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Regarded as a third-world continent, Africa remains one of the most underdeveloped out of the seven blocks of global divisions. However over the past few decades, several African countries have strived to achieve accelerated growth through various policy pursuits. But for its recent economic downturn, Ghana was regarded as the …

The Black Galaxies started their 2022 Africa Nations Championship on a losing note after a shocking defeat to debutants Madagascar in Group C. Sloppy defending from Augustine Randolf saw Ghana concede at either side of half time before second half substitute Augustine Agyapong pulled one back for the Black Galaxies …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sacked another Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Development Authority. Mr Stephen Yir-engu Engmen was given his marching orders in a letter dated 21 December 2022. A letter signed by the Chief of Staff, Ms Frema Osei-Opare, said Mr Yir-engu Engmen is expected to comprehensively …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Henry Kwabena Kokofu, has advised the public not to rubbish the government’s Debt Exchange Programme. The government in December last year announced an amendment to the initial Domestic Debt Exchange programme (DDEP), under which individual bondholders are asked to …

Footage has emerged on social media about the tragic final seconds of former Zambia international footballer, Philemon Mulala who died earlier in January, 2023 after he was attacked by his pet dogs . The former Zambian international footballer aged 60 was declared dead on the scene on Saturday, January 7, …

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia will on Tuesday, January 17 open the 74th Annual New Year School and Conference (ANYSC) at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. The three-day programme is on the theme: “Positioning the African Market for Sustainable Economic Development through the African Continental Free Trade …

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for a 12-day trip that will see him visit Abu Dhabi and London. The president left Accra on Saturday, January 14, 2023, and is expected back in Ghana on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. The president is expected to be in the capital …

An early morning fire has gutted several shops, a restaurant, and corn and fufu mill in Hohoe. The fire believed to have started at about 0430 hours on Sunday, destroyed goods running into thousands of cedis. Master Dzayon Joshua, an eyewitness, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that at about …

Gunmen burned a Catholic priest to death and shot and injured his colleague in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, the latest violence raising concerns about security ahead of an election next month. Nigerians will vote for a new president on Feb. 25 but kidnappings for ransom and killings by …