April 2021

Sixty-six women died in 2020 due to abortion related complications, the Ghana Health Service has revealed. More than 54,000 cases of abortion, out of which 25,866 cases were classified as spontaneous abortions, were recorded in the…

World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have issued interim guidance on reducing public health risks associated with the sale of live wild mammals in…

The year-on-year inflation rate for March 2021 was unchanged at 10.3 percent. The month-on-month inflation between February 2021 and March 2021 was 0.2 percent. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician, said the…

The Insurance industry paid GH¢196 million corporate tax to the government in 2019, Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister announced on Wednesday. The industry provides direct employment and livelihood to more than…

Findings of a rapid assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on health services delivery in selected health facilities in Ghana has indicated that COVID-19 did not have any significant negative impact on the number of deliveries conducted in…

The Government of Ghana is expected to spend more than GH¢521 million on the upcoming Population and Housing Census scheduled to commence at mid- night of Sunday June 27. This year's census is unique because it will be done…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wednesday opened a two-day bi-partisan Consultative Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining, in Accra, and called on participants to discuss illegal small-scale mining devoid of partisan politics, narrow and…

Mohammed Buzu, a 29-year-old trader, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing the Country Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Oral William, and another person. An Accra Circuit Court sentenced…

A 43-year-old Burkinabe, who was nabbed for allegedly murdering his German partner and her 13-year-old daughter, is to reappear on April 19 at the Weija District Court. Boigouna Aloys is said to have secretly buried the two at a bush…

The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old senior high school student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, who was a student of the Asare Bediako Senior High School at Obuasi, was said to…