordinator for the Ghana Refugee Board, Tetteh Padi, told a Shout-Africa.com source that the refugees will be forced to integrate if the deadline elapses. The first 95 Liberian refugees arrived in Ghana in 1990 but the number swelled up to 42,000 in 2004 according to a report by the United Nations High Commission for... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Thursday, December 15th 2011 | Read Comments