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How sand mafias silence journalists in India
Up to 50 billion metric tons of sand and gravel are extracted every year worldwide.The inexhaustible need for sand from this rapidly-developing country is the breeding ground for illegal activities by what has come to be known as the “sand…
Ghana’s economy expands 6.7% in first quarter of 2019 – GSS
Ghana’s economy grew 6.7 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2019 compared to 5.4 per cent in the same period last year, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday.
The quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted growth…
Green Blood: A photo holds Swiss-Russian mine accountable in Guatemala fisherman’s death
A group of fishermen from an indigenous community in Guatemala demanded to know more about the environmental impact of a ferronickel mine established on their ancestral land. One of them was killed, and a local reporter was criminalized for…
Green Blood: A Tanzanian gold mine that silences journalists
In Tanzania, reporters trying to investigate violence, environmental damage and other wrongdoing connected to a gold mine in the north of the country are trapped between the silence of a mining giant and the lies of a repressive government.…
SSNIT says GH¢43m saved after clearing pension payroll of ghost names
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has saved a whooping GH¢43 million as of April this year after deleting over 6,300 ghost pensioners from its payroll.
The Trust in February last year, begun an exercise to clean…
EU pledges €4.5b investment to create 10 million jobs in Africa
The maiden Ghana-European Union business summit has ended in Accra with the European Union (EU) promising an external investment of €4.5 billion of the EU Budget to Africa, to generate about 10 million jobs on the continent.
Mr. Jyrki…
Ghana beats Nigeria as largest FDI receiver in West Africa – UNCTAD
Ghana received the largest amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) in West Africa beating Nigeria, with $3 billion in investments, according to the World Investment Report 2019.
"Nigeria is no longer the largest FDI recipient in West…
Ghana is safest country in West Africa – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Africans in the Diaspora that Ghana remained the safest country in West Africa.
Thus, they should take advantage of the safe and secure environment that Ghana offered, and come…
Ghana ranks 44th on Global Peace Index 2019
Ghana is the 44th most peaceful country in the world, according to the 2019 Global Peace Index.
The country dropped three spots from the 41st in the previous year. The Index, the 13th in the series, released by the Institute for…
How the use of alcohol becomes a public health threat
Not only does it have a long history dating back into ancient times but alcohol is said to be pervasive and present at almost all social gatherings and night life.
Alcoholic drinks and beverages, which come in different varieties,…