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The Ghana COCOBOD Anti-illegal Mining Taskforce has conducted a successful operation leading to the arrest of two leaders of a group of illegal miners at Atobrakrom in the Antoa district of the Ashanti Region over the weekend. During the operations, excavators and other mining equipment were also confiscated by the …

The Forestry Commission of Ghana, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development (WABiLED) Program, organized a learning exchange workshop and field visit with Côte d’Ivoire’s Permanent Executive Secretariat for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (SEP-REDD+). The event …

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is gearing up to start regulating the frequency with which telcos adjust their tariffs in the country, and this is specifically because of the emergence of MTN Ghana as a significant market power (SMP). Traditionally, NCA does not regulate tariffs, but it has been compelled …

In response to mounting concerns from power consumers across the country, Samuel Mahama, the managing director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), addressed speculations of a possible return to the era of power rationing, commonly referred to as dumsor. During an appearance on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday, …

The Ministry of Finance has revealed that Ghana is likely to lose US$3.8 billion in World Bank Financing over the next five to six years if President Nana Akufo-Addo assents to the LGBTQ+ bill passed by Parliament. According to the Ministry, for this year (2024) Ghana will lose US$600 million …

The University of Cape Coast is set to welcome the 2020 running mate of the National Democratic Congress, Professor Naana Jane-Opoku Agyemang, as guest speaker in an event scheduled to mark International Women’s Day. Scheduled for March 5, 2024, at the School of Graduate Studies auditorium at 10 am, the …

Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev. Dr. Eric Adu-Gyamfi has said that the council serves as a mediator, thus, remains impartial on the anti-LGBTQI+ bill and its related concerns. According to the chairman of the Peace Council, the council has not taken a stance on the controversial LGBTQI+ bill …

Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam, is delighted with the recent approval of the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, his spokesperson has disclosed. After nearly three years of discussion, Parliament passed the anti-LGBTQ+ bill on February 28, 2024. The bill mandates a prison sentence of up to three years for …

Waste Management Company, Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., in partnership with Graphic Communications Group, has embarked on a clean-up exercise to clean the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua ahead of the Independence Day Celebrations. The clean-up, named the “Cleanest Region Campaign Model Clean-up Exercise,” is part of Zoomlion and Graphic Communications’ collaboration activities …

Deputy Minister of Railway Development, Kwaku Asante-Boateng says he is not surprised that Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is kicking against the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. He has revealed that CDD and other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) receive donations from these non-binary and pansexual people, hence the unrelenting effort to stop President …