The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has stated that the growing global call for reparatory justice is centred on healing and restoring dignity, not financial gain.
Addressing members of the diplomatic corps in A…
The Oti Regional Secretariat of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), will honour 25 outstanding workers during this year’s May Day celebration scheduled for Friday, May 1, at Kadjebi.
Mr Joseph Atango, the…
The Ghana Water Ltd (GWL) has explained that the intermittent water shortages experienced by residents in Tema and Accra East regions were due to unstable power supply to the Kpong Water Treatment Plant and the influx of aquatic weeds.
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A new Child Health and Safety Organisation (CHSO) has been launched to tackle the burden of preventable injuries among Ghanaian children through education and awareness.
The organisation seeks to champion a deliberate shift from react…
Ghana’s economic recovery is showing renewed momentum with growing signs of restored investor confidence, the Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana, Shaima Hussein, has said.
She sa…
The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has urged African countries to prioritise value addition to shea to unlock its full economic potential.
She said although global demand for shea continued to rise, particularly …
Ghana has introduced a National Compendium of Child Labour Indicators to standardise measurement, reporting and monitoring of child labour across sectors.
The initiative is intended to strengthen evidence?based policy and interventions …
The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition says power generation at the Akosombo Dam is steadily improving, with engineers working to fully restore all remaining units following recent disruptions to the national grid.
Spokesperson…
A member of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) Board and Deputy Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr. Kwabena Otoo, has called for urgent regulatory reforms to bring order to Ghana’s water production …
The Tema Presbytery of the Global Evangelical Church has called on the government to accelerate critical road projects and expand irrigation infrastructure along the Volta Lake to support national development.
The appeal was made duri…
Inflation across emerging market and developing economies, including Ghana, is expected to rise in 2026, driven largely by higher global energy prices and supply disruptions, according to the latest Commodity Markets Outlook released b…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that occurred last Saturday in several localities in the Republic of Mali.
“These heinous acts demonstrate once again the barbaric nat…
On the occasion of MASA 2026, held from April 11 to 18 in Abidjan, MIR Holding (https://MIRHolding.odoo.com) reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the growth of African creative industries by partnering with ORUN as part of the Innov…
The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria has cautioned Ghanaian nationals to exercise heightened vigilance following an ongoing protest in the Central Business District (CBD) of Johannesburg.
The demonstration, reportedly driven by conce…
The Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Mr Richard Gyan-Mensah, has set out a three-stage plan to restore stable electricity supply, indicating that full relief from the current outages may not be achieved until December 202…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Wesley Girls’ High School seeking to strike out a suit challenging the constitutionality of some of its religious directives, clearing the way for the substantive case to proceed.
The …
A civil society organisation has raised alarm over a legal challenge before the Supreme Court which it says could undermine the independence of Ghana’s anti-corruption architecture, particularly the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP)…
As heat intensifies across Nigeria, a new cohort of ventures is developing solutions to protect crops, reduce food spoilage and livestock losses, and equip hospitals and outdoor workers to anticipate and withstand extreme conditions.
BF…
The upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) 2026 conference - The Most Influential Mining Conference in Africa - will center host a high-level U.S. - Africa Roundtable, designed to connect African regulators and project developers direc…
Millions of girls in Africa are still at risk of child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) despite bans in most countries. A new report by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) (w…
The Ministry of Works and Housing has pledged to take decisive action against developers illegally reclaiming wetlands and constructing buildings on waterways, as part of efforts to curb perennial flooding.
Sector Minister, Kenneth …
A professor in International Education and Development, Professor Kwame Akyeampong, has called for a fundamental shift in how the country addresses its learning crisis.
He argued that the problem was rooted in social injustice and une…
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) and three other partners have developed a community health engagement model that encourages individuals, especially those living with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, to take c…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has announced the 2026 Marine Fisheries Closed Season, introducing a major policy shift that exempts canoe fishers from the annual exercise aimed at replenishing Ghana’s declining fis…
The Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has underscored the need to complete the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal to improve revenue generation for the country and project partner…
Ghana is set to receive $10.5 million for qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Minister for Sports and Recreation Kofi Adams has disclosed.
He said the amount will be paid by FIFA to support the participation of the Ghana national …
GHANA will require more than GH¢19 billion to restore its degraded forest lands, the Board Chairman of the Forest Plantation Development Fund (FPDF), Professor Martin Oteng Ababio, has said.
He explained that it would cost between GH¢…
The Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has encouraged young women to rise above limitations and strive for excellence in their academic pursuits.
“I urge you to believe in your potential and surpass expectations. I w…
The Former Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, has called for a redesign of Ghana’s educational system to equip graduates with the ability to critically and ethically interrogate digital info…
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Water and Sanitation, John Oti Bless, has assured Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) of increased advocacy for resources to enhance their capacity to deliver esse…
The Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) has backed government’s crackdown on the proliferation of billboards across Accra, describing the move as long overdue.
Executive Director of the Association, Isaac Cudjoe,…
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has reaffirmed the church’s right to speak on national moral and social issues, including illegal mining [galamsey], insisting that such interventions are grounded in its spiritual mandate than part…
The Ministry of the Interior has imposed an immediate ban on the use of motorbikes in Binduri Township and surrounding areas in the Upper East Region, following an attack on a Ghana Armed Forces convoy that left three civilians dead.
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The government has commenced a process to formally engage qualified investors for the establishment of a new national airline, the Ministry of Transport has announced.
In a press release issued on April 28, the Ministry stated that th…
Ghana has rejected a bilateral health deal with the United States, citing "unhealthy concerns" about terms requiring the sharing of sensitive health data with American counterparts.
A highly placed source with knowledge about the subj…
Africa's digital media industry must move beyond an overreliance on traffic metrics and embrace trust, credibility, and influence as the new drivers of performance in an increasingly AI-shaped ecosystem, according to insights from the laun…
Medcare Royal Speciality Hospital (MRSH) in Dubai has become the world’s first hospital outside the USA, to offer a newly licensed intrathecal gene therapy - Itvisma, to adult patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). This one-time trea…
Emirates’ (www.Emirates.com) flagship A380, long celebrated as one of aviation’s most iconic aircraft, is set to reach new heights as the first installation of next-generation Starlink Wi-Fi onboard has just been completed.
The Emir…
Over one thousand stakeholders from across government, finance, development, and the private sector are set to convene in Nairobi for the Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably (FINAS) 2026 Summit, seeking to drive a dialogue to unlock su…
In a new Child Alert report titled Darfur: 20 Years On, Children Under Threat, UN children’s agency UNICEF warns that while the horrors of 2005 are repeating, the scale of need is now far greater, and international attention is dangero…
At the Spanish Congress of Deputies, EAACI President María José Torres backed a joint manifesto with AEPNAA, SEAIC, and SEICAP, calling for urgent action on school protocols, staff training, and access to life-saving adrenaline
Chil…
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition levels remain alarmingly high and deeply entrenched, with crises increasingly concentrated in a core group of countries, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026, released tod…
As the world grapples with achieving sustainable economic growth, China is successfully using technology to boost people's livelihoods while also preserving the environment.
In this episode of the Art of Governance, CGTN's Liu Xin is jo…
As global leaders, eco-feminists, policymakers, and activists descend in Melbourne, Australia for the upcoming Women Deliver 2026 Conference to device ways of advancing gender equality, yet beneath the modern skyline and polished conferen…
As an Approved Education Provider for the IFRS Foundation’s FSA® Credential, Impact Africa Consulting Limited (www.ImpactingAfrica.com) brings to market, a preparation course for the credential that trains financial professionals t…
Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org), a pan-African nonpartisan survey network operating in more than 40 countries, and the Government of the Republic of Ghana have formalised an agreement establishing the network’s headquarters i…
To mark World Malaria Day, observed on April 25 under the theme “Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must.”, Benin hosted a series of high-level activities from April 24 to 26, bringing together policymakers, technical and fi…
The Royal African Society (https://RoyalAfricanSociety.org) is pleased to announce the co-option of four distinguished leaders to its Council: Ifrah Hassan Ibrahim, James Benoit, John Butt, and Tammy Brophy. Their appointments furt…
The Governing Council of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is pushing for a public-private sector initiative to help mobilise adequate resources to address the pressing needs of the service, including the welfare and working conditions…
Stakeholders within the gender sector have been urged to move beyond awareness creation and take concrete actions to address domestic violence in communities across the country.
The call was made at a stakeholder dialogue on domestic …
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