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Right in the heartbeat of Okada, in the auditorium of the Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), a historic act took place. The Coalition on Dialogue in Africa (CoDA) and IOU signed an agreement to develop and produce vaccines in Africa and to champion equitable access to vaccines and vaccinations in Africa …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will from March 2022 reduce its current 15-member Commission to seven. The decision, which was taken at the ended of the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra is aimed at cutting down cost. …

Despite the significant efforts made by ECOWAS Member States, particularly those on the frontline, terrorist attacks doubled between 2020 and the first five months of 2021. Dr Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, said over that period, there had already been more than 700 attacks and more …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed banks and Specialized and Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) to desist from charging “Account Maintenance Fees” on savings accounts. The ban does not include charges for services provided by banks and SDIs with the explicit prior subscription by customers. A statement issued in Accra by …

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), says revenues accrued from upstream petroleum operations in Ghana declined significantly in 2020 as compared to 2019. It attributed the decline to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated effects on the global economy and other upstream petroleum industry actors. This …

Ghana’s economy recorded a growth rate of 3.1 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021 compared with 7 per cent in the same period last year. GDP growth rate without oil and gas (Non-Oil GDP) for the first quarter of 2021 is 4.6 per cent which compares to …

Ghanaian police were placed on high alert following reports that suspected bandits are planning to attack communities in Northern Ghana along the border with Burkina Faso, a police statement said Tuesday. “Reports indicate that Burkina Faso-based bandits are allegedly launching attacks in communities along the Burkina Faso-Ghana border. They are …

Worldwide, more than 2.5 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to more than 480 million people. However, Africa accounts for just about 2 per cent of the global total of vaccinations. And so it was good news when the World Bank President, David Malpass and his team met with …

The 2019 National HIV Report released by the Ghana AIDS Commission and National AIDS Control Programme shows that Hohoe has an HIV prevalence rate at 1.6 per cent, higher than the Volta Regional prevalence rate of 1.5 per cent. Mr Andrews Teddy Ofori, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) said …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike effective Monday, June 14, 2021, to demand better conditions of service. The Association has asked members to disengage from some prime services, including teaching on a full time and part-time basis, invigilation, marking examination scripts, submission of …