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South Africa: This is how much Pentecost Church Deacon’s kidnappers demanded

It has emerged that the gunmen who abducted a Deacon of the Ghanaian Pentecost Church in South Africa, were after a ransom. The Church...

Fire tender involved in accident; six personnel injured

An accident involving a fire tender of the Agona Fire Station in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti region, has left six personnel...

I nearly died – NSMQ mistress

Quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Prof Elsie Kaufmann, has opened up about how she almost lost her life. This, according...

Man accused of shooting galamsey taskforce commander denied bail

The Osino District Court in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region has rejected a bail application submitted by lawyers representing Abel Nti...

Illegal miner dies in ‘galamsey’ pit

A 28-year-old illegal miner has, reportedly, lost his life after a deep pit, in which he was mining suddenly caved in on him. The...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio meets Dr Isatou Touray as Envoy of the Uniting to Combat Tropical Diseases, talks about Country’s efforts at...

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received Dr Isatou Touray, former Vice President of The Gambia and Envoy of the Uniting to...

Korle-Bu’s renal unit to open on this date

Following a meeting held on Friday, the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has unanimously agreed that the outpatient department of the Renal Dialysis Unit will be...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II donates new trophy to NSMQ; to be outdoored in 2024

The National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will receive a major facelift with the outdooring of a coveted trophy in 2024. The new trophy was...

Gambia: Bridge over dangerous waters builds resilience and improves access to healthcare

In rural Gambia, young mother Sarata Ceesay, no longer has to wade through water where crocodiles like to gather to attend her ante-natal checks...

Akosombo dam spillage: NADMO partners UN to examine level of contamination in affected areas

A carefully constituted team of experts from the UN Inter-Agency Working Group is expected to arrive in Mepe, in the North Tongu District of...

Garu: National Security to release 8 detained persons

The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has told Parliament that the National Security Ministry will in the coming days release all eight persons arrested...

Mahama Ayariga petitions World Bank, IMF

Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP) Mahama Ayariga, has petitioned the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), not to extend any support...

Court will not countenance undue delays; Quayson to be tried in absentia if… 

The judge presiding over the case in which Member of Parliament for Assin-North, James Gyakye Quayson is facing criminal charges has said it would...

British Airways react to claims of moving all Heathrow-Accra-Heathrow flights to Gatwick

British Airways has assured that there are no plans to move all Accra-Heathrow-Accra flights to Gatwick. According to the Airline, there are rather plans to...

Eritrea: Meeting on ensuring health service provision

A meeting on global health law and guaranteeing public health service provision was organized by the Ministry of Health branch in the Southern Red...

Eritrea: Endeavor to cultivate voluntary blood donation

Dr. Samson Abay, a pediatrician at Mendefera Referral Hospital, emphasized the need to raise the number of voluntary blood donors and urged the public...

Kenya: Engaging Local Perspective in Shaping the 2024/25 Budget and Beyond

In a significant stride toward inclusive governance, the Government has initiated the collection of citizen views and priorities for the 2024/2025 budget and the...

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...