AfroFuture 2025 unfolded as a dynamic gathering of music, culture, and global Black identity

The artists didn’t just perform, they told stories. Each set carried something different, joy, pride, memory, freedom. Some moments had me dancing without thinking, others had me standing still, just listening, feeling it all sink in. The stage performances were powerful. The dancers

Jesus is Missing Christmas play thrills audience

The true essence of Christmas came alive on stage as the Faith Theatre and Creators Ministry delivered a compelling theatrical masterpiece titled “Jesus Is Missing.” The thought-provoking production performed on christmas eve at Faith Chapel Assemblies of God, thrilled patrons while retelling the

First babies of 2026 born in hospitals across Greater Accra

Several families across Accra welcomed joy in the New Year as the first babies of 2026 were delivered in hospitals in the Greater Accra Region.  At the Oduman Polyclinic in Accra, Georgina and Kweku Amankwaa of Ablekuma welcomed a baby girl, Yaa, born at 0021 hours and weighing 3.1 kilogrammes, making her one of the

Sunyani-based Sompa FM donates food items to 300 widows to usher-in New Year

TeraOne Media, operators of the Sunyani-based Sompa FM on Thursday presented food items to the vulnerable population in the Sunyani Municipality to usher-in the New Year. Each of the more than 300 beneficiaries, mostly aged widows, drawn from the Sunyani Zongo community as

Police arrest suspect in gold robbery

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested one Stephen Kwakye for allegedly conspiring to rob a gold miner at Manso Abrense in the Ashanti Region.   A police press release copied to the Ghana News Agency said the arrest, which occurred on December 30, 2025, followed intelligence

From the classroom to the pavement: The quiet struggle of girls on Ghana’s streets

At Accra bustling Tema Station, a steady stream of cars, lorries and tro-tros flows past a young woman seated on the pavement beside plastic bowls filled with deep-red tomatoes. The midday sun beats down, heating the asphalt and casting long shadows around vendors

Police gun down four suspected robbers

The Tema Regional Police Command has shot and killed four suspected members of a notorious armed robbery gang during an operation at Afienya-Mataheko in the early hours of Monday, December 29, 2025.   Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dede Dzakpasu, Head of Public Affairs of the Command, told the media

Imports from neighbouring Burkina Faso collapsing local tomato production – Growers

Tomato growers in the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region say the uncontrolled importation of raw tomatoes from neighbouring countries, particularly Burkina Faso, is collapsing local production and pushing farmers into heavy debt.  The growers appealed to Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Member of Parliament for Techiman

Police arrest two over AK47 ammunition

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects for the unlawful possession of 2,600 AK47 ammunition at the Kantanso–Asankare Police Barrier.  A press release copied to the Ghana News Agency said the suspects, Kwame Afram, a bus driver, and Godfred Essel, a mate, oversaw a

24-Hour Livestock Market launched to drive economic growth 

A 24-hour International Livestock Market has been launched at Volivo in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region to transform livestock trade, create jobs, and strengthen Ghana’s agricultural value chain.  The Lower-Volta Association of Small-scale Miners and Farmers provided the market facility which consists of production and processing area, logistics, and a trade center.  Designed as