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Police arrest four suspected drug peddlers, seize firearm and suspected narcotics in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four suspected drug peddlers and recovered a locally manufactured firearm, suspected narcotic substances and cash during an intelligence-led...

Bawumia urges government to declare state of emergency if more rains are coming

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the government to declare a state of emergency if forecasts of heavier rainfall materialise. He says the...

Government to demolish buildings on six Accra wetlands to curb flooding

The government has revealed plans to demolish structures encroaching on six wetlands in Accra as part of a comprehensive strategy to tackle perennial flooding...

U.S. Embassy in Ghana announces online auction of vehicles, government property

The United States Embassy in Accra has announced an online auction of excess U.S. government property and vehicles, inviting members of the public to...

More rains expected this evening as GMet warns of thunderstorms across Southern Ghana

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned that more rainfall and thunderstorms are expected across parts of southern Ghana on Tuesday evening, urging the...

KMA issues final notice to traders with unauthorised structures ahead of demolition exercise

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has issued a final notice to all individuals and traders with unauthorised temporary structures around the Baba Yara Sports...

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to limit U.S. birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s contentious attempt to limit citizenship at birth for those born on U.S. soil, delivering a...

Advocacy groups file complaint against Ghana over Trump deportations

Advocacy groups have filed a complaint against Ghana at West Africa’s top human rights court, accusing the country of helping the United States deport people to...

ECG restores power to most parts of Greater Accra, low-lying areas remain cut off

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has stated that power supply has largely been restored to customers across Greater Accra following emergency outages caused...

Gabby Otchere-Darko warns South Africa over anti-migrant crackdown

The events surrounding South Africa's self-imposed June 30 deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country represent one of the most extraordinary chapters...

Highest rainfall since 1995 recorded in June 2026 — Muntaka

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has revealed that Ghana experienced its highest monthly rainfall on record in June 2026, which contributed...

GHS warns of rising cholera, typhoid risk after flooding

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued a public health alert following intense flooding in parts of the Greater Accra Region, warning of an...

Volta Region: Kpetoe bridge submerged

Floods caused by heavy and intermittent rains on Monday have submerged the Kpetoe bridge on the Ho-Denu highway. As of the early hours of Tuesday,...

GARID coordinator admits delayed contractor payment slowed projects

The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project says delays in releasing payments to contractors have at times stalled engineering works under the...

Central Region floods: 58 houses collapsed, 18 people killed – Interior Minister

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has disclosed that 18 people lost their lives while 58 houses collapsed in the Central Region following...

US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender women in female school and college sports

The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can ban transgender women from competing in female school and college sports. The court considered cases from...

Thousands of anti-migrant protesters march in South Africa amid heavy police presence

Thousands of people are marching in South Africa's main cities to demand that all undocumented migrants leave the country. Police officers – backed by private...

Floods: 12 dead, 7 missing, 7,761 households affected — Interior Minister tells Parliament

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has disclosed that Monday's devastating floods have affected 7,761 households, claimed 12 lives and left seven people...

Poultry farmer appeals for help after floods wipe out nearly entire flock

A poultry farmer at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region has appealed to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and other government agencies for...

Health Minister tours flood-hit communities as government releases GH¢300m for relief

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has led a delegation to some of the communities worst affected by Monday's floods, including Circle and...

Accra Mayor visits flood-hit communities to assess sanitation challenges

The Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has visited several flood-affected communities across the metropolis to assess the impact of recent heavy rains, interact...

Daily street cleaning now the responsibility of MMDAs, not Zoomlion – Government Affairs Manager

Government Affairs Manager of Zoomlion, Ernest Morgan Acquah, has stated that Zoomlion is no longer responsible for the daily cleaning of streets across the...

Accra floods: NADMO confirms 10 death as rescue operations continue

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has confirmed that 10 people have died so far in the Greater Accra Region following the devastating floods...

Floods reflect sanitation failures, not just heavy rains – Climate Ambassador

A National Ambassador of the Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council (UNACCC), Michael Agoe Quayenor, has called for urgent reforms in Ghana's...

EPA CEO visits Samreboi over recent galamsey-induced flooding

The Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, is leading a high-powered delegation to Samreboi in the...

‘We didn’t sleep’ — Muntaka responds to criticism over Accra floods

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, has defended government’s handling of Monday’s devastating floods, insisting that senior state officials, including President John Dramani...

Stop sharing rice and mattresses, focus on flood prevention – Adomako Kissi to NADMO

Former Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom, Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi, has urged the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to shift its focus from the...

Mahama mourns flood victims, assures support for affected communities

President John Dramani Mahama has extended his condolences to families who lost loved ones and those affected by Monday's devastating floods, describing the disaster...

Why Tse Addo was among the worst-hit areas during Accra’s Monday floods

Floodwaters from Monday’s downpour submerged parts of Accra, leaving residents stranded and motorists abandoning their vehicles. Several lives and properties were lost, with some people...

Hydrological Authority urges communities to report illegal activities to prevent flooding

The Ghana Hydrological Authority is calling on communities across the country to play a more active role in preventing floods by reporting illegal developments...

Heavy security deployed in South Africa ahead of anti-migrant protests

Police officers have been deployed across South Africa because of fears that anti-immigration protests could turn violent as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged those planning...

Bond market: Turnover declines by 71% to GH¢1.56bn

The secondary market activity softened during the week, with turnover declining by 71.11% week-on-week to GH¢1.56 billion. Trading remained concentrated in the belly of the...

I was shocked with the level of support – Larry Dogbey says after bail

Managing Editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Dogbey, has expressed deep appreciation to colleagues, friends, family, and the general public for the overwhelming support...

Asutifi North MP, NHIA step up fight against illegal charges on NHIS subscribers

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North, Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, has joined forces with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to intensify efforts to...

Plastic sellers give GNFS 3-day ultimatum to submit report on Odawna market fire

The Plastic Sellers Association at the Odawna Rubber Market has given the Ghana National Fire Service a three-day ultimatum to submit its investigation report...

Nkwanta South labour unions give government 30-day ultimatum to end conflict

Thirty-eight organised labour unions, professional associations, and worker groups in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region have issued a 30-day ultimatum to...

NADMO begins registration of Odawna rubber market fire victims

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has begun the registration of victims affected by the recent fire at the Odawna Rubber Market in Accra. According...

Leaning electricity pole at Berekum Small Roundabout raises safety concerns

A dangerously leaning electricity pole at the Berekum Small Roundabout has become a major safety concern for motorists, passengers, traders, and pedestrians who use...

Ghana High Commission urges nationals in South Africa to stay indoors over anti-immigrant protests

The High Commission of Ghana in South Africa has advised Ghanaian nationals to remain indoors and suspend business activities on Tuesday, June 30, as...

About 500 displaced as floods submerge houses in Volta region

About 500 people have been displaced following floods caused by heavy and intermittent rains on Monday, which also submerged the Kpetoe bridge on the...