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Kenya: Hundreds of lives saved as an innovative bead necklace helps diagnose pneumonia among children

An innovative bead necklace is revolutionising the detection and treatment of pneumonia for children living in remote areas of Kenya, saving nearly 200 lives...

Sege-Electrochem feud: Chief sends SoS message to gov’t

The chief of Toflokpo in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra region, Nene Mayilo Dadebom II, has urged the government to take...

Akosombo Dam spillage: No decision yet on victims resettlement – Energy Ministry

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh says no decision has been taken yet on resettling victims of floods caused by the spillage of the...

El Niño: Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) updated Anticipatory Action and Response Plan urgently requires $160 million to support over 4.8 million people through...

Amid the looming threat of El Niño expected to severely affect millions of people, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

MultiChoice to air the prestigious Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony on screens across Africa

The MultiChoice Group (www.MultiChoice.com), an official African media broadcast partner for The Earthshot Prize, will once again air the prestigious competition’s third annual awards...

Voluntary Turkish Healthcare Team is Healing Uganda

A voluntary Turkish healthcare team, formed by expert doctors, nurses, and anesthesia technicians, performed free examinations and operations in Uganda. In cooperation with Turkish Cooperation...

Phakamisa Sustainability and Innovation Summit advances healthcare resilience in South Africa

In a boost to South Africa’s healthcare resilience, the first Phakamisa Sustainability and Innovation Summit has paved the way for more effective, efficient, and...

Saudi Fund for Development and Africa Finance Corporation partner to drive sustainable Development in Africa

Parallel financing planned in strategic sectors; Memorandum of understanding signed today at the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference to expand SFD’s $10.7 billion of development support in...

Zimbabwe: Supporting the cholera outbreak response amid an increase in cases

“I started vomiting in the wee hours of one Monday morning and never suspected that it was cholera,” says 31-year-old Winfilda Shonhai from Buhera...

Singer dies after being bitten by a spider in his home

Darlyn Morais, a Brazilian singer, passed away on Monday due to complications following a spider bite to the face. After being bitten by the...

La youth to construct General hospital if…

The Coalition of La Youth Association have outlined plans to mobilise resources for the re-construction of the La General Hospital. This comes after the...

Man jailed 1 year for stealing ECG copper cables

Geofery Obuobi, unemployed, has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing copper cables valued at GH¢7,550, belonging to the Electricity Company of...

Video News Release: The 2023 Africa Investment Forum Welcomes Rugby Africa President to Discuss the Business of Sport

Watch the video Today Herbert Mensah, the newly elected President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental governing body for rugby in Africa, will discuss the...

Mercy Ships Recognised for Outstanding Advocacy Campaign on access to Surgical and anesthetic care and education across the surgical ecosystem in Africa

The pressing need for vastly improved access to surgical care across Africa has been amplified by an international health charity campaign that picked up...

Headmaster in custody for allegedly sodomizing student

The headmaster of a basic school at Kpogunor in the Lower Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region has been remanded for sodomizing a...

PK Amoabeng Scholars Programme inaugurated

In fulfilment of a burning desire to create and grow transformational leaders to help change the fortunes of the African continent, the first cohort...

KsTU first-year students mould coal pots to transform campus sustainability

In what the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) describes as "a remarkable display of ingenuity and collaboration", first-year engineering students at the university have showcased...

 About 500 mineral exploration projects underway

Investors are currently undertaking about 500 mineral exploration projects in the country, mainly targeted at gold, lithium, copper and cobalt.   The Minister of Lands and...

2 in court for selling fake ECG metres

Two persons have been charged and put before a Circuit Court in Accra for selling unauthorised Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) metres to unsuspecting...

Zoomlion fumigates 9,000 homes at Mepe

Waste management company, Zoomlion, has fumigated more than 9,000 homes in the Mepe area as of Wednesday. The exercise is part of a vector...

Africa needs bold Innovative Initiatives to Unleash the Full Potential of the Continent—King Mohammed VI of Morocco

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI opened the 2023 Africa Investment Forum Market Days on Wednesday with a call for Africans to work together to attract the...

Task force to protect local producers launched

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has joined forces with the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to establish a market surveillance task force to safeguard...

Namibia, China launch paired hospital cooperation mechanism

The governments of Namibia and China on Wednesday launched the China-Namibia paired hospital cooperation mechanism at Walvis Bay Hospital, in the port town of...

Joy News’ Ivy Setordjie wins ‘Inclusive and Anti-conflict Journalism’ award

Joy News' Ivy Setordjie has won the Inclusive and Anti-Conflict Journalism Award for the Television category at the CSIR-STEPRI Conference Hall in Accra. Ivy...

Impose stiffer punishment for attacks on media personnel – Minister to judiciary

The Ministry of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has appealed to the judiciary to consider stiffer punishment for persons who attack media houses and journalists...

NHIS can cover renal services – Dr Okoe Boye

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe Boye has suggested measures the government can adopt to reduce...

I am willing to buy, complete Saglemi Housing Project – CEO

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Afro-Arab Group of Companies, Salamu Amadu has expressed interest in the controversial Saglemi Housing Project and has...

Toflokpo residents call for probe into Electrochem shooting incident

Residents of Toflokpo in the Ada West District, are appealing to the government to take action against the management of Electrochem Ghana Limited over...

Man found dead in his room at Dabiasem

A young man believed to be in his early 30s, Yaw Christopher popularly called Chris has been found dead in his room at Dabiasem,...

Court fines Charles Bissue in case against OSP

The Human Rights Court has fined former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue GH¢500 in his case against the...

WHO donates to victims of Akosombo Dam floods

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated eight tons of vital medical supplies worth $65,000 to the Ministry of Health to support communities and...

Group advocates for increased taxes on tobacco, alcohol

In an effort to address the critical issue of tobacco and alcohol consumption and their associated health risks, the Vision for Alternative Development-Ghana (VALD)...

Education Minister speaks on success of play-based learning

Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has touted that the play-based learning in kindergarten is making a great impact in the nation’s education...

Releasing GH₵2.86m for Akosombo Dam spillage victims an insult – Ablakwa

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has criticised the government for releasing just GH₵2.86 million into the Volta River Resettlement Fund. According...

World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance pass the mid-point of the global 10-year strategy to eliminate...

Following devastating outbreaks in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2016 that saw exportation of cases to China, the EYE Strategy  –  a...

Jurors abandon criminal cases again over unpaid allowances

https://youtu.be/32P_yE0cH-k Jurors in the Upper West region have for the second time in three months stayed away from the courts in protest against delays in...

GIMPA gets first female GRASAG President

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) chapter of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG-GIMPA) has sworn in Judith Sitsope Apetorgbor...

Parliament advocates for safety of journalists

Parliament is advocating for the safety and protection of journalists to allow them discharge their duties without fear or favour. The House has stated...

Truck carrying iron rods destroys NYA office wall at Oforikrom

A truck transporting building materials from Tema to Burkina Faso overturned at Oforikrom in the Ashanti Region in the early hours of Wednesday, November...