Accra (Greater Accra) 12 September 2001 - Foreign airlines operating in Ghana on Tuesday suspended checking in US bound passengers following the closure of all American airports as a result of terrorist attacks on the two major cities of New York and Washington D.C.
Esi Annor Sackey, Country Manager of British Airways said the airline was suspending flights to the US indefinitely following the incident.
"We had to stop checking-in our passengers to US via London. Our head office in London is monitoring the situation on the ground and will advice us on what to do."
An official of the Swiss Air said the airline has put flights to the US on hold and advised passengers to the US via Zurich accordingly.
Ghana Airways, which flies direct from Accra to New York, had earlier announced a suspension of operations to the US.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 12 September 2001 - Dr Paul A. Acquah, Deputy Director, Africa Department of the International Monetary Fund is the new Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
He takes over from Dr Kwabena Dufour, who ends his tenure at the end of September, a Government statement said in Accra on Tuesday.
The statement said President John Agyekum Kufuor made the appointment in consultation with the Council of State.
Dr Acquah holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Ghana, Legon, a Masters Degree in Economics from Yale University and a Doctorate Degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Economics.
He worked with the IMF for 25 years and prior to this new appointment, had been with the UN.
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