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Ghana will, tomorrow, assume the presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for a month.As President of the council, Ghana will hold a high-level debate on ‘Threats to International Peace and Security’ on November 10, 2022, to be chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The debate will be …

The Leadership of the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have congratulated the Acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, on his appointment. The National President of TEWU, Mr. Ambrose Kwadjodza, who announced this on behalf of the leadership also pledged to work with the …

An Accra High Court has ordered Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni and three others to pay a fine of GHC 2,400 each after finding them guilty of contempt of court. Manasseh and the three in default will serve one month imprisonment each, for publication of issues yet to be determined …

Rev. Mrs. Patricia Akpene Tegbe-Agbo, the Public Relations Manager of the Global Evangelical Church, has advised women who detect lumps in their breasts to seek early medical attention to avoid complications should they be cancerous. She said the situation where some women after being diagnosed with breast cancer refused to …

Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist and critic of president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reacted to calls for Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to be replaced. Manasseh posted two tweets on October 25, hours after it emerged that a number of governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, lawmakers had called a …

Amer El-Alawi, the Emirati Ambassador to Ghana has dismissed a report that the United Arab Emirates had imposed a visa ban on Ghanaians and nationals of other African countries seeking entry into Dubai. It was reported earlier this week in local media that the Gulf State had banned entry for …

Reverend Dr Joyce Aryee, a member of the Board of Trustees for the National Cathedral project, says she is hopeful the country’s current economic crisis will not affect donations for the construction of the project. Speaking at a news conference in Accra to announce the establishment of a call centre …

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has stressed the need for Africa to consider developing petroleum infrastructure networks across Africa if the continent is to address fuel distribution challenges and also aims to end energy poverty by 2030. According to him, ending fuel poverty …

The investments of farmers at Mmofra, a cocoa growing community in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region, are going to waste due to the deplorable nature of the roads linking the town to the nearest market centre. The situation had made it impossible for farmers to transport their …

Two former presidential aspirants and a private legal practitioner have called for a national consultative dialogue to find lasting solutions to the country’s economic challenges. The Government, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, have attributed Ghana’s economic hardship mainly to the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the …