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Mr Albert Dwumfour, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), says attacks on journalists in Ghana have risen to alarming and unacceptable levels, creating a climate of fear and intimidation.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has issued a directive requiring all full-time government appointees eyeing executive positions within the party to resign from their current offices at least six months before filing their nomination.…

Professor Olalekan Akinbo head of the Genome Editing Pogramme, African Union Development Agency (AUDA‑NEPAD) has warned that outdated data and weak regulatory policies could undermine the continent’s agricultural development. 

A staff member of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) standing trial in a $500,000 stolen tugboat case has been granted bail by a Tema High Court. 

All five aspirants seeking the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer position have concluded their nationwide campaigns as delegates prepare to vote in the presidential primaries today.

Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), said the sector regulator will soon grant licences to financial institutions to start non-interest banking (Islamic banking) operations in the country. 

Mr Seidu Issifu, the Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, says fossil-fuel extraction remains the dominant driver of global greenhouse gas emissions despite decades of international climate negotiations, and continues to…

A research report on electricity pricing has recommended a redesign of Ghana’s lifeline electricity tariff into a hybrid, better-targeted protection system to improve its effectiveness for intended beneficiaries. 

Mr Samuel Lawer Kabutey, the Presiding Elder of the Church of Pentecost, Korlekorpe Assembly in Ada, has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to urgently intervene in the protracted issues surrounding the Songor Lagoon.  

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