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USA Government Masters/PhD Degrees Deadline: varies, Feb-Oct 2018 Study in:  USA Course starts AY 2019-2020 Brief description: The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals and artists from abroad to study and conduct research in the United States at U.S. universities or other academic institutions. Host Institution(s): USA Universities and Academic Institutions Field(s) of study: Fulbright encourages applications from all fields, including interdisciplinary ones. Number of Awards: Approximately 4,000 foreign students receive Fulbright scholarships each year. Target group: International students from 155 countries around the world Scholarship value/duration: Generally, the grant funds tuition, airfare, a living stipend, and health insurance, etc. The Fulbright program provides funding for the duration of the study. See the official website and country specific websites for the complete list of scholarship be...

Source: starrfmonline.com   Controversial dancehall musician Shatta Wale has for the first time, since they broke off, commended his former manager Bulldog for his role in securing a location for the video shoot of his new song. Shatta who was spotted dressed like a cowboy at a location in Texas in the United States said he was grateful to his record label Zylofon for the efforts they are making in his career. “Shout out to Zylofon, to all my people in Zylofon and the team working to make this happen. Thank you enough to Bulldog, you guys have been supportive; we’ve been here, I like the location,” he said in a video posted on Facebook. Shatta Wale and Bulldog went separate ways in 2015 after working together for three years. “Bulldog has not worked effectively as a manager and I wanted to sack him. I had already written a letter which I was going to put out there and they knew about it but they have written first to...

Parliament on Friday night, March 23, 2018, approved the controversial Ghana-US defence cooperation agreement which seeks to provide the United States access into the country to camp its military forces. The approval was done by only Majority Members of Parliament because the Minority staged a walkout during the debate on the Floor of the House. It appears the House was bent on getting the agreement through before it rises for recess. “This House adopts the report from the joint committee on defense and interior,” the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye said after the approval. Prior to staging the walkout, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, spoke for close to 17 minutes giving a litany of reasons why they believe the agreement should not be ratified by Parliament. Cabinet approves MoU Ghana’s Cabinet had agreed to provide the US’ military troop a place near the Kotoka International Airport, and also give them unhindered access to some key installa...

The concerned residents of Atiwa in the East Akim Municipality in the Eastern Region, who begun a 95-km walk from the Atiwa Forest Range to the Flagstaff House to put pressure on the government to rescind its decision to use the country’s largest forest reserve for bauxite mining have arrived in Accra. Numbering about 70, they arrived in Accra Thursday morning after six days of walk which, began last Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Sagyimase, a community located at the foot of the Atiwa Forest Range. The protestors carried placards, some of which read: ‘Water is the most precious element in the world', 'Rich or poor, everyone needs water'; 'Save Atiwa Forest now'; 'Save water it doesn't grow on trees'; 'Save water bodies Mr President'; 'When you save water, it saves you’, ‘No Atiwa Forest, no Ayensu’ and ‘EPA, protect our water bodies’. The protest is being supported by A. Rocha Ghana, a civil society organisation. Already, they ...

It has emerged that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) while in power in 2016 doled out US$12 million to the Charlotte Osei-led Electoral Commission (EC) as a ‘thank you’ money.  An audio purportedly confirming the allegation also said, Kufuor’s government did same, before the 2004 elections, although our  sources failed to mention the exact amount the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)  at that time gave to the EC Commissioners. “But I hear before the elections, normally whichever government is in power, not necessarily before elections, it can even be before elections, they come and say thank you, Kufuor did it, small, normally it is not much. “So this one, you know NDC people they are more generous when it comes to that, as for NPP people they are mean when it comes to that”, one of the female Commissioners of the EC was reported to have said this in a leaked audio.   According to the said leaked audio, the money was given to  t...

About Australia Awards Scholarships Australia Awards Scholarships are long term development awards administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. They aim to contribute to the long term development needs of Australia's partner countries in line with bilateral and regional agreements. They provide opportunities for people from developing countries, particularly those countries located in the Indo-Pacific region, to undertake full time undergraduate or postgraduate study at participating Australian universities and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions. The study and research opportunities provided by Australia Awards Scholarships develop skills and knowledge of individuals to drive change and contribute to the development outcomes of their own country. Awards benefits The Awards are offered for the minimum period necessary for the individual to complete the academic program specified by the Australian higher education institution, including any...

Ask some Africans what they think of President Donald Trump and they just shake their heads. That sense of indifference appears to have deepened after Trump fired his secretary of state at the end of Rex Tillerson's first Africa tour last week. Tillerson's visit was widely seen as a Trump peace offering after the uproar over his reported vulgar remarks about African nations and his administration's neglect of the world's second most populous continent. The former secretary of state had been seen as a restraining influence on Trump and had clashed with the president over several foreign policy matters. Now many Africans are tamping down their expectations of Trump even more. The U.S. president has rarely spoken about any priorities for a continent where many of its 50-plus nations have long relied on U.S. support for everything from health care to security. Tillerson's trip to Africa, including to the headquarters of the continent-wide African Union, had been w...