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Kenya: Building a Strong Health Workforce for Universal Health Coverage

The Government is dedicated to building a strong Human Resources for Health (HRH) as a fundamental pillar of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Principal Secretary State Department...

Striking jurors return to duty as allowances settled

The jurors who abandoned their duties since October 30, 2023, over unpaid allowances have returned to duty post after their grievances have been settled...

Nkwanta South violence: MP appeals to factions to surrender arms

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkwanta South, Geoffrey Kini, has appealed for calm following the recent disturbance in the area. According to him, it...

Court to take Afoko’s plead on murder for 3rd time

Gregory Afoko, the farmer who is alleged to have played a role leading to the death of New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman,...

World Health Organization (WHO) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) collaborate to support the fight against antimicrobial resistance in Ghana

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Ghana have signed an agreement to pilot a new project that will...

Apologise for “singing and dancing” comment – ATWAG to NSMQ mistress 

The Arts and Tourism Writers Association of Ghana (ATWAG) is requesting for an unqualified apology from the mistress for the National Science and Math...

Lake Bosomtwe drying up – UNER Scientists

The resilience of Lake Bosomtwe, the biggest natural lake in West Africa, is seriously threatened as a result of climate change and other human...

Africa’s polio certification commission calls for increased action in 2024 to rebuild immunity and end polio

The Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication (ARCC) has advised Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, together with health partners, to urgently...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Climate Action: Technology Mechanism supports transformational climate solutions

Artificial intelligence (AI) can make substantial contributions to climate-resilient and low-emissions development. UN Climate Change’s Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action (#AI4ClimateAction) explores...

Remittance Fintech App Minit Money Launches Money Sending to Zambia

Blockchain remittance app Minit Money (www.MinitMoney.com) announced today that it has opened its first Southern Africa remittance corridor, enabling Zambians living in South Africa...

It is an abomination to lay claim to your wife’s property – Lawyer argues

The Director of the Ghana School of Law says under the customary laws of Ghana, a man cannot lay claim to his wife’s self-acquired...

United States (U.S.) Ambassador Launches Two New United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Projects on Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (Worth $90 Million)

Today Ervin Massinga, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, and Ambassador Asfaw Dingamo, the State Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation from the Ministry of Water...

Popular crypto king found guilty of fraud, faces 115 years in prison

Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty on all seven counts related to fraud and money laundering. He is the co-founder and former CEO of...

Global Security Leader Forcepoint Secures Double Cybersecurity Award Win and Honors Partner Engineers at GITEX Global 2023

Global security leader Forcepoint (www.Forcepoint.com), the world’s largest privately owned cybersecurity company, secured two prestigious awards in the lead-up to, and during, GITEX Global...

Police Hospital undertakes mass burial of 140 bodies Nov 22

A total of 140 unidentified and unclaimed bodies are set for mass burial by the Ghana Police Hospital, in Accra. The exercise, which is expect­ed...

Scrap dealers vandalise, steal ECG switchgears

Fifteen switchgears installed in various com­munities by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Accra, have been vandalised and its parts stolen. According to the...

LEAP programme loses GH¢15.8m over wrongful payments, overspending – Auditor General

Payment to unqualified persons, in­cluding the deceased and overspend­ing under the Livelihood Empower­ment against Poverty (LEAP) Programme cost the country about GH¢15.8 million between...

Washing bay attendant dies while washing truck at Abirem

A washing bay attendant in his 30s died while cleaning a truck at Abirem Newtown in the Ashanti region. The deceased, identified as only Nuhu,...

Ghana, UK govts working to address issues impeding trade and exports – Owusu-Ankomah

Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, Papa Owusu-Ankomah, has revealed the ongoing efforts to enhance and fortify the...

AstraZeneca equips Kenyatta National Hospital with a state-of-the-art prostate cancer diagnostic machine

In a significant boost to prostate cancer diagnosis in Kenya, AstraZeneca (www.AstraZeneca.com) announced the donation of a cutting-edge ultrasound biopsy machine to Kenyatta National...

Police Director enstooled queenmother

The Director of the Counselling Unit of the Ghana Police Service, Dr Phyllis Tebuah Osei, has been enstooled queen mother for Amonukuma Ekroful in...

Chief warns Ablekuma MCE over encroachment on Ebenezer SHS land

The Chief and elders of Mpoase have called on the government to call the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ablekuma, George Cyril Bray, to...

Nkrumah Park revenue shoots up from GH¢3,000 to GH¢1.1 million monthly

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park now generates GH¢1.1 million a month following its rehabilitation. Prior to the rehabilitation, the park was generating GH¢3,000 on the...

Agenda 111 project: Sod cut for Adentan Municipal Hospital

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has cut the sod for the construction of a 100-bed district hospital at the Adentan Municipality in Accra.  The hospital...

Hogbetsotso Za: High Court dismisses motion challenging Plaintiffs’ capacity

The Sogakofe High Court has set aside a motion challenging the capacity of some Anlo natives who are in court seeking accountability of proceeds...

Korle Bu Renal Dialysis Unit still closed despite Health Minister’s directive

The Korle Bu Renal Dialysis Unit remains closed to outpatients despite a directive from the Ministry of Health for it to be opened immediately. Sources...

United States (U.S.) Joins Youth for Premiere of You Only Live Once (YOLO) Season 7

YOLO is back to educate and entertain! On October 27, 2023, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, joined fans, influencers, celebrities, and...

United States (U.S.) Launches New Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Strategy in Ghana

On October 27, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Virginia Palmer, joined Ghana’s Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Dr. Freda Prempeh, for the launch of...

Second person to receive pig’s heart dies two months after surgery

Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure....

Israel-Palestine conflict: Foreign Affairs Ministry gives update on Ghanaians

The Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Mavis Nkansah Boadu has assured that "no Ghanaian citizen is currently caught up in the attack" in the Israel...

Dialysis crisis: We see death everyday – Kidney disease patient

Conversations of members of the Renal Patients Association have changed from "when is your next dialysis date?" to "who will be the next to...

Opuni’s counsel denied request for trial judge to discontinue case 

An Accra High Court has denied a request by counsel for Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni for the trial judge to discontinue the case due...

Landlady fakes tenant’s death to collect rent and unpaid bills from his family

In a rather bizarre incident which unfolded in Zimbabwe, a landlady conspired with her tenant identified as Kenny Tore, 49 to fake his death. Kenny...

Akosombo dam spillage: 90-year-old victim collapses at Agbetikpo camp

This timely intervention of residents displaced by the spillage of the Akosombo dam in the Volta region save the life of a 90-year-old woman. According...

Health Minister directs Korle-Bu to reopen Dialysis Unit

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has directed the management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to immediately reopen the Renal Dialysis Unit for outpatient...

Bring back contractors to site immediately or face our wrath – Kumasi central market traders warn

Traders at Kumasi Central market affected by phase 2 of the Kejetia Redevelopment Project have prevailed on the government to resume work on stalled projects in the city immediately. Traders say they won't...

The 25th annual conference of the health sector began

This year's health sector annual conference is being held under the theme "Strong Health Financing for Sustainable Health Development". The guest of honor of the...

Policewoman who recorded herself ‘chilling’ with inmates apologises

Eunice Dede, a policewoman who was lampooned for recording and sharing a video of herself with inmates while on duty, has issued an unreserved...

Nkwanta clashes: Oti Regional Minister calls for peace

Oti Regional Minister, Joshua Makubu has called for peace and unity among various factions in the region, emphasizing the vital role these factors play...

Transformer thieves in Volta region jailed 5 years

The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced two of the three suspects who were arrested by the Volta Regional Police Command for attempting to steal...