*Five families pull brakes on project
There is looming trouble over the reactivation of the defunct Aveyime Rice Project as five families, whose lands were compulsory acquired by the State through an Executive Instrument (EI. 15) of 1977 for the project, are heading to the law court to halt the new owners, Messrs Prairie Texas Inc, from developing the site.

ACCRA , 3 August 2007 (IRIN) - Ghana is undergoing it worst power crisis since 1998. People here currently have an average of only 12 hours of electricity a day, and, with insufficient rain to keep its hydropower stations functioning, the situation is likely to deteriorate, affecting individual livelihoods and the economy as a whole.

Cape Coast, Aug. 1, GNA- Pilgrims made up of mainly Africans in the Diaspora, on Tuesday night, held a 'reverential' ceremony in memory of the former slave ancestors at the Cape Coast Castle to herald the declaration of Emancipation day, at Assin Manso on Wednesday.