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Water shortage hits parts of Accra

An acute water shortage has hit parts of Accra, with residents bracing through thick shoving crowds, queues and sacrificing their sleep and comfort to...

Amissah-Arthur’s final journey in 100 PHOTOS

The mortal remains of late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur has been lowered at the newly built Military Cemetery at Tse Addo in...

PHOTOS: Amissah-Arthur’s casket as it is paraded through the streets of Accra

The casket containing the mortal remains of late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has been marched through some principal streets of Accra before making...

FULL TEXT: Matilda Amissah-Arthur’s tribute to her late husband

Matilda Amissah-Arthur, wife of late former Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, gave an emotional and unusual tribute to her late husband during a state funeral...

Our father was our ‘superhero’ – Amissah-Arthur’s children

Former Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur’s children, Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur and Araba Amissah-Arthur, have described their late father as the “superhero” they will miss forever. In...

VIDEO: Amissah Arthur’s final resting place

Watch a report from our correspondent at the burial site of the late Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.

Amissah-Arthur’s funeral: Photos of all the dignitaries present

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and other dignitaries were at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) to file past the remains of former Vice-President, Kwesi...

How Matilda met Amissah-Arthur and missed her lecture

Tribute book on the late Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has revealed how he met his love of life, Matilda Borsah, beginning a lifelong journey of love...

LIVE-STREAMING: Final funeral rites for Amissah Arthur underway

The remains of late Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur will finally be laid to rest today, Friday, at the Military Cemetery at Burma...

PHOTOS: Woyome also pays his last respect to Amissah-Arthur

Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome joined a large segment of Ghanaians who bid farewell to late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur at the Accra...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Parliamentarians pay their last respect to Amissah-Arthur

Members of Ghana's parliament took their turn to pay their last respects to late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur who was laid in state...

PHOTOS: NDC supporters bid Amissah-Arthur farewell

A number of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) thronged the forecourt of the Accra International Conference Centre to bid farewell to late...

VIDEO: Truck runs into traders along Ashaiman Market road

Information reaching Joy News indicates that a truck carrying cement blocks has run into traders along the Ashaiman Market road in Accra. A video cited...

PHOTOS: Ghana will miss unifier Amissah-Arthur – Prof Joshua Alabi

Flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Joshua Alabi, has described the demise of the late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur...

SHS Double-Track System: Enough of the NDC, NPP politics – Opuni Frimpong

Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has advised the two main political parties, the New Patriotic Party...

I tried to prevent Amissah-Arthur from doing politics – Family member

A member of late former vice president, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur's family has disclosed that she tried to prevent him from venturing into politics. Speaking to Joy...

PHOTOS: Akua Donkor mourns Amissah Arthur

Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFC), Madam Akua Donkor was among a tall list of people who thronged the Accra International Conference Centre...

PHOTOS: NDC gurus who paid last respect to Amissah-Arthur on Thursday

Lots of National Democratic Congress (NDC) were part of the tall list of politicians who paid their last respect to the late Vice President,...

Amissah-Arthur refused special seat allocated him in church even as Veep – Methodist Bishop

Diocesan Bishop of Accra, Rt. Rev. Samuel K. Osabutey says the demise of late Vice  President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is a big loss to...

PHOTOS: Asiedu Nketia weeps as he pays last respect to Amissah-Arthur

The soft side of tough-talking General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, came to bare when he couldn't hold...

ALL THE PHOTOS: Amissah-Arthur laid in state at AICC

The funeral rites for the late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has commenced today at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). Family members, friends...

VIDEO: Moree residents request statue of Amissah Arthur

Residents of Moree in the Central Region, the hometown of Ghana's late former vice president, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has requested that a monument is...

Small Scale Miners call for Sir John, Wontumi’s arrests

Concerned Small Scale Miners Union of Ghana (CSSMUG) has called for the immediate arrest of the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo...

Drinking palm wine poses health risk – Professor Frimpong Boateng

The Minister of Science, Technology, Environment and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, has cautioned those who drink palm wine of a possible health risk...

Mahama bids Amissah-Arthur farewell

Former president John Dramani Mahama has bid final farewell to his vice, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as the late former late vice-president is laid in state...

Amissah Arthur begins final journey home today

The funeral and state burial ceremony for former Vice President Papa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur will begin Thursday morning at the foyer of the Accra...

Know the closed roads for Amissah-Arthur’s funeral in Accra

The Accra Regional Police Command has announced that some roads around the Osu Cemetery and its environs will be closed temporarily for the funeral...

PHOTOS: All set for Amissah Arthur’s funeral

Arrangements for the final burial and funeral rites for Ghana's former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah Arthur are far advanced. The late Veep will...

World Vision invest US$380,000 to improve shea butter business in Upper East Region

World Vision Ghana has pumped some US$380,000 into helping women in the Garu and Tempane District to boost their shea butter business. The money has...

Shocking! 39,000 pupils sit on the floor to study in the Upper East Region

Some 39,000 pupils in kindergarten and primary schools in the Garu and Tempane Districts of the Upper East Region do not have desks to...

N/R: Free SHS beneficiaries sing Nana Addo’s praise

The first batch of beneficiaries of the Free SHS policy has commended the President for his foresight and the implementation of the policy. A representative...

Photos from Asomdwe Park: My father is irreplaceable – Sam Kofi Mills

Six years after the death of his father, Sam Kofi Mills, son of late President John Evans Atta Mills, says the vacuum created by...

Man killed after falling tree crashed him on a cocoa farm in Suhum

A 57-year-old man at Apona Apono, a suburb of Suhum met his untimely death, when a log he was felling in a cocoa farm...

Water shortage: GWCL deploys 30 tankers to Adabraka

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it has deployed 30 water tankers to Adabraka, a suburb of Accra to address the intermittent supply...

Bimbilla: More than 1,600 students share one toilet with town folks

Increasing pressure on existing infrastructure at the Senior High School (SHS) level has left more than 1,600 students of the Bimbilla Senior High School in...

VIDEO: I swept ‘Asomdwee Park’ ahead of my dad’s anniversary – Mills’ son

A son of the late President of Ghana, Sam Kofi Atta Mills, has said he swept his father graveyard ahead of his sixth-anniversary celebration. According...

Scrutiny of my work will make me better – Anas

Ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has welcomed the scrutiny of his undercover investigations, saying, “It is a way to guarantee my work stands...

VIDEO: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints donates wheelchairs to disabled people

The humanitarian arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, LDS Charities, has donated wheelchairs to disabled people in Accra. The wheelchairs are...

KUMACA “85-year group cuts sod for Kumasi academy borehole project (video)

A sod cutting ceremony has been performed for the construction of a Mechanised Borehole for Kumasi Academy SHS at Asokore Mampong. The project which is...