May 2012

The Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (GNACSA) on Tuesday called for global efforts to combat the manufacturing of cluster bombs, which are deadly and undermine development. Mr Jones Applerh, Executive Secretary of…

Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has expressed concern about the poverty situation in the Northern Savannah Regions of the country. He said the Northern Savannah Regions of Ghana had the highest incidence of poverty with…

Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years in jail by a UN-backed war crimes court. Last month Taylor was found guilty of aiding and abetting rebels in Sierra Leone during the 1991-2002 civil war. The…

More than 300 people from all walks of life took advantage of a medical outreach organised on AU Day, Friday, May 25, 2012, to receive free screening, diagnoses, counselling and treatment for various ailments and medical conditions. The…

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command on Tuesday detailed policemen to beef up security at the doctors’ flats of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. A policeman has been attached to each of the two flats in addition to the hospital’s security…

Twenty three inmates of the Ankaful Prisons were  registered in the biometric voters’ registration exercise for prisoners, on Tuesday. Eleven inmates were registered at the Ankaful Main prison whilst twelve were registered at the prison…

Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings from the fisheries sector in 2011 increased significantly by 53 per cent, though the sector recorded a negative growth rate of negative 8.7 per cent over the same period. Foreign exchange earnings rose…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has encouraged the government of Ghana to accelerate the ongoing public payroll audit and discontinue payments to those not eligible, as quickly as possible. It further urged an elimination of costly…

World soccer governing body, the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has appointed Senegalese referee Diatta Badara to handle Friday’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Ghana's Black Stars against the crocodiles of…

Principal of the Methodist University College in Accra, Rev. Prof. Samuel K.Agyepong has charged educational institutions to make discipline their hallmark in the quest to ensure academic excellence to spearhead the nation’s development.…