Kumasi

Kumasi /kuːˈmɑːsi/ (historically spelled Kumase or Coomassie) Kumasi Metropolis, is a metropolis in Ghana and is the capital city of Ashanti situated on the semi-island exclave Ashantiland.Ashanti is centered around the Ashanti capital city Kumasi – also spelled Kumasi metropolis. The immediate territory surrounding the Ashanti capital Kumasi metropolis is called Ashanti. Kumasi is situated 30 kilometers north-east of a Crater Lake the Lake Bosumtwi, in a rain forest region, and is the industrial commercial area and financial center of Ashanti and the Ashanti Kingdom as well as Ashantiland. Kumasi metropolis is situated west and south of Lake Volta, a large artificial reservoir completed in 1965, and north of the Crater Lake Lake Bosumtwi situated within Ashanti and approximately 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator and 200 kilometres (100 mi) north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi metropolis is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants. Kumasi metropolis is also called Oseikrom in the Ashanti language (Ashanti Twi) the official language and major first language of Kumasi metropolis along with the English language.

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I'm Innocent; Remove My Name From Wanted List - Suspect Pleads With Police After Mum Collapses

Peace FM Online 21 Feb 2019
The Ashanti Region Police Command has declared twelve (12) suspects wanted for the shooting and killing of a man at the office of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kumasi last Monday. In an interview with Peace FM News, acting Public Relations Officer for the Ashanti ......
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Akufo-Addo's 2019 State Of The Nation Address (FULL STATEMENT)

Peace FM Online 21 Feb 2019
The most exciting news on the housing landscape, though, is the drafting of plans to regenerate Nima, which holds the dubious title of being Accra’s first slum ... The Eastern Regional Theatre has been completed, and work is currently ongoing towards the construction of the Kumasi theatre....
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Full Text: President Akufo-Addo's SONA 2019

Joy Online 21 Feb 2019
The most exciting news on the housing landscape, though, is the drafting of plans to regenerate Nima, which holds the dubious title of being Accra’s first slum ... The Eastern Regional Theatre has been completed, and work is currently ongoing towards the construction of the Kumasi theatre....
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I Foresee “Danger” In 2020 . . . Police Must Stop All Vigilante Groups Now! ...

Peace FM Online 19 Feb 2019
His comment comes after one person was shot dead while another is serious injuries and on admission at a health facility in Kumasi following an attack by gunmen at NDC’s party’s head office in Kumasi ... Kumasi at the regional office of the National Democratic Congress....
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Ashanti Regional Peace Council Condemns Kumasi Shooting Incidence

Peace FM Online 19 Feb 2019
A statement signed by Right Reverend Christopher Nyarko Andam, its Chairman and copied the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi on Tuesday, called on the law enforcement agencies to expedite action and deal professionally with such unexpected occurrences ... ....
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Committee probing KNUST disturbances to be inaugurated on Thursday

Ghana Business News 13 Feb 2019
A statement from the University Relations Office (URO) and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Kumasi, said the event will be held at the KNUST Council Chamber with tight security ... The protest, according to the student body, was in response to what they described as orchestrated and systematic maltreatment meted out to them by the authorities....
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Man, 30 Shot In The Head By Suspected Armed Robbers

Peace FM Online 08 Feb 2019
Bas is currently receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. Chief Superintendent of police Richard Kumekor, the Ejura District Commander confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi on Friday ... Region, to Kumasi....
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CPC to organize chocolate fair to mark St. Valentine’s Day in Kumasi

Ghana Business News 06 Feb 2019
Mr Augustine Apom, Ashanti Regional Marketing Officer, told the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi, that the company has enough chocolate products to meet the demands of consumers on the Valentine Day celebrations, which has been christened “Chocolate Day” by the Ministry of Tourism....
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Security Council gives Kejetia traders ultimatum to vacate streets

Ghana Business News 31 Jan 2019
Simon Osei-Mensah, the Regional Minister and Chairman of the Council, told a News conference in Kumasi ... Some traders taking advantage of the project virtually took over arterial roads linking the facility, and all efforts by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to get them relocated had been fruitless....
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PHOTO ESSAY: Powerful Zeitz MOCAA exhibition depicts an Africa in which colonisation never happened

Independent online (SA) 31 Jan 2019
Armand Hough / African News Agency (ANA) The Zeitz MOCAA Museum of Contemporary Art's Still Here Tomorrow To High Five You Yesterday highlights the a futuristic utopia can look from a African point of view ... Armand Hough/African News Agency (ANA) ... Armand Hough / African News Agency (ANA) ... Armand Hough / African News Agency (ANA) Picture....
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The Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has launched its maiden awards. The awards, which are opened to all journalists including non-GJA members, is scheduled for May this year in Kumasi.

Graphic 29 Jan 2019
The awards, which are opened to all journalists including non-GJA members, is scheduled for May this year in Kumasi ... They comprise the Ashanti Regional Manager of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mrs Elizabeth Kankam Boadu; the Ashanti Regional Editor of the Chronicle, Mr Sebastian Freku and News Editor of Multimedia Kumasi, Mr Saaed Ali Yakub....
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No Major Road Rehabilitation Works In Kumasi Since 1996?

Peace FM Online 22 Jan 2019
The Minister for Roads and Highways says the ‘Greater Kumasi Town ... This news is expected to be welcomed by residents of Kumasi who haven’t seen any major road rehabilitation work since 1996 resulting in a significant portion of the paved network deteriorating....
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Police Rescues 6-Month Old Baby From Suspected Kidnapper

Peace FM Online 20 Jan 2019
The boy’s mother, Abena Kubura, who lives at a slum called Kwame Antwi Lorry Station near Racecourse in Kumasi, told Citi News she was devastated when she could not tell the whereabouts of her son ... I am so happy now that he has been found ... The residents, who spoke to Citi News expressed excitement when they saw the child. ....

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