The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged the government to bring healthcare coverage closer to the people, revealing that 106 districts across the country have no access to health facilities within one hour of travel time. While an assessment of travel time and facility readiness across regions showed that 93 per cent of Ghanaians can […]
Agricultural Extension Agents and other value chain actors from the northern part of the country have undergone training to equip them with enriched knowledge and skills in post-harvest management practices to reduce food loss. The participants were drawn from the North Gonja, North East Gonja and Central Gonja Districts in the Savannah Region, Bongo, and […]
Professor Sandow Mark Yidana, Provost, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana (UG), Legon, is advocating joint research and cross-continental projects to strengthen Africa’s status in planetary and space science. “I see a bright horizon for planetary and space science in Africa,” he said, and drew attention to the growing collaboration among African […]
A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and the son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail following a two-day trial. On Tuesday night, Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement and corruption after a trial that began a day earlier in their absence. They were […]
Ethiopia edged Nigeria to emerge as the host country for the 2027 climate summit. The east African country also hosted this year’s Africa Climate Summit in September. Dubbed the “Africa COP”, the summit is expected to center Africa’s role in advancing climate justice and solutions. African countries, which are disproportionately affected by climate change despite […]
Ghana has signed a bilateral debt agreement with Germany, marking the sixth such agreement under the country’s ongoing debt restructuring programme. The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, who signed the agreement on behalf of the government in Accra yesterday, described the pact as a significant milestone in Ghana’s economic recovery journey. He added […]
Ghana’s Asante king has welcomed the return of 130 gold and bronze artefacts from the UK and South Africa some of which were looted during colonial times and others bought on the open market. The items included royal regalia, drums and ceremonial gold weights, dating back to the 1870s – and reveal the cultural role […]
General Assimi Goita, the head of Mali’s military junta, spoke for the first time on Monday about the country’s fuel crisis. The crisis stems from a jihadi group’s blockade of fuel tankers entering the landlocked West African nation. “During the escort of the fuel tanker convoy, people are dying; there are ambushes on the roads […]
Uganda-born Zohran Mamdani won a resounding victory on Tuesday to become New York City’s next mayor. It caps the Democrat’s stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country. The democratic socialist, who spent some of his formative years in South Africa, will be […]
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The historic visit, the first of its kind, was to strengthen the relationship between Germany and the Asanteman. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, was said to have been centered […]
