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In the next 27 years, health experts are predicting that close to 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in urban areas and this would have a significant impact on health outcomes.

In an interesting twist of events surrounding the criminal case of the reported theft of several hundred thousands of cedis and a million US dollars, some €300,000 and some personal belongings and jewelleries, belonging to Ms Cecilia Dapaah…

Ghana lost GH¢27 billion to tax exemptions in twelve years – from 2008 to 2020, and so when Parliament on Tuesday began the debate on the Mid-year budget review, Mr Kwaku Agyeman Kwarteng, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, who opened…

The government has invited Pension Funds to exchange GH¢31 billion of old bonds for new ones as part of efforts to complete domestic debt restructuring under the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme. 

The Bank of Ghana spent GH¢357,923,000 on banking supervision in 2022, GH¢280 million more than it spent in 2021.

The Russian government is to allocate more than $90 million as assistance to lower Africa’s debt burden.  

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it has incurred a loss of GH¢55.12 billion in 2022, largely as a result of the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).

Some 10,209 nurses sought clearance from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) Secretariate between January 1, and July 7, 2023, to leave the country for greener pastures. 

At the end of 2022, there are 4.8 million persons living with HIV in West Africa, with 160,00 new infections and 120,000 AIDS-related deaths recorded. 

Ghana’s energy sector has been saddled with problems for years. Some of the problems are ripples of bad political and governance decisions, lack of leadership and corruption.