2021

The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Mining (GNASSM) has described as refreshing and welcoming, President Akufo-Addo’s admission of politicisation in the fight against illegal mining in the country. It said the President’s call…

Rap great Dr. Dre has been hospitalized after suffering a brain aneurysm. The 55-year-old mogul suffered the brain bleed Monday and was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital, TMZ reported. He went straight to the intensive care unit at…

Several Indian states have stepped up efforts to contain the spread of avian influenza, or bird flu, after the disease was confirmed in samples of dead birds, officials said Wednesday. The outbreak comes as India battles the COVID-19…

French tyre maker Michelin said Wednesday it plans to slash up to 2,300 jobs in France over the next three years, but that there would be no lay-offs. Nearly 60 per cent of the cuts will involve voluntary early retirements and the rest…

Asian stocks ended mixed on Wednesday amid rising US-China tensions and ahead of the results of two key Senate runoffs in Georgia that will determine how much US president-elect Joe Biden can push through Democrats' agenda. The Trump…

At least 602 journalists died of COVID-19 around the world in ten months last year - 60 per month or two per day on average since March 1, 2020, the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said on Tuesday. The organization said in a…

Hohoe High Court, on Wednesday, adjourned sine dine a case before it seeking to place an "order of perpetual injunction" restraining Mr Kofi Adams from presenting himself to be sworn-in as MP-elect for Buem or holding himself as such.…

The Wenchi High Court presided by Justice Fredrick Arnold Nawurah has quashed a restraining order filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the inauguration of Mr Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, as the Member of Parliament (MP)…

More than 15,228 beneficiaries have received support both in grants and loans from the NBSSI/Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Programme (Nkosuo). The programme forms part of a partnership between the National Board…

The World Bank says the global economy will expand by 4 per cent if COVID-19 vaccines deployment become widespread. In a statement copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, the Bank says in its January 2021 Global Economic Prospects that,…