April 2021

Ms. Nelly Mensah, a Registered Mental Health Nurse at the Psychiatric Department of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital says the facility continued to record high cases of epilepsy. She said in 2020 for instance,  the hospital recorded…

The World Bank has continued to finance programmes aimed at social interventions and poverty reduction in Ghana. Even though Ghana was doing well at some point in reducing poverty, poverty reduction in the country has slowed. The outbreak…

As part of broader efforts to modernise Ghana's agriculture, Soil Research Institute (SRI) of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has launched a web-based application platform for easy access to information on the soil to…

The Gambia, like all other countries of the world, has been hit by the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In response, the government introduced some measures including testing for the virus before any international travel.…

The UN Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the use of violence against protesters amid ongoing violence in Myanmar. "The Members of the Security Council expressed deep concern at the rapidly deteriorating situation, and strongly…

The Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (ALMCs) and the staff Union of the National Lottery Authority have urged the management of the NLA to take steps to harmonize the operations of the private companies with the NLA They also…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has joined the Basel Consultative Group (BCG), a global body that sets and implements standards on banking supervision. In a statement the bank said it was admitted into the global body, making Ghana one of four…

Retailers and workers in the construction industry in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, have raised concerns over the rising cost of building materials. A market survey conducted by the Ghana News Agency showed that a bag of…

The government has initiated moves to revamp the defunct Ameen Sangari factory in Cape Coast under the One District, One Factory (1D1F) industrialization drive. Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, who announced…

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) on Thursday rejected allegations from one of its clients; Woodfields Energy Resources Limited of a shortfall on its product volumes being held in the Refinery’s tanks. This was contained in a statement signed…