2017

The European Union (EU), and Christian Aid, a UK based non-governmental organisation, has launched a €946,000 project dubbed Growing Economic Opportunities for Sustainable Development (GEOP), at a ceremony in Accra. GEOP seeks to foster…

The Child Rights International (CRI), a non-governmental Organisation has called on the government to make its Social Protection (SP), interventions known in the handling and the stoppage of ‘galamsey’ activities in the country. The…

Government is determined to address the housing deficit through forging stronger investor partnerships to provide affordable housing units to meet the demands of Ghanaians, Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, the Minister of Works and Housing, has…

The Forestry Commission says it is reviewing and strengthening its permit regime to effectively regulate the exploitation of Rosewood harvesting in line with the agreement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species…

Rainstorm has hit some parts of Bawku and its environs displacing about 850 people and destroying homes and other public property estimated to cost about Gh¢500,000. The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), in the Bawku…

Ghana and Togo have resolved to deepen co-operation as well as strengthen the ties of friendship that exist between them. Both countries have agreed to co-operate in the sectors of security, immigration, agriculture and water, health,…

The Coalition of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Civil Society Organisations (SADA-CSOs), have appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to make groundnut farming part of his ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ Initiatives.…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says global food commodity prices fell in April 2017 in the middle of expectations of ongoing robust supplies of many key staples. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 168 points in April, a 1.8…

Prior to the discovery of oil, Ghana was one of the stars of the ‘Africa rising’ story, with an established track record of macroeconomic stability and fiscal discipline. When oil was discovered, there were great hopes that Ghana would…

The Assistant Commissioner of Fire (ACF) James Owusu-Agyei, the acting Brong-Ahafo Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), says the Service has introduced rapid response teams to rescue accident victims. …