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The University of Ghana’s Faculty of Social Sciences is organising a two-day colloquium on the theme; "The Social Sciences and the Development Discourse” which forms part of the 65th Anniversary celebrations of the university. The…

The Ghana Home Economics Association on Thursday marked World Home Economics Day 2013, on the theme, “empowering individuals and the communities through home economics: confront poverty and social exclusion”, in Accra. In a release to the…

The Korle-Bu Child Abuse Unit and its stakeholders on Thursday launched  the International Child Abuse Month (ICAM ) in Accra to create awareness on child abuse. The launch of ICAM was to reinforce the importance of the internationally…

The Volta Region recorded a total of 13,620 criminal cases in 2012 as against 12,265 in 2011, Mr Alex Bedie, Volta Regional Police Commander announced on Thursday. He described the reduction in the crime rate as “significant.” Mr Bedie…

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) on Thursday urged labour unions to desist from making unrealistic and inequitable demands. “USAG will want to inform and caution all labour unions within the country that there is no…

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of Ghana Trades Union Congress said on Thursday that all its members had withdrawn their services because the union’s grievances had not been resolved. This is inspite of legal options…

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria said strains of TB with resistance to multiple drugs could spread widely. There is an annual need of at least $1.6 billion in…

An 18-year old unemployed, Emmanuel Andzi Quainoo, caught with a locally-manufactured pistol and live cartridges, has been ordered to be held in police custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court. He is facing a charge of possessing firearm without…

The year 2012 was a record year for the African Development Bank's (AfDB) engagement with Ghana as it supported the country's development with an amount of $211.6 million, the highest in a year the bank has given since it started of…

Professor William Otoo Ellis, Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has pledged to promote market-driven programmes at the university to inject pace into the nation’s socio-economic…