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Wildlife clubs are to be revived in schools in the Volta Region to reverse the waning interest of young people in issues of the environment and nature, Mr Evans Dorvlo, Volta Regional Coordinator of the Ghana Wild Society have said.…

Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday expressed the country’s preparedness to partner the United States of America to execute programmes and projects that would benefit both countries in their developmental surge. He said…

Officials of the Inspectorate Division of the Western Regional office of the Minerals Commission (MC) have appealed to mining companies to ensure the safety of their employees by providing them with protective gadgets. The officials said…

The number of accidents cases in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District reduced from 36 in 2010 to 25 in 2011, the District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police Seth Tay, has said. He told the GNA that three people died in the…

The Aflao Circuit Court has sentenced Koshie Awumey, 36, a farmer to 16 years in jail for defiling an 11-year old girl. Awumey pleaded not guilty. Mr Stephen Wuni, Detective Police Inspector at Aflao, told the court presided over by Mr…

The German government has decided to contribute €10 million to Ghana’s Skills Development Fund (SDF), a fund providing a demand-driven response for the formal and informal sector to make the economy more competitive. This will increase the…

US Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns will lead a high-level United States Government delegation to visit Ghana, officials at the US State Department say January 24, 2012. The delegation which is on a five-day African trip starting…

Researchers, business executives, social enterprises, international organisations, funders and governments from across the globe, are set to change the face of development, with a critical look beyond aid. The platform is a global forum…

The Chief Executive Officer Ghanaian waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been named Ghana’s most influential industrialist for the year 2011. His nomination was the result of a poll conducted by…

The Bolgatanga Municipal Health Directorate says its  programmes carried out in 2011 fared better than those in previous years. Some of the programmes given special attention included detection and cure of Tuberculosis (TB), Expanded…